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New site ‘Netted’ by the Webbys

Netted is a new daily email produced by the folks behind the Webbys, “a free daily newsletter where they’ll share the latest, coolest, and most useful things they’ve discovered online”

Interactive: How Barack Obama Won the White House

This interactive map shows how Barack Obama Won the White House one year ago.

How Do You Feel a Year After President Obama’s Election?

Cool interactive features on nytimes.com asking, “What One Word Best Describes How You Feel a Year After President Obama’s Election?” This page updates with the most popular choices from NYTimes.com readers.

Nonprofit news venture Texas Tribune to launch

Evan Smith, the longtime editor of Texas Monthly, is launching the Texas Tribune, a non-profit news operation that has hired 11 journalists at competitive salaries. Howard Kurtz reports: The fledgling operation has raised an impressive $3.6 million, with $1 million coming from Smith’s pal, venture capitalist John Thornton. “It actually started, as much as my life does, out [...]

St. Louis Globe-Democrat Returning As Free Online News Site

PaidContent reports: “The St. Louis Globe-Democrat—dead for 23 years—is coming back to life as a free news site. www.globe-democrat.com is slated to launch Dec. 8, according to an announcement by Dan Rositano, who runs a St. Louis IT company for small businesses; he describes himself on Linked In as president and CEO of the Globe-Democrat [...]

Did the web kill Gourmet magazine?

MediaShift suggests it was a combination of the rise of food bloggers, user-generated recipe sites like All Recipes, and the changing game of branding. “More and more, people don’t care about brands,” say Jim Sexton, senior vice president and editorial director for Time Inc. Lifestyle Digital. “It’s an interesting challenge for companies based on brands. Do [...]

Starting your news website: A checklist for students and mid-career beginners

Here is a check-list of technical tools that you’ll need to get a basic, one-person news site on the Web, to lay a foundation for future expansion and success: Starting your news website: A checklist for students and mid-career beginners.

Microsoft’s beta Twitter search

Microsoft has a beta site up for Twitter search at http://www.bing.com/twitter and it’s really good — check it out.

Clay Shirky on newspapers

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Google’s Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years

Google CEO Eric Schmidt says in five years, the internet will be dominated by Chinese-language content and distinctions between TV, radio and the web will go away. Other predictions: * Today’s teenagers are the model of how the web will work in five years – they jump from app to app to app seamlessly. * Within five years [...]