Nice to see Craig speak about his Election thoughts and promote the CNN iReport site.
I just noticed that our embedded player doesn’t give you any path back to the site, maybe something we want to take a look at.
cnewmark: Okay, I try the CNN iReport thing
Craig Newmark tries the CNN iReport thing
July 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · cnn, ireport, tbs, turner
Wearing CNN’s Quirkiest Headlines
June 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Update courtesy of the NY Times on the CNN.com T-shirt store and how we are doing selling our headlines.
The store pages for CNN.com’s T-shirts have recorded more than one million page views, suggesting a lot of curiosity. But chuckling at a headline T-shirt and actually paying for one are two different things. A CNN spokeswoman [...]
Tags: · cnn, t-shirt, tbs, turner
The CNN.com Effect
June 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Nice piece on how our traffic can impact our partners. We added the "Mixx it" buttons recently to our stories and the unique visitor numbers for Mixx more than doubled.
May was a good month for social-news site Mixx. At the beginning of the month [May], CNN.com put “Mixx it” buttons at the end of every [...]
Tags: · cnn, mixx, tbs, turner
Slutbucks
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Just watched this bit on CNN, it seems a group in San Diego isn’t too happy with the retro Starbucks logo.
The Resistance says the new image "has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute," Mark Dice, founder of the group, said in a news release. "Need I say more? It’s [...]
CNN.com Wins the Knight News Innovation EPpy Award
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Recognition for the CNN.com site and the new iReport.com site.
CNN received the award for finding new ways to gather and disseminate news and information, especially with its iReport initiative. iReport.com is the network’s first uncensored, unfiltered, unedited, user-generated online community. Its contributors receive recognition by having their material – once vetted and approved for use [...]
Tags: · cnn, eppy, tbs, turner
CNN’s David Payne Leaving To Start Online Ad Firm
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
CNN.com is losing a good one in David. In speaking with him late last week I know he is excited about the venture but leaves some big shoes to fill.
Another key personnel loss for Turner in the digital arena: paidContent has learned that David Payne is leaving CNN, where he is SVP and GM, to [...]



