This week Corey and Charles return from hiatus for a new episode of What’s New in News, and they get back into the swing of things by taking a look at Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt’s op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. Corey is underwhelmed by Schmidt’s effort, and sizes the piece up as Google saying ‘Who us?’ in response to criticism from the newspaper industry.
It’s been a busy past couple of week’s for our benevolent dictator Google, as they launch their own DNS service and show off real-time search results.
The Seattle Times website had 3.3 million page views during their coverage of the manhunt for a suspect wanted in the killing of four police officers. The paper says their tweets during the search were the site’s biggest draw, and that Twitter was responsible for much of the traffic spike. The paper also tried a Google Wave with site users.
After 125 years of publication, Nielson has decided to shut down industry magazine Editor & Publisher. The website is on its way out too. Corey will miss the website in Google Reader, but Charles isn’t shedding any tears.
Tweets of the Week
Corey asks Charles about his tweet that Google Wave is a bust and that he’s looking for the next social media frontier. Charles asks Corey about his tweet on the failure of streaming media to hold viewers.
Picks of the Week
After declaring Google Wave a wash, Charles still uses it for his pick of the week, and they both wonder at its real news application. Corey shares a great little tool he found to get rid of those pesky Twitter spammers. It’s TwitBlock.org, and it makes cleaning up your Twitter followers fairly easy.