Newspapers & New Media

Just when I thought at least one newspaper company was finally getting the whole new media thing right, the New York Times, whose iPad App (direct link) looks incredible, pulls this sweet move:

The Times will stop using the word because “tweet” isn’t standard English, “and standard English is what we should use in news articles,” Corbett said. (link)

The New York Times is refusing to use a new media word because its too new. If you’re afraid of people not recognizing it, a simple “tweet, a Twitter update, …” would do just fine. There’s also this great bit of news:

Pulse was being pulled from the App Store after it received a written notice from the New York Times Company (NYT) declaring that “The New York Times Company believes your application named ‘Pulse News Reader’ infringes The New York Times Company’s rights.” (link)

Pulse, a gorgeous RSS aggregator, reads the NYT’s RSS feed. Yes, RSS, the free, open, standardized, open… I’m thinking the Times doesn’t understand standards or openness.