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Sarah Palin Traffic Wreaks Havoc On Times Blogs [Journalismism]
Posted on September 11, 2008
This has to be off the record, New York Times.com Digital Editor Jim Roberts told a room of about 150 people at last night's Future of Publishing panel. No problem, Jimbo. The question? Internet gaffes in the age of online journalism! We [recently] had two major problems in two days. The Friday after the Democratic convention, as the Sarah Palin-as-running-mate rumor was unfolding, our blog ran out of gas. Users were without access to the NYT blog platform for several hours. Oh no! But even worse: the next Monday, when the Bristol Palin pregnancy story broke, thousands came to the same ...
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