New York Times for Kindle Customers to Receive Free Access to NYTimes.com

Amazon announced that customers who subscribe to The New York Times for Kindle will be receiving access to The New York Times Web site at no additional charge. The date for Kindle New York Times subscribers' free online access is yet undetermined; subscribers will receive further communication via e-mail in the coming weeks.

New York Times for Kindle Customers to Receive Free Access to NYTimes.com

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Here Is How Nick Denton Would Run The New York Times

James Fallows has penned a big feature piece on the new media that's running in this month's Atlantic (and which neglected to credit Business Insider for the Aol Way scoop).

Much of the piece is devoted to the day Fallows spent with Nick Denton in the Gawker offices hearing about what makes a good headline and how the new "job of journalism is to provide surprise.”

Denton also revealed how he would run the NYT:

“If I were running The New York Times,” Denton said, “the first thing I would do is put numbers next to every story,” as Gawker does on its home page—not just include a most-e-mailed list but fully embrace the concept of giving readers more of what they want. If he felt compelled to do “good” for the world, Denton said, he would set up “offshore Gawkers” serving capitals where speech is limited, like Riyadh, Beijing, Tehran. “Zero political content—you don’t want to be seen as a ‘democracy advocate’ at all,” he said. “Just good, juicy, scurrilous gossip stories about nepotism and corruption and mistresses and Swiss bank accounts. Pictures of their houses! You would want to be seen as having wicked fun. And if you did that for 20 years …”

Here's what no longer works:

Nick: But, anyway, look at me. I used to cover political reform in post-communist Eastern Europe, which had been my subject at Oxford.


And now I tell writers that the numbers (i.e. the audience) won’t support any worthiness. We can’t even write stories about moguls like Rupert Murdoch or Barry Diller unless it involves photographs of them cavorting with young flesh.



(I used to enjoy [doing] those stories in the old days, before web metrics.)

Oh those halcyon days.  That said, the fact the NYT doesn't push a real estate section chalk full of a gazzillion slide shows is entirely puzzling (when I looked just now they had 3...and I had to dig to find them).

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Here Is How Nick Denton Would Run The New York Times

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Aussie Government Competition To Predict Commute Times

databuff writes "Last week, Sydney's Minister of Roads, David Borger, launched a $10,000 competition to develop an algorithm that predicts commute times on a major Sydney freeway. The winning algorithm will be used to power predictions on the Sydney live traffic website. The hope is that the predictions will help commuters make informed decisions about when to travel and on what routes, lowering the intensity of peak hour traffic. In its first week, the competition attracted entries from more than 50 teams and 19 countries."

Aussie Government Competition To Predict Commute Times

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Can Disney Make Gowalla Mainstream? (The Social Times)

“I’m going to Disney World.” It’s the chant of Super Bowl champions and award winners alike, and now Gowalla users too. For Disney fans it’s a new, virtual way to share memories. For Gowalla, the partnership with Disney could be a game changer.

Source : The Social Times

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Tough Times Create an Ethical Dilemma for Job Seekers

A job seeker on the Dice Discussions board asked if it's ethical to keep interviewing, even though he'd accepted a conditional job offer. After all, he'd be wasting the interviewer's time. In a vibrant economy, a well-intentioned job seeker would probably cancel upcoming interviews, because employers seldom reneged on an offer. But in this tepid economic environment, a struggling company may rescind an offer and it could take months for the job seeker to rebuild a pipeline of opportunities.


Job seekers have to watch out for themselves during tough times, and new hires are particularly vulnerable to lay offs, especially if the company decides to cut staff during their probationary period. Plus, you don't know how a company may interpret your credit score or background information and, though it's rare, errors do occur and a company may refuse to put you on the payroll until your record has been cleared.



The bottom line is this: Keep interviewing until you feel reasonably secure in your new job. If you want to avoid damaging your reputation, let the manager know at the beginning of an interview that you've received a conditional offer. He or she may shorten the meeting, but sharing the news could actually work in your favor because the idea of competing for your services could pique his interest. Even if you end up accepting another offer, a manager will appreciate your honesty. In fact your candor may help you keep the door open in case you need to replenish your pipeline of opportunities.



-- Leslie Stevens-Huffman

 

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DECODE: Explore the Life and Times of Jay-Z with Bing and Win!

In anticipation of the release of his first book, DECODED, Jay-Z and Bing launches a multi-platform search experience and interactive game to help fans decode Jay-Z's life and lyrics. The immersive online experience utilizes multiple facets of Bing, including Bing Maps and Bing Entertainment, to give fans full access to the stories behind Jay-Z's songs. Over the course of a month, fans will come together as a community to compile DECODED online before it hits bookshelves.