Bookmarks for 18 Aug 2009
- New business models for journalism – CUNY provides plenty of numbers | Online Journalism Blog
"So, students at CUNY have delivered their much-awaited New Business Models for journalism - four in total, that aim to answer “What happens to journalism in a top-25 metro market if a newspaper fades away. Can journalism be sustained? And how?” [...] And I’m not going to shy from being critical: I’m disappointed." (journalism business_models newspapers ) - EveryBlock.com Sale Shows Impact of Knight-Funded Media Innovation – Knight Foundation
"MSNBC announced today that it is acquiring EveryBlock.com, an experiment in hyper-local news funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. EveryBlock founder Adrian Holovaty is a 2007 winner of the foundation’s Knight News Challenge media innovation contest." (everyblock acquisition press_release msnbc journalism data_journalism ) - Creative Disruption by Simon Waldman
The blog of Simon Waldman's book-to-be. (book innovation business_models ) - Poynter Online – NewsPay
The New York Times opens it's future for discussion with readers: "According to an e-mail newsletter sent from the Times Monday evening, more than 3,000 readers have joined The New York Times Insight Lab, an insiders' club for discussion of the paper and its various journalistic and financial dimensions." (research nytimes newspapers ) - Map Gallery of Religion in the United States
Maps of religious make-up across the US. (religion usa mapping visualisation ) - How and Why Glue is Using Amazon SimpleDB instead of a Relational Database
A terrific case study of Amazon SimpleDB, with an outline architecture. (amazon amazon_simpledb simpledb scalability databases architecture )