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Apples and oranges on Google and publishers
Print performance is bad enough without putting a thumb on the scale
By Ryan Chittum Nov 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Slate tells us that "Google ad revenue tops entire US print media industry" in the first six months of the... More
Audit Notes: China slows, Romney’s taxes, copyright
Inventories pile up, posing another threat to the global economy
By Ryan Chittum Aug 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times looks at a glut of goods clogging up Chinese warehouses—an ominous sign for the global economy:... More
Audit Notes: Economic Headwinds, Refinancing, Google’s Dominance
By Ryan Chittum Sep 19, 2011 at 07:25 PM
Crain's New York Business's Aaron Elstein takes a good look anecdotes at the headwinds New York's economy is facing from... More
Audit Notes: Google moves on copyright, The Daily Shoe, Olympics
As its business interest aligns with content producers
By Ryan Chittum Aug 10, 2012 at 09:28 PM
Google will finally begin to penalize pirate sites in its search algorithm. What took so long? The Wall Street Journal... More
Audit Notes: Google v. Groupon, BofA Deal, The 99ers
By Ryan Chittum Jan 4, 2011 at 11:31 PM
The Wall Street Journal's Shira Ovide writes that Google, spurned by Groupon despite its stunning $6 billion offer for the... More
Audit Notes: Google’s stonewalling, Moody’s spin clinic, USDA mortgages
An NYT story on how the company tried to stymie investigators of its Street View program
By Ryan Chittum May 30, 2012 at 09:48 PM
This New York Times story is a few days old, but worth flagging. The paper reports on Google's roguish reaction... More
Audit Notes: HBGary Federal, Jeff Sachs Goes Off, Gaming Google
By Ryan Chittum Feb 15, 2011 at 06:10 PM
ArsTechnica has a great ticktock on how the HBGary Federal scandal broke open, recounting how its CEO got into a... More
Audit Notes: Risky Business, Two Economies, Google and Monopoly
By Ryan Chittum Dec 13, 2010 at 08:17 PM
The New York Times is good to keep an eye on signs of a return of risky lending. Today it... More
German bill would charge for aggregation
The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
By Alison Langley Jan 16, 2013 at 12:38 PM
News aggregators and search engines in Germany will be required to pay publishers a fee for using their content—even snippets,... More
Get a Life (Beyond the Web)
Science writers struggle with time management
By Cristine Russell Oct 21, 2011 at 02:32 PM
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA — Freelance science writer Steve Silberman might not be physically addicted to Twitter, but sometimes it seems like... More
Google’s Search Dominance Comes In Handy for Its Other Businesses
The Wall Street Journal looks at a key competitive issue on the Web.
By Ryan Chittum Dec 13, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Google has a near-monopoly on search in the U.S. It uses that dominant position to boost its other businesses at... More
It’s about the info, not the outlet
Google’s mapped information on Sandy topped anything news organizations offered
By Anna Codrea-Rado Nov 2, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More
Pearlstein Takes On Google’s Threat to Competition
By Ryan Chittum Dec 15, 2010 at 04:19 PM
The Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein takes up the Google monopoly case today with an excellent column in The Washington Post.... More
Stories I’d Like to See
A trove of stories from the Facebook IPO
By Steven Brill Feb 8, 2012 at 11:31 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
The Journal Takes Us Inside the Google Drugs Sting
By Ryan Chittum Jan 25, 2012 at 06:36 PM
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent page-one story today on how federal agents caught Google deliberately breaking the law... More
The WSJ Exposes Google’s Tracking Hack
By Ryan Chittum Feb 17, 2012 at 01:40 PM
The Wall Street Journal has a big scoop this morning on how Google and other companies overrode Apple privacy settings... More
The Growing Problem of Search Engine Spam
And what Google says it’s doing about it
By Lauren Kirchner Jan 25, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Last week, Google News’s Krishna Bharat spoke at Columbia University about what makes his search engine so helpful and efficient... More
The Internet’s Least Helpful Webpages
How content farms do Japan
By Lauren Kirchner Mar 16, 2011 at 04:55 PM
Taking to Google with your questions about the fast-breaking situation in Japan can lead down some pretty strange paths—paths to... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
Obama’s war on leaks undermines investigative journalism
“[T]he most militant I have seen since the Nixon administration”
‘It was approved at the highest levels— and I mean the highest’
Holder OK’d search warrant for Fox News reporter’s private emails, official says
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
