News tagged with news aggregator

Twitter acquires news aggregator Summify

Twitter has acquired Summify, a Vancouver-based social news aggregator.

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Huff Post visitors pass NYTimes.com: tracker

The Huffington Post received more traffic than the website of The New York Times in May, the first time it has surpassed NYTimes.com in unique visitors, tracking firm comScore said Thursday.

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created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google donation to fund digital journalism innovation

Google, which has had strained relations with some US newspaper publishers, announced on Tuesday it was donating five million dollars to encourage innovation in digital journalism.

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created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Washington Post, NY Times, Gannett invest in news aggregator

A news aggregator startup announced on Wednesday it has received 12 million dollars in funding from The Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today publisher Gannett Co.

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created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nearly half of Google News users just read headlines: report

Nearly half of the users of Google News skim the headlines at the news aggregator site without clicking through to newspaper websites, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

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created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google responds to newspaper critics

Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9

Google to let publishers limit free website access (Update)

Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine.

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Newspaper, Internet titans duel at Web 2.0 Summit

Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson opened fire on Google, accusing the Internet giant of promoting online news reading "promiscuity."

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google developing payment platform for newspapers: Nieman

Internet giant Google is developing a payment platform for newspapers that would allow them to charge for content online, according to a report on Wednesday.

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created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Microsofties' side project seeks new Office ideas

(AP) -- Have a gripe about Office? A couple of guys at Microsoft Corp. want to hear it directly.

Technology / Software

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Google News mistakes Jackson queries for attack

A deluge of search queries for Michael Jackson led Google News, the news aggregator of Web search engine Google, to initially believe it was under attack, the Internet giant said on Friday.

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created Jun 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Struggling US newspapers look to e-readers

As US newspapers drown in a sea of red ink, publishers are desperately searching for ways to survive in a digital future.

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

US newspaper owners are 'mad as hell'

US newspaper owners, their advertising revenue evaporating, their circulation declining and their readership going online to get news for free, are fighting mad.

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (13) | comments 40