3.17.2009

Ottaway media groups rake in several awards

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The two press releases linked below are hitting the wires this morning. Congratulations to all of the recipients, not only for the recogniti...
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3.06.2009

Press release: SouthCoastToday.com seeks reader input on most valuable Red Sox

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NEW BEDFORD, MA (March 6th, 2009) - During Red Sox Spring Training, SouthCoastToday.com is running an interactive bracket to learn which Re...
2.25.2009

Press release: Ottaway Newspapers launches mobile-friendly sites

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MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (Feb. 25, 2009) - Ottaway Newspapers , the Local Media Group of Dow Jones, has launched mobile-friendly editions of its da...
1.16.2009

Plug your blog into Facebook

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While spending some time with Deb Cram at Seacoast Media Group yesterday, I walked her through how to plug her smgphoto Twitter feed into...
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12.24.2008

We welcome Boston.com links, but first we must write better Web headlines

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Let me state for the record that if and when Boston.com expands its Your Town initiative beyond the immediate Boston area, and starts aggre...
12.11.2008

More media-related Twitter observations

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Check out the widespread Twitter adoption at the Austin American-Statesman . Came to my attention via Steve Buttry , a tweeting editor in hi...
12.04.2008

Back to basics: Our bloggers should link to related materials

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In reading Cape Cod Times' photographer Steve Heaslip's blog post about working at the firefighter awards ceremony in Boston yeste...
12.03.2008

Two days remain to log your votes for Varsity845's Smashmouth Awards

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I can't get enough of Varsity845's Smashmouth Awards . Please, if you haven't seen it yet, head on over and cast your vote for y...
10.15.2008

Mobile breaking news alerts in action

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The scene: The Polay kitchen at breakfast. My wife, Brandy, and I are at the dining room table, sipping coffee while the kids scurry to get ...
10.06.2008

The blog is alive! Now, let's go tweet.

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The Ottaway Online Editors blog is back! Ready or not, here we come in the name of audience development and other business causes. To that ...
3.28.2008

YouTube melds in some Google Analytics to beef up video stats

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YouTube recently announced on its blog that it was rolling out more robust analytics reporting ( thanks to paidContent for surfacing the p...
3.16.2008

Tiny tripod

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Ewan's Video Recorder - Yes it is a phone Originally uploaded by CC Chapman Maybe I'm late to this party, but as I was perusin...
2.26.2008

Starbucks Closes Between 5:30 and 9 P.M. today

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First, important news as you plan your commute or other activities for this evening: Starbucks Closes Between 5:30 and 9:00 P.M. today to Pe...
2.11.2008

xFruits aren't ripe yet

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Just a quick update on my weekend experiment with xFruits : Though I did successfully mash the feeds and republish content from other feeds ...
2.09.2008

Tossing an xFruits salad

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Please pardon this interruption in content- and marketing-focused blog posts as I dabble in technology a bit and test the feed republishing ...
2.01.2008

We've mastered YouTube, so let's tackle Flickr

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I visited with Anne Brennan at the Cape Cod Times yesterday, and the conversation turned to placing our content in front of local audiences...
1.30.2008

Ottaway Breaking News Blogs

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UPDATE (9:03 p.m. ET): Our main sites are back up and running: CapeCodOnline.com MailTribune.com PoconoRecord.com RecordOnline.com ...
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1.29.2008

Are you ready for disaster?

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In the aftermath of yesterday's snowstorm here on Cape Cod , I could not get outside via the normal side-door egress our family uses. Th...
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1.28.2008

San Joaquin and Hudson Valley multimedia projects praised

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Our San Joaquin and Hudson Valley staffs have received some accolades of late. If you haven't seen the projects that these clippings...
1.21.2008

May I be alerted when a story is updated?

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As I was checking out this story from recordonline.com this afternoon (received via HVMG's Twitter profile ... thanks, HVMG!), it occur...
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1.11.2008

Fun with photos, and engage your audience at the same time

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Have you seen Photogamer? There's a lot to like about this site/concept, and half of its beauty is its simplicity. It's essentially ...
1.04.2008

Social media cuts both ways

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I very much enjoyed Matt Kinsman's article about online self-promotion on a numbers of levels, not the least of which is a perspective ...
12.21.2007

Speaking of SouthCoastToday, check out these Caspio-powered treats

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SouthCoastToday: Christmas Lights Finder SouthCoastToday: Santa Finder Fred Harwood tells me that the former was seeded by the Web departmen...

Pimp the good stuff!

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Back in my projo.com days, Managing Editor for New Media Tom Heslin coined a phrase for on-site promotion that became our mantra in the la...
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12.20.2007

Breaking news alerts: What NOT to do

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Check out the washingtonpost.com e-mail I just received, appended below. I am mystified at how even major news organizations don't seem...
12.14.2007

Winter mapping idea: Best Places for Sledding

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Check out: NJ Real Estate Wire » Best Places for Sledding in Essex County NJ . Add a mashup map, some UGC to solicit user favorites and comm...
12.01.2007

YouTubeHD?

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An update from Gizmodo for those who are hoping the YouTube video quality might improve: What YouTubeHD Might Look Like. As indicated in th...
11.29.2007

Earth to publishers: Stop trying to exert so much control

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The headline alone on this AP story on NJ.com is enough to send me into orbit: News Web sites seek more search control When, oh when, are p...
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11.27.2007

UGC should not be ostracized

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A must-read column from Steve Outing's monthly offering on Editor & Publisher: An Important Lesson About Grassroots Media The really...
11.23.2007

Check out: Is there good traffic reporting online?

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Following on my Twitter-related post from yesterday, give a read to Yoni's ideas for online traffic reporting . It really is all about ...
11.22.2007

Twitter your br(e)aking news

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Some may recall the idea I've floated in various conversations about how Twitter could be an effective tool for commuter traffic updates...