February 2012
14 posts
Inside Breaking News: Introducing our new Android... →
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We’ve received many requests for an updated version of the free BreakingNews Android app, and we’re happy to announce it’s now live in both the Android Market and Amazon Appstore. This is a big update: we’ve added customized feeds, real-time mapping, a cleaner display, and it’s now optimized…
Inside Breaking News: Whitney Houston news drives... →
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Whitney Houston’s death Saturday night took many people by surprise. Unlike other recent high-profile deaths, like those of Steve Jobs and Etta James, this news seemed to come from out of the blue.
AP was the first traditional organization to publish an alert with the news that night,…
Inside Breaking News: BreakingNews at Social Media... →
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Attention New Yorkers: BreakingNews’ Lauren McCullough will be joining a panel of colleagues at Social Media Week New York on Feb. 16 at noon for a candid discussion about ways traditional news organizations can incubate innovation in their culture.
The panel, “Creating Start-Ups…
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Inside Breaking News: 'Thanks for melting our... →
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@BreakingNews Thanks for melting our servers, ya jerks. ^JK
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 2, 2012
The Atlantic jokingly sent us this tweet today after we sent out their story on the Susan G. Komen foundation. Over the last few months, we’ve noticed that we’re sending…
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Tumblr hires writers, editors to cover Tumblr →
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The New York Times reports:
Chris Mohney, a senior vice president for content at BlackBook Media, will be the site’s editor in chief. Jessica Bennett, a senior writer and editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast, will be the executive editor and, she said, a kind of Tumblr correspondent.
Their work — both documenting the Tumblr service and marketing it to users — will appear on...
