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From a Jan. 26 Nielsen Company Press Release:
“Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, today reported a 16
percent year-over-year increase in unique visitors to the top 10
newspaper Web sites, growing from 34.6 million unique visitors in
December 2007 to 40.1 million in December 2008. NYTimes.com was the
number one online newspaper destination in December 2008, with [...]

Want to learn how to use Ref Works, the online citation manager which will help you keep track of your research and prepare bibliographies?  The OU Libraries are hosting a Ref Works workshop this week.
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Time: 2-4pm
Place: Alden 323
Instructors: Chris Guder and Wanda Weinberg
Can’t make it to the workshop?  Check out the [...]

Lexis Nexis radio and TV broadcast transcripts let you search the full text of content from NPR, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other news outlets. This video show you how.

Editor and Publisher is reporting that many newspapers, surprised by the run on their paper copies after Barack Obama’s election, printed huge numbers of papers for Inaugruation day this week.  From the article:
Newspapers that saw skyrocketing demand for extra copies after Election Day were a bit more prepared today for an expected boost from Barack [...]

The American Communication Journal’s issue on popular culture has an article about the effect of the Harry Potter books on childrens’ perception of the news media.  Much of the depiction of news media and journalists in the series (particularly the bothersome Rita Skeeter) is negative.  Authors Amanda Sturgill, Jessica Winney, and Tina Libhart found that [...]