News Note: Yahoo pays $30M for app that makes news into Cliff Notes.
More from the Shallow End
“Many this week celebrated the
latest tech wunderkind, a British teenager who made a fortune selling an app
that boils down news reports, no matter how important or complex, into a pithy
400 characters. But for some of those who prefer heartier servings of news, the
development carried at least a whiff of the apocalypse.”. . .
“‘They’re just making it easier to take readers away,’ grumbled veteran newspaper company analyst John Morton. ‘Even in the digital world, it is taking work away from humans.’”
“‘They’re just making it easier to take readers away,’ grumbled veteran newspaper company analyst John Morton. ‘Even in the digital world, it is taking work away from humans.’”
—Craig Timberg, “News app Summly’s blockbuster sale to Yahoo shows how the smartphone rules,” The Washington Post, March 27, 2013
(Thanks to alert (human)
WORDster Tom Ferrell)
• Editorial Comment: The old joke used to refer to the “700-word in-depth USA Today feature.” Now it’s the 140-character opus and Summly’s 400-character tome.
• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from media critic Nicholas Carr, who fear that the Internet is making us all shallow idiots? Click here.
• ATV News—I-15 highway shooting, Baby Animal Days, body found in Logan River & more, anchored by Jenna Lynn and Emily Landeen
• ‘Justice and equality’—supporters of same-sex marriage rally in Logan, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Rock-climbing rock-stars bring ‘Project American Fork’ film to USU, by Clayton Leuba
• Weekly News Roundup (4/1/2013)
• Friends join forces to keep Lou Gehrig’s disease victim at home, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Aggie hockey takes 3rd in nationals as boosters hang up skates, by Jessica Sonderegger
• NCAA rules put Aggie athletes on the bench for Angie’s cancer fundraiser, by Seth Merrill
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