David Black

"The beauty of the web for local news is not only does it give us a new chance to refocus on true local news, but it makes it easier to enable the strong civic engagement that only comes when people talk with each other."

"As part of the iJournalism class I teach at the UBC j-school, I hold a session on online tools for journalists. What is striking is how much these tools have developed in the past year." [via AndyDickinson.net]

"This isn’t meant to be all-encompassing, but it’s a good starting point for any exploration of the wide range of tools and toys available to the online journalist."

"Google recently brought its Suggest feature out of Labs and onto the main .com search page. Google Suggest has not yet been introduced on Google.co.uk, but it's likely that it will be if the feature works in the US, and it could have a few implications for search marketers."

"By 2012—when both traditional and alternative media companies will be distributing far more professional-quality video content online, and when the national elections and the summer Olympics will contribute far more to video ad spending than they will in 2008—annual growth will peak at 78.9%"

"Video ad company LiveRail predicts that online video ad spending will near $1.4 billion in 2010, up from $619 million in 2008. "

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Hitwise: 3% of News and Media sites' traffic comes from paid search, on average. "News & Media and Entertainment are the least reliant on paid search, with even Government sites receiving a greater proportion of their search traffic from paid clicks."