online news coverage

CNN Cuts Back on a Web Video Project

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:57:24 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
CNN laid off its four Web anchors and said it had stopped producing continuous live video for CNN.com, curtailing one of the Internet's biggest news experiments. CNN has seen substantial revenue gains from online video advertising, but company officials concluded recently that the live-anchored Webcasts were not cost-effective.

Network News -- One Click Away

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:18:27 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
Alex Weprin
Facing a dour economy and shrunken budgets, network news divisions are, by necessity, turning more and more to the Web as a less expensive, technologically sound portal for original reporting. The networks are also viewing the Web as the next battlefield for eyeballs and ad dollars, looking beyond the cable news networks.

CBS News to Let a Web Site Pick up Its Live Coverage

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:53:43 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
Seeking a younger audience accustomed to watching the news on the Internet, CBS News said that it had joined with a live video Web site to simulcast its newscasts and special reports. Ustream, will show the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," breaking news coverage and unfiltered news conferences and speeches.

Newspapers Getting More Web Visits

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:17:45 -0500

Full article: Associated Press
Anick Jesdanun
Leading U.S. newspaper websites are getting more visitors, and those visitors are coming more often, in what might be a small bright spot for an industry struggling with declining revenue.

Newsday Stakes Its Future on Digital Strategy

Stevie Converse — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:36:35 -0500

Full article: Advertising Age
Andrew Hampp
Cablevision may have laid off 100 employees at <em>Newsday</em>, the recently acquired Long Island, N.Y.-based daily newspaper. But the media company's chief operating officer laid out an ambitious digital strategy designed to reinvent the newspaper's coverage and distribution model.