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How a newspaper announces (in print) that it is cutting print editions. Via How Times-Picayune, Alabama newspaper changes played on their front pages)

mediabytes:

How a newspaper announces (in print) that it is cutting print editions. Via How Times-Picayune, Alabama newspaper changes played on their front pages)

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theatlantic:

How Google Can Beat Facebook Without Google Plus

Last year, Google, which had dabbled in official social-networking applications, released Google Plus. The site has all the things you’ve come to expect in a social network. There is a rich profile builder, a place for your photos, a nice videochat feature, a conversation feed, and, of course, “Circles,” which allow users to sort the people they know into different buckets. Word at the time was that Google’s full weight was behind this social push. The journalists who knew the company’s insiders best declared that Facebook was CEO Larry Page’s obsession.
I was bullish about Google Plus, even if it did feel like a Facebook clone. Google had built out a ton of infrastructure and was pushing Plus out through its major products. This had to be big!
But by most accounts and third-party research, the service is growing its number of users but not their engagement. People are “on” Google Plus, but they are not really ON Google Plus. The infrastructure is there. The street signs are there. People own plots of land. But there’s nobody actually visiting town.
Read more. [Image: Alexis Madrigal]

theatlantic:

How Google Can Beat Facebook Without Google Plus

Last year, Google, which had dabbled in official social-networking applications, released Google Plus. The site has all the things you’ve come to expect in a social network. There is a rich profile builder, a place for your photos, a nice videochat feature, a conversation feed, and, of course, “Circles,” which allow users to sort the people they know into different buckets. Word at the time was that Google’s full weight was behind this social push. The journalists who knew the company’s insiders best declared that Facebook was CEO Larry Page’s obsession.

I was bullish about Google Plus, even if it did feel like a Facebook clone. Google had built out a ton of infrastructure and was pushing Plus out through its major products. This had to be big!

But by most accounts and third-party research, the service is growing its number of users but not their engagement. People are “on” Google Plus, but they are not really ON Google Plus. The infrastructure is there. The street signs are there. People own plots of land. But there’s nobody actually visiting town.

Read more. [Image: Alexis Madrigal]

cmonstah:

Found this in an old file. Though ‘composing rooms’ no longer exist, the rest all rings true.

cmonstah:

Found this in an old file. Though ‘composing rooms’ no longer exist, the rest all rings true.

memewhore:

cespur:

small town newsreporters

Reporter did their job.  Editor didn’t.

memewhore:

cespur:

small town newsreporters

Reporter did their job.  Editor didn’t.

eatsleepdraw:

Alfred Hitchcock.
Portrait of the director, made up of images from his films.

eatsleepdraw:

Alfred Hitchcock.

Portrait of the director, made up of images from his films.

Writing is about inspiration. Here are 12 and a half inspiring things to get the creativity flowing.
sekotakcokelat:

Dear writers wannabe

Writing is about inspiration. Here are 12 and a half inspiring things to get the creativity flowing.

sekotakcokelat:

Dear writers wannabe