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New York Times + external links = smart

Started by mathewi · 7 months ago

There have been hints for awhile now that the New York Times was going to start adding links to third-party content on its front page, and now it appears to have finally happened, with the launch of something called Times Extra. The paper has been doing this for some time now on its technology f ... Continue reading »

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  • Ruth Seeley

    7 months ago

    This is wonderful news. When you're reading an actual newspaper it's easy enough to use the computer at the same time to 'research the research' but it's much harder to do that online, flipping from one screen to another.
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  • mathewi

    7 months ago

    Thanks for the comment, Ruth. I completely agree.
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  • txtface

    7 months ago

    More news is good news - and more views (perceptions) are even better still. And it certainly helps for their stickiness: one can hardly read all they have on offer and I, for one, find myself going back to catch up where I left behind earlier in the day even if only to pick up on links I noticed.
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  • Erick Schonfeld

    7 months ago

    Matthew, fyi, the Times Extra links come only from Blogrunner, not any of the syndicated blogs (unless those blogs show up in Blogrunner.
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  • mathewi

    7 months ago

    Thanks, Eric. I thought that was the case, and that the syndicated
    stuff just shows up on the tech hub -- I should maybe clarify that.
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  • liza

    7 months ago

    interesting. i am not logged into the NYTimes site and i can't see those links. haven't tested it by logging into the site, but as of 5:55pm, those external links are gone from the front page for non-registered or logged in users.
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  • liza

    7 months ago

    oh, never mind. you do have to click on their "extra" ad to get to that version of the site. i guess their testing it. oh well.

    both my blogs are always locked out of these experiments as they tend to exclude independent latino and women bloggers. needless to say latinas get it both ways :D
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