Washington Post Partners with Del.icio.us
Posted by Melanie Phung on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 4:54 pm
My little local paper, the Washington Post, which has always pushed the envelope when it comes to trying new technologies and new ways of interacting with its readers, recently signed a partnership with del.icio.us.
Registered del.icio.us users can bookmark washingtonpost.com articles right from the page. Each article includes links for tagging del.icio.us, as well as Technorati trackbacks.
This is a good example of an old media outlet “getting” the Web. Instead of getting defensive (like European publishers, or the NY Times, which started restricting access to some articles to non-paying users), the Washington Post is embracing new ways to leverage the Internet for its own advantage.
Well, maybe. But only a little. The Post really does stand out in my opinion. Most of DC is run by a bunch of old fuddy-duddies.
btw: thanks for adding me to your blogroll!
Wow, that’s pretty neat. It seems to me that Washington in general is a bit more technologically saavy than the rest of the U.S…