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Is Google’s agreement with French publishers exportable to the U.S.?

Rick Edmonds — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:47:23 +0000

You may have missed the news in early February that Google has established a $60 million Euro (about $80 million) fund to support a group of French publishers in their digital enterprises.

Not only that, Google chairman Eric Schmidt jetted … Read more

Google prepares a mobile marketplace for news content

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:53:33 +0000

Android Police | The Next Web | Read Write
A newspaper section is coming to the Google Play store for Android-powered mobile devices, according to a report by Android Police. Google Play News would join the store’s existing marketplaces … Read more

Why the Google Reader shutdown matters

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:41:16 +0000

Google | Forbes
Google’s announcment that it will shut down its RSS aggregator Google Reader in July triggered a wave of grave-dancing on Twitter Wednesday night:

I know a lot of people are upset about Google Reader shutting down —
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Google Glass is here: How to build news apps that get in users’ faces

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:37:48 +0000

Google Glass, a pair of wearable computer-enhanced eyeglasses, is possibly the next-big-thing in mobile computing.

: Google co-founder Sergey Brin wears Google Glass glasses at an event in San Francisco in February. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

About 8,000 developers have prototypes, and … Read more

Developer explains why it’s more fun to work at a newspaper than Google

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:25:02 +0000

Chicago Tribune
Abe Epton shares what he likes about working for the Chicago Tribune’s news apps team after five years at Google News:

I think people interested in code and civic society should really think about joining a newspaper —
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Google wins $1 million worth of USA Today ads in Print Advertising competition

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:28:56 +0000

The New York Times
Google Creative Lab won a print-advertising contest run by USA Today. Publisher Larry Kramer tells The New York Times “he could see how people may consider it ‘hysterical,’” Stuart Elliott writes.

First prize is $1 million … Read more

Flaming man, bear driving car fail to distract newspaper readers in ad

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:43:14 +0000

Newspapers Work | Paid Content

The Belgian publishers trade group Newspapers Work released an ad at Christmastime purporting to show the power of the printed word: They provided advertisers with a car and driver and then tried to freak … Read more

The Top 5 ‘Gmail is down’ stories

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:15:42 +0000

Several news organizations cranked out stories about Gmail’s outage Monday.

Any good Gmail-is-down story has four major elements: 1) Notice that the service was unavailable; 2) Vague references to people complaining on Twitter; 3) News that Google’s Apps Status Dashboard… Read more

Google acquires media companies without becoming one

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:33:57 +0000

Forbes | LA Times | Wall Street Journal
Google is “unarguably a media company” following its acquisition of travel-guide publisher Frommer’s, Jeff Bercovici writes. “The travel-guide publisher is indisputably a content business, not a platform or a network or … Read more

How journalists have covered, responded to Marissa Mayer news

Mallary Jean Tenore — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:41:52 +0000

Minutes after news broke that Google’s Marissa Mayer would be leaving the company to become Yahoo’s next CEO, her name was trending on Twitter. Reaction to the news grew after Fortune reported Monday evening that Mayer is pregnant with her … Read more