Books
Or were they? Whether or not this is history, and if making it history is desirable, can be debated, but it still sums up much of the glory newspapers held, and still hold to many a journalism student. Okay, so I've shamelessly ripped this quote from a Fantasy
Marketing and PR
Targeted marketing comes in so many forms these days. And to think I was a bit worried about this trend when there's services like Pudding Media (from Valleywag, via Adriana's Furl feed): There's a new Skype competitor, dubbed ThePudding, on the Web. And ThePudding
Media
"Modern journalists believe that as indispensable arbiters and guardians of the 'truth', they must be independent of government just as they must be independent of pressures from anyone or anything — no pressures allowed from government, employers, business competition, corporate takeovers, advertisers, even the demands of their own
Personal
A close friend has recently been named Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellow 2007-2008. She's pulled up her roots from Columbia MO, and is moving from Missouri to Virginia via Toronto. Makes perfect sense to me. I'm kinda envious of her road trip actually, and these words,
Blogging
Is the rise of social media threatening the fabric of society, as Andrew Keen argues, or does it represent a positive challenge to established interests, as argued by e.g. James Surowieki? This was the topic for last Thursday's Social Media Club London, but, after Richard Stacey'
Media
A vast majority of people base their choice of news sources not on quality but on convenience, comprehensiveness, or timeliness. That is, if we are to believe this analysis of what consumers want from online news - based on US data - by McKinsey (via Adrian Monck). Cynics might say
Blogging
Busy day for me, catching up with friends. I hope to be back blogging tomorrow, but, in the meantime, here's a few words from a comment that struck a cord with me: I am beginning to suspect that a blog might simply be the centre of one'
Blogging
Nyhedsavisen, the Icelandic-owned Danish freesheet, has just hired two political bloggers, Jarl Cordua and David Troels Garby to blog at avisen.dk (via Journalisten.dk) "David and Jarl can offer inside knowledge that neither the average citizen nor journalist can access. They have access to all the latest political
Acquisitions
Sweden's biggest commercial TV-channel is acquiring politikerbloggen.se for 1m SEK (about £75,000) (via Dagens Media). The blog was set up by Niklas Svensson after he was ousted from Swedish tabloid Expressen in the aftermath last year's 'hacking-scandal'. Svensson lost his job when
Blogging
One argument I frequently encounter when I talk to journalists and editors about blogging, is how bloggers are untrustworthy because they have all sorts of hobby horses. Now, I could say a lot about that proposition, but I have one of those days with little time for blogging (and, yes,
Freesheets
According to Handelsblatt (in German) Deutsche Post is in talks with Norwegian media group Schibsted about launching a national German freesheet (via E24.no). It's not a secret that Deutsche Post is considering to move into the freesheet market to beef up its revenue streams ahead of the
Marketing and PR
Gee, the mind-boggling lawsuits this brave new world of ours throws up: An Australian accounting software developer blames a "severe downturn in sales" on people who bad-mouthed its products in online user forums. It wants a judge to muzzle their comments. The company is also seeking about $125,