3. of adults now get
their news online
61 %
making web the
third most popular
news platform
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4. “While internet users who get news online tend to
explore a wide variety of news topics, they are
fairly modest in the number of internet sites they
use to gather that information”
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5. of adults do not
have a favorite
65 % online news source
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13. News sites are
embracing the
importance of
community by
integrating social
features on-site for
a more engaging
experience and to
allow readers to
share, discuss, and
connect
15. * Huffpost’s Social News serves as a ‘digital
water cooler’
* it provides a place for real online identities
to discuss news they care about with people
they know online all within the boundaries of
Huffington Post
* Since its implementation, Facebook referrals
have accounted for over 3.5 million visits
17. * The New York Times is one of the few news
sites currently onboard as a launch partner
for Twitter’s new @anywhere platform
* enabling deeper on-site twitter integration
* Making it easier to follow site authors and
contributors
* incorporating a Better RT functionality
20. Cnn’s Vice
* Cnn has Partnered with
Vice and Sub Pop records
to create Two new
exclusive video series
* VBS.TV and Indie Asia: On
Tour with Handsome Furs,
both Bring a new shock
value and edge to Cnn
21. Metro News Pairs with Foursquare
* the Metro has gone hyper
local by providing content
to Foursquare
* This location based
editorial partnership
combines relevant site
content with a targeted
mobile social network
22. Multiple Media
Formats:
News sites no
longer make
news, they
create content
23. News has extended beyond the typed word and
now encompasses multiple media formats like
video, podcasts, live streaming, and mobile
24. PBS Social TV
* After 35 years on air, PBS has reformatted its
NewsHour TV broadcasts into video content to
stream on its YouTube channel
* exclusive web content is also created by an
online correspondent
25. Npr mobile app
* Connects users to over 1,000 radio stations,
live streams, and news programs
* searches both new and archived content
* Enables listeners to create story play lists
27. A number of last year’s
top news stories were
covered thanks to citizen
journalism
28. The US airliner which Twitter was vital in the
landed in the hudson coverage of the Iran
river was first elections after the
announced on twitter government media
crackdown
29. Crowd sourcing has turned
traditional journalism on its
head, but a crowd does not
just appear it must be
cultivated
30. as well as becoming engaged in existing
communities, News organizations have created
their own citizen journalism networks
31. CNN IREPORT
* public journalism initiative to enable people
from across the world to contribute stories
breaking within their own neighborhoods
* the immediate and intimate coverage has
inspired other networks to create their own
interactive intiatives
36. * Thanks to outlets like Twitter, web users are
getting information faster than ever
* The pressure is on news agencies to beat citizen
journalists to the punch by breaking news on the
“social wire”
38. Bbc vs reuters
* The BBC’s Global News Director has mandated
social media usage for all BBC journalists
* Reuters maintains journalists must never
“scoop the wire” by breaking news on twitter
40. Now that news
agencies have
realized the value of
social networks, they
are exploring new
methods to present
and connect content
41. News Roulette
both The Guardian and The
New York Times have
reinterpreted chatroulette
as a news dissemination
tool in an attempt to
encourage the serendipitous
discovery of news
42. Google Buzz
ReadWriteWeb.com is
trying something
different by using their
google Buzz account
to enable readers to
engage their news team
through real-time
conversations
44. * One of the biggest benefits of social media is
how quickly information can be shared
* News organizations have embraced social
publishing tools in order to pump their
content to Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Reddit etc
45. of internet users have contributed to the
37% creation of news, commentary about it, or
dissemination of news via social media
25% have commented on a news story
17% have posted a link on a social
networking site
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46. In order to make this process easier, social
sharing buttons are now a standard feature
of any online news site
49. * more and more People are looking towards
sites like Facebook, twitter, and Digg as a source
to find their news
* cnn President John Klien stated,
“I’m more worried about the 500 million or so
people on Facebook versus the 2 million on Fox”
51. The iPad will be a key player in reviving the
news industry by enabling a more interactive
format for news consumption in addition to
providing a new way to monetize content
53. * an experiment by google, provided each news
story with an evolving summary of current
developments as a well as an interactive timeline
of critical events
* allowed sites to provide complete on-going
coverage of a story in one easily trackable
space
55. * Going local is a hot trend for 2010, and it is no
different for news sites
* Many news outlets are recognizing the appeal
of highly targeted local news content,
focusing on stories that are relevant for
small yet participatory communities