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Most Brazilian journalists use Twitter to spread news, blogs second

The underlying study was conducted in 2011. Wouldn't call it "new" but interesting.

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas :: In 2011, 68 percent of Brazilian journalists used Twitter (PDF direct download link) as their main tool for spreading news, according to a new digital journalism study from Oriella PR Network. The study, which aimed at understanding how the press worldwide is using digital technologies, interviewed about 500 journalists from 15 countries -84 of those interviewed were Brazilian.

Continue to read Isabela Fraga, knightcenter.utexas.edu

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Life beyond WordPress: Showcase of blogging CMSs

Noupe :: When it comes to content management systems and/or blogging platforms, we know that WordPress leads the race by a mile. Hardly any other CMS comes close to WordPress in terms of popularity and ease of usage. Yet, it is always useful to know your way around an extra platform or two. Therefore, in this article, we shall take a look at some of the ‘other’ blogging CMSs, apart from WP itself.

Beyond WordPress - Continue to read Sufyan bin Uzayr, www.noupe.com

'Times' will end partnerships with N.Y.U., CUNY on hyperlocal blogs

Capital New York :: The Times has decided to terminate its collaborations with the journalism schools of New York University and the City University of New York, or CUNY, on two websites covering the East Village and the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Both schools were given notice several weeks ago.

Background and timetable Joe Pompeo, www.capitalnewyork.com

China’s bloggers are taking risks and pushing for change, one click at a time

Washington Post :: The nine people selected later this year as China’s top leaders will largely determine whether, and how much, the country’s authoritarian political system yields to demands for change. And pushing them from the bottom will be a growing grass-roots army of bloggers, microbloggers and online activists who are demanding more accountability and gradually pressing the boundaries of freedom in this tightly controlled Communist-ruled country.

Continue to read Wu Heng, www.washingtonpost.com

Google I/O: Google offers liveblogging tool to cover its upcoming event

Google Developers :: Like to broadcast any Google I/O keynote as a live stream on your site? Google now offers an easy to integrate and setup gadget for that purpose. It comes with one limit: it will work only for Google's I/O conference.

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Details here developers.google.com

Bloggers say frequent updates, social promotion key traffic drivers

Marketing Charts :: American and European bloggers are relatively in agreement when it comes to the most effective ways to drive traffic to their blogs, both citing frequent updates and promotion on social networks as their top 2, per an Overblog study released in June 2012. Yet, when it comes to what defines the ultimate success of a blog, Americans are most likely to cite genuine content, while Europeans stick with frequent updates.

Continue to read www.marketingcharts.com

Martha Payne's school dinner blogging raises £100,000

Guardian :: A schoolgirl who was banned from blogging about her school meals by her local council has raised £100,000 for a children's charity. Martha Payne, nine, was told to stop taking photographs of her school meals because the council did not approve. Argyll and Bute council said her activities had made the school's catering staff fear for their jobs.

Continue to read Conal Urguhart, www.guardian.co.uk

Twitter quietly grows up

CNET :: Amazon and Twitter both saw this week how much the world relies on their services. First, Amazon suffered a patch of downtime following a power failure in a North Virginia data center -- leading to a number of high-profile sites falling with it -- and many jumped to Twitter to complain. Ironically, it was Twitter's turn to stumble a few days later.

While no one was looking, Twitter grew up. Amid an outage on a scale its users had not seen in months, the microblogging site shows how it has reached tech maturity.

Continue to read Zack Whittaker, news.cnet.com

Should your startup enter the world of business blogging?

The Next Web :: Long gone are the days when billboards, print advertisements and direct mail alone were the only ways to reach an audience of our choice. Today, entrepreneurs can take advantage of the many avenues of the Internet — most of which are free or relatively inexpensive. Setting up a presence on social media platforms and testing out segmented email marketing campaigns are today’s most promising marketing initiatives for startups. Results are accurately tracked and leads are constantly captured — all without signing a big check or licking a single stamp.

"Business blogging" - Continue to read Scott Gerber, thenextweb.com

Sunday to Monday flow of news: The Lede's live blog of reaction to the Greek election

The Lede | New York Times :: The die has now been cast in Greece, with voting booths closed on elections that will affect the entire zone of 17 countries using the euro currency – not to mention giant economies like the United States and China whose precarious health depends in part on Europe’s success. The Lede blog will follow the reaction as reported by correspondents from The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune based around the world. They will document the impact as it unfolds Sunday and Monday.

Live news feed Sunday-Monday Victoria Shannon, thelede.blogs.nytimes.com