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Interesting Magazine and Digital Stats from Pew State of the News Media 2013

Adam Sherk

Mobile Creates Additional News Consumption. One encouraging aspect of the study is that as mobile news consumption grows it is not at the expense of other channels. Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter. Social Sharing: The New Coffee Table Magazine Spread.

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The Best Tools for Keyword Research, Competitive Analysis and Trending Topics

Adam Sherk

You can use Keyword Planner to compare terms, get new content ideas, explore topical categories, monitor seasonality and compare desktop vs. mobile, among other tasks. Bing News also provides trending topics on its home and section pages, as well as links to news that is trending on Facebook and Twitter. Google Trends.

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Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate

Adam Sherk

Word of mouth on Twitter, Facebook and other sites (including The White House blog ) has raised over $2 million to-date through mobile phone donations organized by mGive. UPDATES: Mobile phone donations have gone very well. Social media users are doing their part too. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I'd Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

Adam Sherk

I noticed that in addition to the email list users can sign up for text and voice updates via mobile phone. The key takeaway: the more ways you can bring your Facebook Pages to life, the better. Perhaps for that Alicia Keys should adopt the same style as she did in her Saturday Night Live digital short: Just saying.

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Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Adam Sherk

The NYT could also just build this functionality into their own mobile apps, but partnerships offer greater cross-promotional and audience development opportunities. The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists. That’s just one idea.

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Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites

Adam Sherk

Google, Bing and Yahoo are all experimenting with various forms of real-time results now and making deals with Twitter, Facebook and other social sites. It should be noted that there many forms of real-time search, including Twitter Search itself and sites like OneRiot , Collecta and Topsy , among others.

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10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News

Adam Sherk

The question, then, is whether newspaper publishers will do any better at monetizing mobile advertising than they have online. Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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