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March 23, 2005
Just How Much Value Does Google Add to the News?

In a fascinating legal case that has far-reaching ramifications for the future of the news business, French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) is suing Google Inc. for the way that Google News displays AFP stories and photos.

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March 17, 2005
AP to offer newspaper members two leads

We find it interesting that the Associated Press, in what Editor & Publisher Magazine calls "a break with tradition" will now offer its newspaper members two different leads for certain news stories.

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March 12, 2005
An unrelenting focus

Here at Newstex, we're focused exclusively on delivering premium newsfeeds. We don't build end-user applications and we aren't a publisher of original content.

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February 10, 2005
Bloggers score another major scoop

In an amazing story breaking in the past 24 hours which many are calling a "scandal," a reporter from the obscure conservative Web site Talon News, who had been using a false name, obtained highly coveted White House press credentials.

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January 13, 2005
Possible new content: Corporate board blogs

In a fascinating and well-researched analysis Why corporate boards should blog on IR Web Report, authors Dominic Jones and Pam Agnew argue, "we are convinced that the technology offers a highly attractive opportunity for forward-thinking directors and boards.

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January 10, 2005
The Future of the Internet

A broad-ranging group of 1,200 respected technology experts, scholars, industry officials, and social analysts were asked by thePew Internet & American Life Project for their opinions and thoughts about the future of the Internet.

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January 8, 2005
Demo Day

Today I had one of our first demos of the back office admin system that NewsEngine has been building for us.

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January 8, 2005
Typepad

I love Typepad, the ASP service we use to write and publish this Blog. One of the "cool" features is Domain Mapping. This allows us to change the URL from http://newstex.typepad.com to http://www.newstexblog.com.

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January 6, 2005
Angus Roberston

Angus Robertson agreed to join our Board of Advisors. I'll post his bio soon on the website and share it here on the Blog. 

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January 5, 2005
RSS Content Syndication Hot for 2005

eMarketer's team of analysts and researchers give their predictions of what to look out for in 2005 in theInternet, e-business and emerging tech arena.

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January 4, 2005
Alpha Bloggers prove the value of new content sources

This fascinating Newsweek article shows through the example of the rise of podcasting how technology elite bloggers created buzz around anew topic way before traditional media.

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January 3, 2005
WSJ.com - Video Blogs Break Out With Tsunami Scenes

Many analysits predicted 2005 would be the year of video blogging or vlogging. It has happened sooner than anyone thought because of the Tsunami disaster. 

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