Do you remember my rant last month about the Right2Link campaign? It seems as if News International, the British newspaper publisher owned by News Corporation, has decided it doesn’t want the patronage of visitors to NewsNow, a UK-based content aggregator. News International has told NewsNow that it is no longer to link to content on The Times website (no link, for obvious reasons) despite the fact that some two million visitors would have benefited from seeing the content. They’ve done it purely by using the robots.txt file, and because NewsNow is a reputable service, it has honoured that block. What’s interesting is that no other aggregators have yet been targeted. Read more »
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RFID tags enable world's first Internet-connected magazine
Bridging the gap between traditional print media and the Internet at a very opportune time comes AMUSEMENT magazine, claiming to be the first periodical to offer content linked both on paper and online. Big deal, you might think. Any printed magazine these days publishes its web address and readers can visit online and interact. Sure, that’s true, but what if the magazine had a unique RFID (Radio frequency identification) chip attached to it, and even its own email address and mailbox? Read more »
Scrye Magazine Ceases Publication in April 2009
Scrye Magazine, the longest-running periodical reporting on the collectible card game hobby and the leading print resource for secondary-market prices on Magic: The Gathering, will cease publication in April 2009 as announced in an email to former editors and contributors. The last issue will be #131. The magazine launched in 1993. The fate of GamingReport.com, the online presence of the magazine, is still open. After Dragon and Dungeon ceased publication in September 2007, nationally distributed gaming magazines have disappeared. Email after the jump Read more »










