Archives for May 1997

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Ted Koppel: Will online news ‘bite us in the ass’?

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The veteran ‘Nightline’ anchor has some words of warning for online reporters eager to reinvent the wheel of journalism

Immediacy has never been a strong suit of Web news among the mainstream media. But in the coming months, dozens of content providers — from giants like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal to small-town weeklies and dailies — will team up with Netscape, Microsoft, PointCast and other push-news services to broadcast their own “channels” of breaking news right to a user’s desktop.

Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel
That promises to fundamentally reshape the online news landscape. What risks do these traditional print organizations face in moving toward a broadcast model of Net news? I posed the question to Ted Koppel, whose 1996 book “Nightline” dissects how television has reshaped news values in our lifetime. Koppel, who surfs the Web only infrequently, has some words of warning for online reporters eager to reinvent the wheel of journalism. This is his first interview on the subject of the Internet. [Read more…] about Ted Koppel: Will online news ‘bite us in the ass’?

Major players in push technology

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This sidebar to When push comes to news appeared in the May 1997 issue of The American Journalism Review.

Internet news services can custom-tailor your news and deliver it fast. They work well as supplements to your news diet, but they can’t yet compete with print media’s portability or with television news’ visual impact.

Following are the major players in the push news landscape. All of the services or programs are free to the user, though on rare occasion some material — like the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition — requires a separate subscription. All will do Windows on your PC, with Mac versions available or in development for most. Better hurry with that download, though. Some of these start-ups may be gone within a year. [Read more…] about Major players in push technology

Push: The next wave of Net news?

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Push technology, the Internet’s trend du jour, allows online news sites to narrowcast personalized news directly to readers

The following article appeared in the May 1997 issue of The American Journalism Review.

For news consumers and publishers alike, 1997 may well mark a seismic shift in the way content is delivered on the Internet.

The phenomenon goes by many names: Push technology. Webcasting. Netcasting. Personal broadcast applications. Channel technology. Internet news broadcasting.

All refer to a technological revolution that is redefining the relationship between online news operations and their readers. And even if you’re not a cyberspace cowboy, push news should interest you because it has the potential to reshape the fundamentals of journalism in much the same way that television news has altered the rules of the profession. [Read more…] about Push: The next wave of Net news?

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