revue de web du 07 01 2008

• Interview: Tom Curley, CEO, Associated Press; Portals, Local Content—‘The Mother of all Battles’
  

  Le point de vue du président d’Associated Press sur la vocation et l’avenir des agences de presse.

  Last week, Curley spoke out again, this time as part of a consortium seeking changes from search engines. I interviewed him later that day about a range on subjects, including how to interpret that first speech, the role of the AP, and what it can do to help its 1,500 member newspapers profit from the transition to digital. One thing is clear: Curley has taken his ‘do not despair’ maxim to heart: “We believe that breaking news is worth more these days than it ever was. So breaking news is a premium business.”

  (categories: Agences de presse AP)

• Top 10 Most Pirated Movies and TV Shows of 2007
  

  TV-shows are by far the most popular files on BitTorrent sites. On Mininova alone, some episodes are downloaded more than 2 million times. Movies are a good second, with over 500.000 downloads for the most popular titles.

  (categories: p2p)

• paidContent.org – The Economics of Content – British News Sites Get Third Of Readers From U.S.; Motivation For Crossing Atlantic
  

  Le web sans frontière (autre que la langue) : 1/3 du trafic des sites anglais vient des USA…

  It’s old data, but this new research study from City University, London, online journalism researcher Neil Thurman is the first to illustrate why British news organizations are courting U.S. readers. We recently reported The Guardian is launching dedicated American news and comment websites, Times Online is using search engine optimization to reach Americans, while The Independent and Daily Mail get more visits from across the Atlantic than from at home. Combining stats and interviews circa 2005, Thurman shows why the publishers decided to monetize across the Atlantic:

  (categories: international usa statistiques uk)

• About : Revolution News Theme
  

  One of the most common requests I received while discussing custom WordPress themes with clients was the suggestion to design their site so that it looked like a newspaper, and didn’t look like a blog. More and more people are leaning towards WordPress for online newspapers and magazines, so I decided to develop a theme that would serve as that.

  (categories: wordpress)

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