News goes social

links for 2011-09-24

• Business Insider, over-aggregation, and the mad grab for traffic
  Reuters' own Ryan McCarthy examines the issue of potential misuse of content by specialist sites.
  (tags: businessinsider essentialreading)

links for 2011-09-23

• BUSINESS INSIDER SECRETS REVEALED: An Inside Look At Our ...
  In March 2011 Biz Insider had 25 editorial employees and was turning over just under $5m pa.
  (tags: businessinsider essentialreading)

links for 2011-09-16

• Rules of the game change as sports journalists ...
  Two big points in this piece on the changing relationship between sports reporters and the teams they cover: 1) Newspapers are struggling to adapt to the new world because they haven't really understood why they were successful in the old one; 2) Online reporting competes with teams' own online efforts and will create (is creating) pressure to renegotiate the old deal on access struck between journalists and sports teams.
  (tags: essentialreading journalism2.0)

links for 2011-09-06

• Politico: what are the secrets of its success?
  A multi-pronged publishing strategy that includes three 'pro' services at $2500 pcm, a freesheet with very high ad rates and insiders' conferences in which delegates don't pay but sponsors do.
  (tags: politics politico essentialreading)

links for 2011-09-02

• A tipping point for the spread of ideas?
  Research suggests that once ten per cent of a population holds a firm opinion that view becomes the consensus very quickly
  (tags: network_analysis)
• Social Media is centuries old -- Economist's Tom Standage
  Wonderful presentation from Tom debunking the myth that social is something recent -- the Romans had tablets and all media was 'horizontal' until the 19th century.
  (tags: essentialreading economist)
• Is the 90-9-1 Rule for Online Community Engagement Dead ...
  Author suggests that the so-called 90:9:1 rule is misleading -- users are much more likely to contribute and create.
  (tags: metrics essentialreading)