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After years of predictions that this year would be the year of mobile, finally it has arrived. So here are some numbers that should prompt strategizing and action by digital media publishers. 1. Web traffic from mobile devices was up 78 percent year over year in mid-2013, and 109 percent over 2011, according to Ayaz […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos isn’t the only e-commerce billionaire making news with acquisitions. Jack Ma, chairman of China’s e-commerce leader, Alibaba, has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in a Twitter-like microblogging service and a mapping service. Both of these giants have been bolting on companies that can help them gain synergies […]
Read More »Yoichi Nishimura (photo by Yang Shaogong) Versión en español aquí. Japan’s newspapers expanded their role of serving the community by using social media in the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. Yoichi Nishimura, former managing editor of Asahi Shimbun, with daily circulation of 8 million, said news organizations cooperated to share information about missing persons […]
Read More »Lately I have been teaching my students at Tsinghua University how to verify information they get in press releases, hear from news sources and see on the web. This is my third entry on the subject. Crap detector Part I: Credibility as business modelCrap Detector Part II: Mr. Daisey’s Apple Factory The website journalism.co.uk has […]
Read More »English version here.Hace poco, el prestigioso diario The Wall Street Journal ha reconocido la importancia de desarrollar su presencia en Facebook con su nueva aplicación, WSJ Social. “No podemos limitarnos a esperar a que los usuarios vengan a nuestros sitios”, le dijo Maya Baratz al Nieman Lab. Para leer más, pulsa aquí.
Read More »Versión en español aquí. I was suprised and delighted to read today that the New York Times studied its readers’ habits for sharing articles and found that they prefer email over social networks. The implication for web designers is that they should make email sharing a prominent tool on their websites or they might miss a […]
Read More »Una entrada del Laboratorio de Emprendimientos Periodísticos Digitales de la Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano.Los de Twitter acaban de enviarme un recordatorio de mi tercer aniversario en esta red de microblogueros. Fue un momento para reflexionar sobre lo que es, para mí, el uso más importante de este servicio: mantenerme al tanto de tendencias intelectuales en […]
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