News Online Seems to Have Long Shelf Life
Date: 17 July 2006
By Noam Cohen
Noam Cohen
A new research paper seeks to answer a riddle for publishers, editors and even readers: when does new news become old news? In the case of a news article on the Internet, the answer is surprisingly long: 36 hours on average, according to the paper, ''The Dynamics of Information Access on the Web,'' which appeared in the June issue of Physical Review E, the journal of the American Physical Society.
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News Online Seems to Have Long Shelf Life
Date: 17 July 2006
By Noam Cohen
Noam Cohen
A new research paper seeks to answer a riddle for publishers, editors and even readers: When does new news become old news?
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At One Paper, All Tension Is Local
Date: 17 July 2006
By Sharon Waxman
Sharon Waxman
Wendy P. McCaw, the reclusive multimillionaire owner of The Santa Barbara News-Press, is at war with her own staff. What started as a conflict over journalistic ethics has in the past week escalated into a full-blown rebellion. Staffers have been marching out the door, accusing her of interfering with their editorial independence. When she published her explanation of the departures as an expression of bias in the reporting staff on Thursday, even more quit. On Friday, her staff -- or what remained of it -- held a rally outside the newspaper building, where some 30 reporters and editors, dressed in black, put duct tape over their mouths, to represent the owner's gag order issued last week.
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At One Paper, All Tension Is Local
Date: 17 July 2006
By Sharon Waxman
Sharon Waxman
What started as a conflict over journalistic ethics has escalated into a full-blown rebellion by the staff of The Santa Barbara News-Press.
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Couric Listens, but Who Will Watch?
Date: 17 July 2006
By David Carr
David Carr
MINNEAPOLIS is just the kind of place that Katie Couric had in mind when she decided to go on a six-city ''listening tour'' to build anticipation for her fall debut on the ''CBS Evening News.'' A well-read place with a virulent streak of civic-mindedness, Minneapolis is one of those middle places where news is discussed, consumed and analyzed. And, although Ms. Couric had never previously found a reason to visit, Minneapolis is a splendid place to live if you disregard that six months a year you need to wear a spacesuit against the cold. She even made a pilgrimage to the statue of Mary Richards, the hat-throwing newswoman played by Mary Tyler Moore -- the implication being that Ms. Couric is ''going to make it after all.''
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Couric Listens, but Who Will Watch?
Date: 17 July 2006
By David Carr
David Carr
It is clear that the battle that Katie Couric will be confronting this fall is less uphill than up against a wall.
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Wall Street Journal to Run Ads on Front Page
Date: 18 July 2006
By Julie Bosman and Katharine Q. Seelye
Julie Bosman
The move could bring in tens of millions of dollars in advertising revenue each year to the newspaper.
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Barbaro’s Situation Still Serious
Date: 18 July 2006
Barbaro is still in serious condition as he recovers from hoof injury (S)8
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Barbaro’s Situation Still Serious
Date: 18 July 2006
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The pain involved with laminitis, Barbaro's ailment, is normally so severe that horses with the condition are often euthanized.
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People and Accounts of Note
Date: 17 July 2006
By The New York Times
Christopher Bearg joined Hunt Adkins, Minneapolis, as strategic planning director, a new post. He had most recently been a partner at Egg, Seattle.
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