On Wednesday morning (Apr. 18), ABC News’ senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper fell victim to one of the lesser-known perils of online publishing. Filing a story on a recent Romney campaign attack on President Obama (the Romney team dug up a quote from Obama’s memoir where the President recalled eating dog meat as a young boy in Indonesia), Tapper’s original headline was indexed incorrectly by Google News, pulling a particularly unsavory quote from the comments section and showcasing as it were the story's actual headline. The headline as Tapper wrote it: ‘Romney Campaign Notes that Obama as a Boy Ate Dog Meat*’ The headline as indexed by Google News: ‘I’ll bet Obama ate a WHITE dog’. Tapper, who was alerted via Twitter, condemned the error calling it “horrific” and noting that “Google's algorithm is a pernicious beast” in this instance. Adweek reached out to a Google, which provided the following statement: “Google News scans an article's entire page and automatically displays what it determines to be the correct headline. When our system gets it wrong, as it did in this particular instance, we work closely with the publisher to help resolve the issue and see how we can improve our systems to more accurately index content. The error was quickly resolved and we apologize for this error.” While the error was an honest mistake on Google’s behalf, the event speaks to a larger issue in the world of online publishing as search engines like Google act as... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sometimes keeping up with the Internet can seem like an endless assignment. The tweets and Facebook posts scroll infinitely, the email piles up, and news sites and blogs publish around the clock. That's why Summify seems so different. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 11:09 Headline has signed two books from former England spin bowler Phil Tufnell, with the titles to be compendiums of his cricketing anecdotes and stories. Headline non-fiction publishing director Jonathan Taylor acquired... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the latest controversy broke in a string of revelations concerning phone hacking conducted by editorial staff, British newspaper News of the World is folding. News Internationals chairman deputy COO of News Corp. James Murdoch says that Sunday will be the last edition of the newspaper. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the meat grinder of digital content, search results, link journalism and aggregators can often blur the origins of a story, let alone the identity of the author behind it. Now Google is launching a program that highlights the people creating the content in search results. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flipboard, the social magazine iPad app, has incorporated content from another social network, LinkedIn -- adding the professional network's industry news to previous integrations with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Flickr. A new version of Flipboard to be released this morning also includes... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On the heels of Google's two social media announcementsits +1 buttons and more recent Google+the company has just announced the ability to track social engagement and activity in its Analytics package. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A French publishing company has filed suit against Google, alleging anti-competitive practices and claiming 295 million (US$420 million) in damages. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 24/06/2011 - 10:57 Headline has bought a memoir by German footballer and Liverpool cult hero Dietmar "Didi" Hamann, with publishing director Jonathan Taylor making his first acquisition as head of Headline Publishing Group's non-fiction... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Gingras, who acted as CEO of the Salon Media Group for the past two years, is leaving the company to join search giant Google as global head of news products. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Mon, 20/06/2011 - 09:43 The British Library has signed a deal with Google, which will see one of the largest collections of books and pamphlets in the world made available and searchable online for the first time. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has launched an affiliate program for its eBooks service, offering to pay commissions to Web publishers who promote titles on their sites and send buyers... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 14/06/2011 - 08:34 Headline non-fiction publisher Carly Cook is to join Simon & Schuster as deputy editorial director of non-fiction, reporting to editorial director Mike Jones. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week, TechCrunch reported that Google was in talks to buy display advertising company Admeld for $400 million. Now, it looks like the deal has been closed. Google announced Monday that it had signed a deal to officially acquire Admeld. Financial terms of the acquisition weren't disclosed,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google is in talks to buy AdMeld, a display advertising company, for $400 million, according to the New York Times. TechCrunch first reported the acquisition, but inside sources told the Times that the deal hadnt been finalized and that negotiations could still fall apart. An acquisition of... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 07/06/2011 - 09:49 Dawson Books has been bought by the parent company of book wholesaler Bertrams for £20m. Smiths News plc, which owns Bertrams, announced today (7th June) that the wholesaler and Dawson Books would be "fully integrated"... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 10:06 Fourth Estate and Headline signed débuts this week, buying books set in rural Ireland and Wales respectively. Headline senior commissioning editor Leah Woodburn won a five-way auction for a novel about a dysfunctional but... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 13:02 Google, American publishers and the US Authors Guild have been given until next month to revise a book-scanning agreement for out of print titles and orphan works. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 01/06/2011 - 09:07 Lonely Planet will create around 30 jobs in the UK after its part-relocation from Australia to London. Last month the travel publisher announced it was moving its digital media and brand development operations from Melbourne... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 09:29 Bloomsbury and Faber are to jointly develop a digital content platform providing online access to drama texts. Drama Online will launch in October 2012, and will feature the drama lists from Methuen Drama, Arden... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 10:23 Headline has bought three novels by bestseller thriller writer Lisa Gardner, marking the author's move from Orion. Associate publisher Vicki Mellor acquired British Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to the three titles... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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