links for 2006-11-14

Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 18:22

• Mathew Ingram: I know — let’s keep the news secret!
  I won’t join the assault on Peter Scheer’s wacky idea to keep news secret to protect newspapers — Mathew Ingram has already rounded up all the relevant abuse.
  (tags: newspapers internet advertising journalism)
• Wordblog: Desmond: driving papers to their graves
  “When [Richard Desmond's newspapers, the Express and the Star] die I just hope no one suggests they are victims of the rise of the internet. Newspapers can still die because they are crap.”
  (tags: newspapers express star richarddesmond)
• Leonard Witt: At 21 Which Job Would You Want, Print or Digital?
  “In the rush to the Internet is anyone thinking of how to make long form journalism even more appealing to audiences?”
  (tags: journalism internet)
• The Local Onliner: BackFence Update with CEO Susan DeFife
  Backfence chief exec Susan DeFife says the hyperlocal web site model is working. Ten per cent of people in its coverage areas have used the sites and 1 per cent have posted to them.
  (tags: backfence community socialnetworks local)
• The Times: Snap… privacy and 33.5m camera phones
  What are the legal implications, particularly for privacy, of the ubiquity of camera phones?
  (tags: citizenjournalism law privacy mobile photography)
• Micro Persuasion: The Long Tail, the Long Term and Your Blog
  Blogs are built to capitalize on the power of the Long Tail. First, you need to focus your blog on the segment of the conversation you care passionately about – and stick to it.
  (tags: blog blogging search google longtail)
• Steve Yelvington: It’s not just another edition or another channel, please
  Just as blogs are not a publishing strategy, the web is not just another edition of a traditional publication. The web is about being timely, useful, interactive and entertaining, says Steve Yelvington.
  (tags: newspapers online blogs blogging journalism)

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