online journalism
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Grantland: A Rumpus Roundup
At the end of October, ESPN announced that Grantland, the sports and culture website it had acquired, would cease publication. Some commentators claimed the site should have been shuttered sooner when Bill Simmons, the “voice” of Grantland, parted ways with…
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Listing Back in Time
Turns out that the “listicle”, the undisputed yet controversial protagonist of online journalism, is way older than the Internet! As The Morning News reports, the New York Times started to publish “some facts about…”-styled features in the late 19th century.
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Unlocking the New Yorker
Those little blue padlocks are gone for good. Starting this week, newyorker.com will release all its content to the public, free of charge, until summer’s end. Unfortunately for subscription commitment-phobes, the site will then transition to a metered paywall system…