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Link to the past: why do some news sites STILL not link out in 2010?

Journalists now invariably have to take part in web journalism and an increasing number of them only write for the web. But despite that, not all of them use hyperlinks - one of the main things that elevate digital journalism above and beyond its print counterpart by adding relevance, context, facts, proof and sometimes wit to an otherwise dry [...]

Updated: Targeted free content vs purist paid-for: It’s relevance that really matters when it comes to online ads

Update 1/7/10: See Tom Whitwell’s comment below: he points out that of course there are adverts on thetimes.co.uk, “on every page” even. “We just don’t have dozens of flashing popup/popunder ads for Albanian bingo parlours,” he says. So I admit to exaggerating slightly by saying there are “no” adverts – but one or two display [...]