July 2008
Web 2.Oh. . .really? →
The results shine light on a lot of things. But for me, it blasts a particularly harsh kleig lamp on a big source of the bad-site problem: The gap between what web designers and web users think. To…
Sam Zell's Deal from Hell →
Then Zell bought Tribune and stumbled into a calamity of plunging sales and rising costs. He had expected only single-digit declines in newspaper ad revenue. Turns out he was off by a factor of two…
Doc Searls Weblog · Why newspapers shouldn't die →
Newspapers have at least two more huge opportunities.
"The vast democracy wall that the Internet... →
This REALLY should have been a conversation on, âWhy arenât people reading professional news & analysis anymore? Is it because itâs staid and boring? Is it because weâre inundated with too…
MediaShift Idea Lab . Is Twitter the Newsroom of... →
That said, Twitter remains the tool of a narrow, very connected set and has a long way to go before it gets the attention of the mainstream. Still, as Twitter evolves into this role and gains a wider…
Crowdsourcing: Crowdsourcing: Ethics and... →
But Sean Gorman, the founder of FortiusOne, is hardly pursuing his own crowdsourcing strategy willy nilly. In fact, he’s just put up a thoughtful post that asks “what constitutes an abuse of the…
Jeffrey McManus » What’s In It For Doogie Howser? →
So my original line of inquiry for the notion of âThe Business of Dr. Horribleâ was: Whatâs In It for Doogie Howser? Itâs definitely the case that actor Neil Patrick Harrisâ performance was…
Global Neighbourhoods →
Let’s look at this “journalist” word. It is my view that a journalist is not defined by WHERE he or she writes but by WHAT he or she writes. Not everyone who blogs is a journalist. In fact few are….
What Went Wrong with Foreign Body? | Tilzy.TV →
When a web series awash with cash, created by innovative web producers with a track record and backed by a big name with uber experience, fails to impress, or⦠uhh⦠performs below our bleakest…
What’s the Story of Your Life? « I’m Not Actually... →
Hereâs an example of what I mean. Dare Obasanjo wrote a post titled Giving Sh*t Away is not a Business Strategy. Eric Rice and I both shared the post on July 12. Check out the results on…
NBC's Silverman: "Quarterlife" My Biggest... →
NBC Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman says his biggest disappointment in his first year on the job was—who knew?—the fate of Quarterlife, which was pulled after one episode and then sent…
Michael Eisner's "Foreign Body" Still Unloved,... →
Michael Eisner’s “Foreign Body,” the much-hyped Web series that supposed to promote an upcoming Robin Cook novel, doesn’t look like it’s going to do the book much good. The 40 episodes aired…
Comments of the moment: use the carrot to... →
Lending high-profile exposure to good comments is one great âcarrotâ method of hosting a good comment section. Leading by example and rewarding good behavior are powerful, Pavlovian methods, and…
Marginal Revolution: Why blogs should cover some... →
A good blog writer can randomize the topic for you, much like a good DJ controls the sequence of the music.
hypebot: Asthmatic Kitty To Use "Pay the Buck$ His... →
To make matters worse, Warhol Buck$ has announced a revolutionary model for record sales. This model capitalizes on the unethical practice of profiling and determines a purchaser’s price based upon…
Twitter Blog: Twitter As News-wire →
NPR's On the Media and 'Comments on Comments'.... →
Seth's Blog: Are you in the tribe? →
Life after Techmeme →
What I am happy to report is that there is life after Techmeme. Inbound links have actually increased since June 29, with The Inquisitr breaking into the top 4000 blogs online as of today. The site…
BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Dear Bob, →
Cory Doctorow: Filesharing deal will drive... →
This month’s announcement of a back-room deal between ISPs (internet service providers) and the big record companies to spy on suspected copyright infringers and reduce the quality of their internet…
MediaShift . Embedded at NBC::Penguin Story Goes... →
The story was the first in a gathering wave of reports created originally for the Internet â reported and narrated by a producer, not on-camera talent â making air on the broadcast network. As…
Why Newspapers Shouldn’t Allow Comments | Venture... →
Newspapers: Why Newspapers Shouldn't Allow... →
Mourning the Internet Famous: Randy Pausch's... →
SoCal earthquake a powerful reminder of Twitter’s... →
When natural disasters strike, people want news ASAP. Twitter is simply very fast at disseminating information. We saw this when a large 7.8 earthquake struck China back in May and weâre seeing it…
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Duly Quoted: Sam Zell's Intellectual Hangover -... →
“Here’s my point. It’s not like Zell and his crew have carefully studied the old journalism model and are reinventing a new one. They are not intelligently discarding moss-covered traditions that…
The Times experiences blog boom | Online... →
The Times experiences blog boom
David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That... →
'Afroninja' Turns Bungled Stunt Into Big-Screen... →
Journalism.me - The journalism blogosphere →
YouTube Housecleaning: What Happens When All the... →
Techdirt: MPAA Still Clueless; Claims Anti-Piracy... →
Michael's Insight: Line up class action lawyers.... →
Digital Domain - First It Was Song Downloads. Now... →
All forms of print publishing must contend with the digital transition, but college textbook publishing has a particularly nasty problem on its hands. College students may be the angriest group of…
The Changing Newsroom | Project for Excellence in... →
Technology Liberation Front » Archive » Newspaper... →
Wikipedia with Approvals = Boring Wikipedia? →
Without going into the technical implications of this obviously large-scale operation, or even the problems that might arise when you try to define whoâs âexpertâ in what field, the main thing…
Sir Cliff Richard pins hopes on law that will keep... →
The rock dinosaurs of the 1960s are in line for a spectacular windfall after the EU announced plans yesterday to extend musiciansâ entitlement to retrospective royalties from 50 to 95 years.
CloudiD | If you love David Usher then you’ll... →
By using the keyword âDavid Usherâ when he sets up the ad Daniel can targeting my audience. Lots of you emailed me saying âwhat the hell, can he do this?â. I think he can. Iâve emailed…
Mixtape DJs raided by RIAA jacketed agents in... →
Two well known mixtape producers have been raided in Atlanta by police accompanied by RIAA jacketed quasi-agents.
Traditional media in Canada is not threatened by... →
Traditional media in Canada is not, in fact, being threatened by technologies like Internet television, and it would be a waste of our time to create Internet-only content if the goal is to generate…
Seth MacFarlane Discusses His Landmark Google... →
Seth MacFarlane, the country’s highest-paid TV series creator, says his new content deal with Google is so complicated even he doesn’t really understand it.
YouTube Scores Revenue-Share Agreement With... →
YouTube nabbed a revenue-share agreement with Lionsgate, under which the independent film studio will get a branded video channel to broadcast movie clips
CBC to CRTC: Rethink assumptions about new media →
The public broadcaster’s official contribution to the CRTC’s reassessment of new media maintains that the phenomenon “is neither displacing traditional media, nor will it solve the financial…
This Blog Sits at the: Lil Wayne: prince of the... →
This is an idea in its first blush. The romance is still strong. No one seems to care that the gift economy detaches producers and consumers. No one minds that it replaces the notion of “interest”…
Dr. Dobb's | Linden Lab, IBM Achieve Virtual World... →
Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, and IBM have successfully demonstrated virtual world interoperability by teleporting avatars between the Second Life Preview Grid and an OpenSim…
Internet Famous: Julia Allison and the Secrets of... →
Allison is the latest, and perhaps purest, iteration of the Warholian ideal: someone who is famous for being famous. Like graffiti writers who turned their signatures into wild-style gallery pieces,…
TechCrunchIT » Blog Archive » The New Apple Walled... →
