News Corp chairman plans to charge readers of the websites of all his newspapers within the next 12 months. tags news online charges websitesWill this work? Doomed to failure I think. picked by topofall 4 months ago |
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Scott Moore is in charge of news at Yahoo! Broadcast television still reaches more people in a single hour; 6 million viewers at a time will tune in to the CBS Evening News. But over the course of a month, the online portals are providing news to more people. picked by hisidea 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share weird |
News At Seven automatically gathers news with relevant images, videos and opinions from blogs and combines them into a virtual newscast. picked by TheStep 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
No one likes to give bad news. What if there was a better way to give out bad news? What if there was a robot that could tell people things they didn't want to hear? picked by bernardblack 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
As of 3:30 pm PST, Russian officials say 78 bodies of miners have been recovered from the mine site explosion in Siberia, but fear casualities will increase. picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Silly & wierd news clips from around the world - Ex. A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount in the afternoon. picked by susiesunshine 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Think the news is boring? Well here is a site that may change your mind. It is a community driven experience – imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Roleplaying, prediction of real world events and more are combined into a new fun learning experience. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share world |
From story: 1 comments edit related share plime.com"He chose a 42-inch katana, a Japanese samurai sword, and went inside to confront Lee Alexander, a 25-year-old ranch hand from Polk County who was convicted in 2000 of a lewd and lascivious act on a person under 16. Less than 15 minutes later, Alexander was dead." picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago |
After the Daily News wrote about a disabled veteran's dream of seeing the Yanks in the World Series, two dozen readers offered him either tickets or cash toward buying one. picked by suebe 1 month ago 1 comments edit related share sports |
Starting in November, AP text stories will contain a 'beacon' that will allow tracking where their news go. Sources submitting to AP can opt in too. "This is a pivotal step in the fight to ensure that quality journalism can be funded in the digital era," said Tom Curley, AP's chief executive. "We have stood by too long and watched other people make money off the hard work of our jo... read full post picked by meggysue 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Onion News Network has set the standard for globe-encompassing 24-hour television news since it was founded in December, 1892. The network boasts channels in 171 languages and can be viewed in 4.2 billion households in 811 countries. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
"If you’re looking for some good news in these days of hurricanes, insurgency and high oil prices, go to goodnewsblog.com for links to stories that are uplifting but not maudlin." - Newsweek Blog Watch, Sep. 12, 2005 picked by kissmenow 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
"All the news that's fit to print" was once the newspaper man's slogan. Now, with news-junkies turning increasingly to the net for their daily fix of world events, papers are beginning to feel the pinch. 0 comments edit related share plime.com*Includes video report on right of article* picked by thecritters 3 years ago |
Following the revelations about phone tapping by The News Of The World made in the Guardian, police are now investigating 3000 potential incidents perpetrated by the scandal rag. Luckily for them, most of the work will have been done in the investigation they previously suppressed. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
This article starts with the sentence "The internet is killing newspapers and giving birth to a new sort of news business." 4 comments edit related share plime.comBearing in mind what plime is, I was very surprised not to see this recent article posted here. Did I miss it? A couple of very important factors are mentioned... picked by rambler 6 months ago |
A real-time news "translation machine" representing appearing & disappearing information about our times. The news content is reduced to the most frequent headlines & their according keywords. The reduced news headlines are then visually translated in a dynamic pictogram language that is considered to be universal & instantly understandable. online users can add keywords to ... read full post picked by Turtle 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
For some readers, News of the Weird is a light diversion from the serious reporting of the week. For others, though, it's a weekly chronicle of the alarming decline of civilization. Or a therapeutic personal benchmark (for reassurance that the problem is other people, not you). Or, for the few who actually wind up in News of the Weird, a monument to lives interestingly lived. I hope it's not a ... read full post picked by keroberos32 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
Site is filled with legal stories, lawsuits, photos and more. Most articles have links to pdf files of legal filings. It is basically a news wire for lawyers and those interested in legal cases. 0 comments edit related share plime.comIncludes lawsuits such as one where a land owner is suing FEMA and Homeland Security for failure to pay rent on his land since June of 2007 picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
A news aggregation site will start letting its users influence the placement of articles by voting on items they like or dislike. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 14 comments edit related share plime.com |
Here's todays run of weird stories from The Sun news paper. 1 comments edit related share plime.comAll the stories are one page so read away! picked by davethefish 2 years ago |