Traditinal media is moving online. Blogs and individual content producers are gaining increasing credibility in the media landscape. Ryan Block, managing editor of Engadget asks this question: Is Engadget still a blog. His answers, and those of his readers, illustrate the evolving nature of online publishing.
Archive for January, 2007
Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
Posted in privacy, blogging, social media, user-generated media on Jan 30th, 2007
As we use online environments for more day-to-day business and personal matters, I often wonder when we will make the jump to a more cohesive and accountable presentation of self that merges the two.
There are two ways I look at this. One is the more technical: how do others know that it is you online? […]
Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
Posted in privacy, blogging, social media, user-generated media on Jan 30th, 2007
As we use online environments for more day-to-day business and personal matters, I often wonder when we will make the jump to a more cohesive and accountable presentation of self that merges the two.
There are two ways I look at this. One is the more technical: how do others know that it is you online? […]
YouTube: Sharing Revenue with Content Creators
Posted in advertising, social media, online video on Jan 29th, 2007
YouTube founder Chad Hurley has announced that in the future, the site will share revenue with those who create and upload videos to the site. His reason for waiting:
“…he says he did not do that at first because he wanted to build a community of people who wanted to be there to be there and […]
Dissing the Digg Effect: A Closer Look at Traffic Value
Posted in advertising, social media on Jan 29th, 2007
For many, getting a link to their site on the Digg homepage is a dream that they constantly work toward. If they do so, massive amounts of traffic will come their way. From this, the theory goes, readership, brand awareness, ad revenue, etc., should all shoot through the roof. But will it really?
Scott Karp states: […]
Can Bloggers Compete with Established News Sources?
Posted in blogging, media, long tail, journalism on Jan 29th, 2007
Robert Scoble started off a bit of a debate online when he lashed out at some prominent blogs for not linking to his content, and to other bloggers on the web.
“It’s interesting how everyone links to the New York Times, who of course doesn’t link to blogs, but very few bloggers will link to another […]
Newspapers: News & Revenue Moving Online
Posted in newspapers, innovation, journalism on Jan 25th, 2007
Los Angeles Times Editor James E. O’Shea message to its 940 journalists: begin viewing latimes.com as the paper’s primary vehicle for delivering news.
He is staging a massive reorganization of their editorial focus and structure, with the following elements:
Create the new position of ‘editor for innovation.’
Launch an “Internet 101″ course to teach reporters, editors and photographers […]
Newspapers: News & Revenue Moving Online
Posted in newspapers, innovation, journalism on Jan 25th, 2007
Los Angeles Times Editor James E. O’Shea message to its 940 journalists: begin viewing latimes.com as the paper’s primary vehicle for delivering news.
He is staging a massive reorganization of their editorial focus and structure, with the following elements:
Create the new position of ‘editor for innovation.’
Launch an “Internet 101″ course to teach reporters, editors and photographers […]
Death to “Social Media,” Pt. 2
Posted in social media on Jan 24th, 2007
People really seem to be down on the word “social.” Earlier this week, I referred to Steve Rubel’s thoughts on the word misrepresents content creators, and now Scott Karp shares his hatred for the word, with an amazing title for a blog post: Demented And Sad, But Social.
The Case for Newspaper Wiki’s
Posted in newspapers, wikis on Jan 24th, 2007
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, explores the issue of using wiki’s on newspaper websites. He proposes they be used as:
“…focal point and support mechanism for communities to post news that would not normally be covered by the paper.”
When talking about failed efforts in the past, he makes two notes:
Cultivate a community of users first.
Don’t […]
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