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When does a news story getting boring online: Two hours after posting? Four hours? Wrong. A new study finds it's actually 36 hours. An excerpt from the NYT story: The physicist who led the research, Albert-László Barabási of the University of Notre Dame, said that the paper’s conclusion should give journalists hope, even in the [...]
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The BBC, which has revenues of about $5.5 billion US per year, is finding that it's just not enough in these times of technological change. But its detractors are saying enough is too much. An excerpt from the NYT story: Jonathan Ross, a BBC talk show host with a vocabulary as colorful as his wardrobe, [...]
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A tiff over editorial independence has grown into a full rebellion at the Santa Barbara News-Press in California. Some excerpts from the NYT story: Staffers have been marching out the door, accusing her of interfering with their editorial independence. When she published her explanation of the departures as an expression of bias in the reporting staff [...]
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Parenting writer Ann Hulbert tackles the current social crisis du jour that Americans are running short on emotional confidants. An excerpt from the NYT commentary: By now, I bet almost everybody knows somebody who has joined a social networking Web site like MySpace.com, with more than 90 million members, or Facebook.com, a college-based Web site [...]
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In an NYT feature about the decline of the CD store is this: The neighborhood record store was once a clubhouse for teenagers, a place to escape parents, burn allowances and absorb the latest trends in fashion as well as music. But these days it is fast becoming a temple of nostalgia for shoppers old [...]
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Relations have been gradually warming between Pakistan and India, but the Mumbai bombings may have changed that, finds this Beeb analysis. An excerpt: For the first time since Tuesday's serial bombings in Mumbai, the Indian government has pointed a finger at its long-time rival. Until now, Indian officials had been cautious in their comments – [...]
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The Beeb's Paul Reynolds looks at previous clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in south Lebanon. An excerpt: There are two precedents for possible Israeli actions from recent history. The first is a ground invasion of southern Lebanon. In July 1993, in a campaign called Operation Accountability, Israel invaded southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah. That invasion [...]
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