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Monday's edition of The New York Times contains an article on a research paper that concludes that news turns 'old' after 36 hours on the Internet, RAW STORY has found.
"A new research paper seeks to answer a riddle for publishers, editors and even readers: When does new news become old news?" writes Noam Cohen.
"In the case of a news article on the Internet, the answer is surprisingly long: 36 hours on average," the Times article continues.
The research paper, Fifteen Minutes of Fame: The Dynamics of information access on the web, written by University of Notre Dame professor Albert-László Barabási and others, was actually first published in May of 2005 (PDF link), though it was recently revised on June 30, 2006.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/NYT_News_turns_old_after_36_0716.html