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online stories: 19 news summaries
don't touch that dial


 TV Viewers Migrate to Web 

Americans are more and more likely to have watched shows online

Oct 26, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - More and more Americans are watching television exclusively online and ditching their cable or satellite service. One-quarter of families have tuned in online, and 25% of those viewers have watched a full-length show on a computer—a 67% jump just since 2007. “The idea that you come home and... More »

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entertainment • television • Internet • cable TV • satellite TV • online • digital video • Hulu • consumer electronics

Online, Everyone's a Critic—but Not So Critical

Customer reviews tend to be positive

Oct 5, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Online reviewers are a little like T-Ball parents: To them, everyone’s a winner. Though the Internet is laden with snark and meanness, customer reviews are a bastion of the positive, with the average grade sitting at about 4.3 out of 5 stars, according to Bazaarvoice, a company that... More »

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online • reviews • Amazon • customer

Americans Watch TV, Go Online More Than Ever

Simultaneous use of Internet and TV up, studies show

Sep 11, 09 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - More Americans are vegging in front of the TV and relaxing online these days, the Chicago Tribune reports. While most Americans use the Internet to keep up with the latest economic news, about 74% of that group also go online to chill out. Meanwhile, the average American is watching a... More »

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entertainment • television • Internet • online

 Emoticons Invade 
 Academia 

Teaching millennials causes new frustrations for college writing professors

Sep 7, 09 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - College professors have lamented the state of student writing for centuries. But today’s Internet-obsessed culture brings new, infuriating errors to Writing 101 as students brazenly use colloquialisms like “:-)” and “LOL” in essays. “Occasionally, I've seen someone using the number 4 for the word 'for,'”... More »

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education • Internet • writing • college • online • instant messaging • emoticon • smiley face • texting • Cal State San Marcos • University of San Diego

(Newser) - Fans of Michael Jackson are pushing for a Nobel Peace Prize nod for the late pop star. 12,000 have signed various online petitions putting the singer up for the honor because of his “lifelong dedication to the well-being of humanity,” and one organizer hopes for 100,000... More »

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entertainment • Internet • pop music • humanitarian • online • Michael Jackson • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • petition

opinion

 Obama's Pot Answer 
 Too Dismissive 


Mar 26, 09 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama drew chuckles today for his comments about legalizing marijuana—it's not a "good strategy to grow the economy"—but critics say he was too dismissive of a serious issue. "His answer was a non-answer," writes Andrew Sullivan in his Daily Dish blog at the... More »

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marijuana • marijuana legalization • online • town hall meeting • President Obama • Howard Stern Grid

 Obama Holds Online Town Hall 


Mar 26, 09 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama held a unique “online town-hall” today, answering questions submitted and voted on at WhiteHouse.gov. An aide acted as a moderator, calling it a “new experiment in getting questions from outside Washington.” The questions ran the gamut from education to the economy to health care,... More »

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Barack Obama • online • town hall meeting • interactive • Obama administration • President Obama • WhiteHouse.gov

Prez to Answer Questions Online Tomorrow

Obama to host first 'e-town hall' meeting since taking office

Mar 25, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will host his first online town hall meeting as president tomorrow, the Atlantic reports. The White House "community-moderated online town hall" website invites Americans to submit questions on the economy and vote on other participants’ entries. The president will answer from among those voted most popular. More »

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White House • online • town hall meeting • Obama administration • President Obama • WhiteHouse.gov

ncaa tournament

 In Online Traffic, 
 It's Truly Madness 


Mar 20, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a lack of surprises on the court, the first day of March Madness saw a huge jump in visits to the CBS website as well as a bump in TV ratings, the Business Insider reports. The 2.7 million viewers of streaming video online represented a 56% increase over... More »

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NCAA • CBS • basketball • NCAA basketball • online • TV ratings • March Madness • streaming video • 2009 NCAA Tournament • NCAA men's basketball tournament

 Web Dictionary Plans 
 to Outdo Print Cousins 

New features and bigger capacity make Wordnik a revolution in lexicography

Mar 16, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ever stumbled across an unfamiliar word and wondered not only what it means, but what it looks and sounds like? Or what other words it appears alongside most often, and how many times it’s been used in print this year? The revolutionary new dictionary Wordnik, set to go online... More »

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Internet • online • oxford english dictionary • lexicography • dictionary • words • English language

 Shoppers Embrace 
 Coupon Clipping 2.0 

Digital discounts improve buyer tracking, make coupon use easier

Feb 25, 09 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The recession has more Americans clipping coupons, sort of. While coupon use has jumped 10% since October, more of those discounts were downloaded to smart phones and supermarket rewards cards—not cut out from the newspaper. And digital advertising, still a 1% sliver of the discount pie, seems to benefit... More »

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advertising • recession • online • discounts • grocery stores • coupons

ANALYSIS

Baseball Strikes It Rich With Online Content Pitch

MLB web presence adds to—not detracts from—fans' TV, ballpark experiences

Aug 29, 08 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Major League Baseball’s full-bore embrace of the internet is paying off for its online service, Jay Yarow writes in BusinessWeek. Most professional sports leagues limit web content for fear of encroaching on TV ratings, but MLB’s Advanced Media allows streaming video of full games, downloadable highlights from every... More »

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Internet • MLB • advertising • online • website • online ads • baseball content • baseball

Green Cafe's Crowdsourcing Doesn't Spoil
the Stew

DC eatery relies on the masses to define it

Jul 27, 08 7:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Elements, a vegetarian and raw food restaurant, opens in DC next year, it will have one owner, but almost 400 people who conceived and developed the idea, the Washington Post reports. An online (and offline) community is helping with everything from designing a logo to greening the building. But... More »

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business • restaurant • online • startup • community • crowd • group • raw food

OPINION

Online Social Networks Redefine
'Friends'

Isn't 5,000 too many?
Even spuds do well

May 23, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Online social networks such as Facebook and MySpace have altered the meaning of friendship, writes Steven Levy in The Washington Post. Instead of genuine chums, people are collecting hundreds and even thousands of friends without any real-world contact. When it comes to rejecting friend requests, "it's socially awkward, and... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • Facebook • online

OPINION

 Has It Gone, Or
 Just Gone Online?  

NYT columnist gets nervous as Oxford Dictionary hits the web

May 11, 08 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Oxford English Dictionary—the 3-volume one with the magnifying glass—has ditched its hard copy and gone digital for good, which makes one "bookish middle-class" writer nervous. "Other totemic college books could go out of style, maybe," Virginia Heffernan writes in the New York Times. But... More »

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Internet • Wikipedia • Dictionary.com • online • oxford english dictionary • dictionary • online book • thesaurus

 Ditch the Assistant, 
 Organize Online 

Newest sites provide collaborative, mobile organizers

Apr 14, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paper is so last century. PC World has tracked down websites—like one that puts phone dictations on Google Calendar—that best support your OCD ... or totally forgetful ... nature:
  1. Remember the Milk is one intense task manager: It even lets others—say, your boss—add items to your "
... More »

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personal finance • list • online • web services • Amazon.com • Remember the Milk • Backpack

Microsoft to Buy Yahoo: Blogger

Says software company has sent a clear signal of intent

Nov 18, 07 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo, blogs Huffington Post’s Henry Blodget—there’s no other way to interpret comments made by a honcho Thursday that the Bill Gates brand plans to up its online search market share from its current 10% to 30%. Do the math, says Blodget: Acquiring Yahoo’... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • acquisition • online • search engine • rumor

Parents Believe Kids Are Too Plugged In

A third thinks children spend too much time online, but do they really?

Oct 11, 07 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - American kids are spending more time than ever in front of the computer, and the trend makes some parents queasy, CNet reports. Three-quarters of Americans age 12 and up spend an average of 8.9 hours online a week, a new study finds. And the numbers will keep rising, as... More »

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education • television • children • raising children • online • video games

NBC Angles to Keep Leno
After Tonight

Execs brainstorm projects for 2009,
when Conan takes chair

Jul 23, 07 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Jay Leno nears his final Tonight Show in 2009, NBC is scrambling to keep the late night king at the network and away from rivals ABC and Fox. Peacock execs have pitched a prime time variety show, miscellaneous work on NBC's cable channels, and a showcase of Jay-on-demand through... More »

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television • NBC • cable TV • Jay Leno • peacock • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • Johnny Carson • online • on demand

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