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Your contributed links

November 2, 2009
By Steve Safran

Over on our Facebook Group page, people have been posting some interesting stories. Although not all are about Boston media, we encourage these kinds of contributions, as they add to the discussion of what needs to take place here. Here’s some of what you’ve contributed: Barry O’Brien points us to an article on Boston.com about a...
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Messing with themes

November 2, 2009
By Steve Safran

We have a new look today. (The blog’s four days old, so it’s time for a refresh, of course…) Tell us what you think.
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We shared, you came: the power of social media

November 2, 2009
By Steve Safran

BostonMediaNext.com has been online for all of four days. As expected, our traffic started slowly, with 20 – 50 page views per day. But on Sunday, it spiked to 350 views. How is this possible for a nascent site? Social media. On Saturday, I...
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Taking an innovative approach to teaching journalism

November 1, 2009
By Steve Safran

We have some great journalism schools here in Boston, and their mission will be the same as ours: to evolve. NYU is offering what could be a model for...
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The days of the lead-in are gone

October 31, 2009
By Steve Safran

The unremarkable ratings of the Jay Leno show prove what I’ve been writing for a long time – that local affiliates need to stop thinking about their 10 pm...
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Defining moment

October 30, 2009
By Charles Kravetz

The Allbritton decision to launch a local web based news organization similar to their approach with Politico is a seminal event in what I refer to as “native news,”...
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