Links for 2009-06-17
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An ingenious use of Twitter by horseplayers.
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Frustrated stats geek motivated to build own micro-service: "It will be a system that caters to sports fans."
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This seems an obvious and necessary shift.
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Neat. Live streaming, DVR features, should be a hit.
Links for 2009-06-10
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Garrett Gomez on the Belmont: "Stuff like this happens a lot of times in the bigger races. Everybody doesn't ride the same as they normally do. Trainers don't exactly give the same instructions. Sometimes in the bigger races some guys want to be a little more aggressive and some don't, so the combination of the two makes things work out completely different than you think they will." Possibly explains why it was Dunkirk, not Charitable Man, on the lead.
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NASCAR announces the creation of a "citizen journalist media corps," promises full press credentials, access to those selected. But how much independence?
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Mixed reviews, ethical concerns (and be sure to check out the SI story highlights). "Think about that for a second. A spitfire NFL coach had to lecture his players, among the most macho, muscular, and ferocious athletes on the planet, about something called 'Twitter.' Hear that thumping sound below you? That's Lombardi knocking his head against the grave."
Links for 2009-06-05
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"[Bush] tracks, which once dotted the countryside from Louisiana to Oklahoma, are mostly gone now — victims of changing tastes and fears of lawsuits and the law itself."
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Soccer writers start network, find most competition comes from club press offices. "So clearly the rules of the game have changed fundamentally…. It's just a matter of realigning ourselves in terms of content and analysis, using your brand and your experience to provide the kind of sticky content that a football fan wants."
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"Or look at it another way: We in media — including us online with our banners and buttons — are still selling scarcity — and pricing it that way — when there is no scarcity." A shift which doesn't stop many from attempting to re-create scarcity (see: micro-flap over BH publisher's TOBA letter).
Links for 2009-05-29
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No. 1: Regret, a truly sensational horse, winner of the Kentucky Derby in her first start as a 3YO.
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Are tweets protected by copyright? Short answer, "No." (But what about a body of tweets?)
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Site adds a subscription research service. “What the blogs were to traditional media, we hope this will be to the research firms.â€
Links for 2009-05-28
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An odd story about Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov, human rights activists, lenient licensing, and a globe-trotting horse.
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Your chance to do spec work for Equibase.
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Disturbing. Or is that just my old media training?
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The challenge, from niche to national: "News companies today straddle a difficult line between pure content creators and pure technology companies…. We have to constantly create content for our audience and evolve the way we deliver it and will probably have to continue to do so …"
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