More accountability coming to comments
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on April 2, 2013 - 9:31 a.m.
Big changes are coming to the world of anonymous comments in Janesville, and I can’t wait.
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Newspaper websites move in new direction
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on August 27, 2012 - 3:35 p.m.
The Gazette this fall will join newspapers that charge for access to the best content on their websites.
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Hispanic series intended to promote understanding
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on February 7, 2012 - 5:51 p.m.
'Changing face of America' set for three days starting Sunday, Feb. 12.
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Speaking of comments, we’ve made another change
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on November 18, 2010 - 3:26 p.m.
New features requires readers to click on bar at end of stories
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Comments eliminated on some types of stories
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on November 7, 2010 - 1:22 p.m.
Like many newspapers, we had high hopes when we first allowed readers to comment on stories on our website. We introduced the feature three years ago. At the time, I ...
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Commenters beware: You could be sued
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on August 25, 2010 - 3:53 p.m.
Before you post that comment on gazettextra.com, think about whether you know it to be true. If you don’t, if it turns out to be wrong, and if it damages ...
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Evolution of gazettextra.com continues
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on April 21, 2010 - 4:43 p.m.
Gazettextra.com has evolved considerably in the last few years, and the evolution is far from over. In fact, it appears the pace is picking up. That should surprise no one, ...
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Commenter's remorse? Too bad
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on March 29, 2010 - 4:36 p.m.
Some users want us to remove their comments and delete their usernames. Sorry, it's not going to happen.
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Delayed posts boost value of print edition
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on April 26, 2009 - 9:31 p.m.
Newspapers all over the country are reconsidering their Web strategies, and The Janesville Gazette is among them. The reason is that Web sites are not generating the revenue that newspapers ...
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Inauguration’s timing is off for Gazette
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on January 20, 2009 - 1:56 p.m.
Timing is critical in life, and it’s particularly critical to a newspaper that goes to press one time a day. Unfortunately, the timing of Barack Obama’s inauguration as the 44th ...
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Share memories of GM in Janesville
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on December 7, 2008 - 12:13 a.m.
We're inviting people to share their memories of the GM plant.
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Tough times hit hard at Gazette
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on October 31, 2008 - 10:16 a.m.
I laid off two friends last week. That’s an awful thing to do, and it kind of sums up the news business these days. Times are hard, very hard, and ...
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Let's discuss people in poverty, not attack
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on August 24, 2008 - 2:04 p.m.
I took down the comments on our main story in the poverty series Sunday because too many people seemed intent on tearing down the woman whom we profiled. The same ...
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Poverty series something special from Gazette
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on August 21, 2008 - 9:24 a.m.
Local news is the biggest and most important niche for the Gazette and other papers. Within that local niche, however, are many types of news – ranging from the winners ...
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Criticism of "Hammy" coverage hard to take
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on July 22, 2008 - 10:17 a.m.
Now wait a minute. We take criticism all of the time, and we let most of it slide. But this is simply unfair. The Janesville Gazette and gazettextra.com made a ...
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We're working on strategy for E Edition
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on July 11, 2008 - 4:07 p.m.
In my blog last week about the Gazette’s improved Web site and how it might affect print circulation, several commenters asked if they could subscribe to the E Edition and ...
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Web numbers surge; does print suffer?
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on July 3, 2008 - 4:34 p.m.
We knew June would be a big month for gazettextra.com, but we were surprised when the numbers came in. The biggest? More than 4 million page views in June. We ...
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New printing plant is cool; come see for yourself
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on June 18, 2008 - 3:28 p.m.
Some say the future of our business is digital. That might be true, but we’re not giving up on the printed product just yet. Not by a long shot. Bliss ...
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Led by GM, big news keeps flowing
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on June 11, 2008 - 5:25 p.m.
News ebbs and flows. If you stay in this business long enough, you see the cycles over and over. In Janesville, the news has been flowing like crazy lately. From ...
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Touching posts show value of comments
Posted by SCOTT ANGUS on June 2, 2008 - 5:57 p.m.
We regularly get e-mails and messages from people who question the value of the comments we allow after stories on Gazettextra.com. They see the comments as forums for anonymous people ...
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