links for 2006-11-15

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 18:18

• Charles on… anything that comes along: The programmer as journalist (and vice-versa): hey, that’s a cool future
  The Guardian’s Charles Arthur likes Adrian Holovaty’s notion of the programmer-journalist. But then he tried it for himself…
  (tags: journalism onlinejournalism)
• onlinejournalismus.de: BBC mag das C-Wort nicht
  Kevin Geary of BBC Interactive told the World Audio Festival in the Netherlands that more people see Newsnight videos on YouTube than on the BBC web site. And the Beeb doesn’t call it “citizen journalism” — but we knew that bit already.
  (tags: bbc newsnight youtube)
• Reuters: Reuters takes stake in Pluck, to syndicate blogs
  Reuters has invested $7m in Pluck, the company behind BlogBurst syndication network.
  (tags: blogging reuters blogburst)
• DeNieuweReporter.nl: Dutch site interviews Vicky Taylor [MP3]
  The excellent Dutch new media blog De Nieuwe Reporter has a audio interview (conducted via Skype) with BBC Interactivity editor Vicky Taylor. Topics include the user-generated content hub which she runs and why the BBC doesn’t use the term “citizen journa
  (tags: bbc interactivity audio video ugc skype)
• Reuters: News Corp says advertising in major markets flat
  Rupert Murdoch: “In our major markets, the United States, Australia, Great Britain, advertising is pretty flat, some places it’s down a fraction and other places it’s up a fraction, but nowhere would you say is the consumer marketing economy buoyant.”
  (tags: newscorp rupertmurdoch)
• CNET News.com: ABC hires former Rocketboom host
  Amanda Congdon, the former host of the popular video blog Rocketboom, has been hired by ABC News. She will video blog on technology and appear on the network’s broadband channel, ABC News Now.
  (tags: rocketboom abc journalism video blogs bloggers)
• Video: Amanda Congdon announces her new job on her video blog (WMV)
  (tags: rocketboom abc journalism video blogs bloggers)

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