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The New Media Way Is Better Than The Old Media Way

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  • Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by User ImageRick

The New York Times ran a story yesterday on a new group known as The Coffee Party. What follows is a classic contrast in how old media handles a news story vs. how new media handles a news story. Leave your politics aside for the moment and look at this excerpt from Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion:
Update: Interesting, [...]

When Will Old Media Learn?

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  • Posted on March 15th, 2008 by User ImageRick

To listen to good advice from people like Scott Karp,
Why publish in reverse chronological order on the web? Because news is 24×7, breaking throughout the day. Which means that news consumers come to a news site more than once a day — checking the homepage is just a click away, and news consumers on the [...]