Category Archives: newspapers

Keeping online newspapers relevant

Posted on October 9, 2006 by Rakesh Agrawal

Editor and Publisher reports on Washington Post editor Len Downie speaking at the Online News Association’s convention: Downie worried that as people’s attention spans become shorter due to the Web and more readers access news from mobile plaforms on the … Continue reading →

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Shovelware 2.0 – the mobile Web

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Rakesh Agrawal

When I started in the online business in 1994, shovelware was everywhere. Content from print and other sources was put online – shoveled – indiscriminately on to the Web. Little attention was paid to what users actually needed and valued … Continue reading →

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Reducing the burden of newspapers

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Rakesh Agrawal

I feel guilty every Sunday when I get The Washington Post. The routine is the same. The first thing I do is get rid of the classifieds — six sections of newsprint whose only value to me is the exercise … Continue reading →

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Using the Web to tell a better story

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Rakesh Agrawal

Today’s crash of ComAir Flight 5191 reminds me how poor a job online news sites (especially those from the mainstream media) do in using the Web. Instead of the plain graphic on the USA Today article referenced above, how about … Continue reading →

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EXTRA! EXTRA! Newspaper sites to start linking to Web sites

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Rakesh Agrawal

The New York Times reports today on the launch of a service by Inform.com that enables news sites to automatically link to related stories. Newspapers have long been reluctant to link to other sites for fear of losing traffic. Never … Continue reading →

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