“Tweets” banned at the NY TimesIt’s official: the word “tweet” has been banned by the standards editor at the NY Times. Instead, journalists are to say “writes on Twitter” or “a Twitter message”.
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New Times for US election blog darling
US political wonk website FiveThirtyEight is now being hosted by the NY Times. Its founder, statistician Nate Silver, will also lend his political calculations to NY Times stories.
The Times they are a-changing
An examination of two very different paywalls, the NY Times and Rupert Murdoch’s UK The Times. One’s an nearly impenetrable steel wall, the other lets non-paying visitors slip through the gaps.
The price of paywalls: blocking out the bloggers
The most popular outlets for bloggers to link to are traditional news sites like NY Times and the BBC. So how will the proposed NY Times paywall affect its blogger audience?
NYT takes on Goldman Sachs
The New York Times has dealt a “devastating” blow to Goldman Sachs, with an extensive front-page report into the company’s conflicted business position and dodgy deals. The article is now the talk of the business world.
How HuffPo took over the world
In just five years, The Huffington Post has become the largest independent news site in the world, and its traffic now eclipses that of the WashPo, WSJ and LA Times. Now there’s just one more title to top: the NYT. Henry Blodget gives it six months.
WSJ vs. NYT: the smacktalk showdown
The war of words between the Wall Street Journal and New York Times over the Journal’s new New York section has gotten dirty. Village Voice scores the verbal slugfest.
NYT vs. WSJ: the last great newspaper war?
The Wall Street Journal is muscling in on the New York Times’ territory, launching a local New York section. Is this really the last great newspaper war, or just the first great battle of the online news age? asks Wired.
NYT smackdown: Krugman vs. Sorkin
Nerd fight! NYT business writer Andrew Ross Sorkin took a swipe at economist Paul Krugman. Krugman has hit back, demanding an apology. Who’s next? Dowd? Friedman? Douthat?
The NYT spends a weekend in Sydney
The New York Times’ take on how to kill 36 hours in the Harbour City: climb the bridge, eat at Rockpool, swim at Manly and stay at the Park Hyatt. Yawn.
Can a 30-something DJ save the NYT?
NYT publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr is keen to get his offspring involved in the family business, and really, who better to help steer one of the world’s leading papers through the media’s current treacherous climate than his 33-year-old nephew?
VIDEO: Life behind the NY Times paywall
New York Times columnist David Carr has a chat with Media Bistro about what it’s going to be like for journalists to go behind a paywall with the planned metering system.
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The WSJ accuses the NYT of plagiarism
The Guardian has a copy of a letter sent from the Wall St Journal to the
Winer: Why isn’t Google’s Buzz bugger-up a bigger scandal?
Google did something “seriously wrong” by violating users’ privacy on Buzz, says legendary blogger Dave Winer. This should be a huge scandal, but the press is helping them cover it up.
How the New York Times lost Gen Y
The publisher of popular New York blog Gothamist, Jake Dobkin, has penned a stinging take-down of the NYT, explaining why its “slavish devotion” to traditional journalism has lost it the local yoof market to sites like his.
Beecher: NYT to join the paywall brigade
The New York Times will introduce a charge for readers to use its website next year, heralding the most important development so far in the agonising who-will-pay-for-quality-journalism debate. The world of free journalism will never be the same.
Crikey Wrap: Moving with the NY Times
The NY Times has announced that it will resurrect a paywall for its online content, sending media geeks and commentators’ fingers flying over whether it will work and What It All Means. Crikey intern Flint Duxfield takes a look at what they’re saying.
NY Times reveals its paywall plans
The New York Times unveils its plans for the future of NYTimes.com: readers will get a flat number of free articles per month before having to pay.
Is it “looting” to feed your family?
How can the meeja say Haitians are “looting” when people are desperate for food, stores are collapsed and there’s a lack of aid, money and authorities? Be a bit more careful with the language, warns Jerry Lanson.
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New York Times to go paywall
New York magazine claims the New York Times is soon to announce that it will start charging readers for access to its website, adopting a “metered system” (ie x number of articles free per day, pay for the rest) akin to that of the Financial Times.
And the winner is…NY Times nominates its Oscar hopefuls
The Oscar nominations are coming up and the NY Times are beating the Academy to it, with their top three film reviewers offering their own suggestions for each category. Looks positive for Avatar, Up in the Air and Where the Wild Things Are.
NY Times staff have a crap day
Wow, NY Times really is in the sh*tter, with gastro breaking out across the office, forcing the cafeteria to be closed for the day. And you thought it would be cool to work there?
Big-name lay-offs at the NYT
Twenty-six heads must roll at the New York Times, and NY Mag has the inside word on just which will get the chop, including culture writer Eric Konigsberg and investigative journo Allen Salkin.
WSJ vs. NYT
The Wall Street Journal is a little pissed about a recent New York Times piece claiming the Journal has shifted rightward under Rupert Murdoch’s ownership. It’s snarky press releases at 20 paces.
Who will survive the great NYT blog cull?
The New York Times is planning to prune back some of its 70+ blogs from its site in an effort to save some cash. Which will be voted off the island? The crossword blog? The ice hockey blog? Or the old person blog?
