by Chris Snider | Nov 2, 2010 | Digital information
As more readers turn to mobile devices for their news coverage, I decided to take a look at how some of the biggest news sites covered election day on their mobile sites. Wall Street Journal The Journal has impressive coverage on its desktop page, with a live election...
by Chris Snider | Nov 1, 2010 | Digital information
Here are the latest stats on how many people Like the 100 biggest newspapers on Facebook. I added the El Paso Times this month, even though they are not in the top 100 newspapers by print circulation. If you know of a paper that has a lot of followers despite not...
by Chris Snider | Oct 1, 2010 | Digital information
Here are the latest figures on how the top 100 newspapers are doing in their efforts to gain fans on Facebook. The top ten There’s a newcomer in the top 10 as the Palm Beach Post edged past the Des Moines Register for the No. 10 spot. The top 9 papers remained...
by Chris Snider | Sep 29, 2010 | Digital information, Digital tools
I’m a big proponent of using free, readily available tools to enhance coverage on your news website. Today, the Des Moines Register showed us that sometimes you get what you pay for when using free tools. Their use of a pop-up ad, side-of-the-page ads, live...
by Chris Snider | Sep 26, 2010 | Digital information
Not seeing the kind of following you’d like on your Facebook fan page? Here are some tips to gain new followers and better engage the ones you already have. 1. Supersize your profile photo Facebook allows you to have a 200×600 pixel profile photo. Most fan...
by Chris Snider | Sep 2, 2010 | Digital information
Here’s a look at the how the top 100 newspapers (by print circulation) are doing in their efforts to gain fans on Facebook. The Top 10 The Top 10 newspapers on Facebook remained the same from August to September, although the LA Times jumped ahead of the Chicago...