David Black

“Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest has begun the roll out of its new-look websites.”

“the paper’s editor-in-chief Hans Erik Matre told attendees it was time to open up more of the editorial process to public view.”

Responding to comments.

“Since last year, it has been using our search history, if we allow, to improve our searches… So does SEO get replaced by people?”

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“So why not hand over those segments of the business to Google and concentrate on what a newspaper should do: journalism?… Newspapers should concentrate on what the are supposed to do and stop trying to differentiate themselves with technology.”

“If you define it as the business of noticing events and describing them, then sure, give it all to Google. But for me, journalism is the practice of telling stories and, as such, technology is essential.”