Discussion Roundup: Ways to Improve Newspaper Websites

There has been some good discussion around our post about how newspapers can improve their web presence. Below is a breakdown of additions to the list suggested (or inspired by) readers. Comments are mine unless otherwise indicated. I’ll update this post with new ideas I come across.

Original List

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Newspaper Study Translated into Japanese

Our recent report evaluating the use of the Internet by the top 20 Japanese newspapers has been translated into Japanese.

To quickly summarize, the report looks at the differences between the American and Japanese newspaper industries, and how the structure of the two markets have affected the way newspapers utilize the Internet....

9 Ways for Newspapers to Improve Their Websites

We took a long look at the features U.S. newspapers include on their websites a few weeks back. In doing the research, we spent more time than is healthy looking at these things. So we figured we’d use this new found expertise for good and offer the newspaper industry some unsolicited advice on how to improve their websites....

Canada’s Top 20 Newspapers

We recently completed a "mini-study" that examined the websites of Canada's top 20 newspapers.  We discovered that Canada is yet another country where newspapers are lagging in their adoption of Web 2.0.  Here are the newspapers we looked at, followed by their weekly circulation figures, as of March 2005, courtesy of the Canadian Newspaper Association:

Toronto Star: 3,236,655
The Globe and Mail: 1,970,216
Le Journal de Montréal: 1,909,510
La Presse,...

Using Wikis for Newspaper Research

We've heard from a few bloggers that are conducting research into the features of newspaper websites in their own countries in response to our look at U.S. papers.  We should have a few new reports to highlight in the coming weeks.  Two of the bloggers are taking a collaborative approach to the research and have set up Wikis to facilitate things. ...