links for 2007-02-20 - Martin Stabe

doctorvee: User generated content doesn’t belong on the mainstream media

Duncan Stephen on big media companies’ tendency to completely miss the point about blogging and YouTube: “UGC has become a gimmick used by news channels to make them look all hip and cool.” Except that

(tags: ugc citizenjournalism television five channel5 fivelive bbc skynews interactivity)
Building: Design Building’s office in Second Life

“Building magazine has bought a slice of virtual real estate in Second Life and is holding a design competition for a new online office.”

(tags: building magazine secondlife second_life)
SearchEngineWatch: Google News isn’t top dog in UK news search, either

In light of the current brouhaha in Belgium, it’s worth repeating: Yahoo, not Google, is the top news search site in the UK.

(tags: google googlenews yahoo aol the_sun guardian msn timesonline bbc comscore nielsen)
The Bolton News: Fighting For Freedom To Access Information

The Bolton News urges people to sign the Press Gazette’s Freedom of Information Act petition. Editor Steve Hughes: “The press has a crucial role as a public watchdog. That role must not be watered down.”

(tags: foi foia boltonnews press_gazette)
New York Magazine: Print Media Makes Its Transition to the Web-Video Age

“In a sudden reversal of fortune, newspapers have taken to online video and might just beat TV news at its own game.”

(tags: internet video online newspapers nytimes washingtonpost)
paidContent.org: BIPA & NUJ’s hypocrisy

Rafat Ali on the NUJ’s opposition to BBC online advertising: “this from a union which has tons of journalists working for commercial organizations…does that mean NUJ thinks its commercial journalists are no impartial?”

(tags: bbc advertising journalism nuj)