links for 2007-06-21
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 13:21
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“News Corporation is considering selling MySpace to Yahoo! in return for a stake in the company, according to reports.”
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“YouTube looks set to overtake BBC.co.uk in share of UK visits within a matter of weeks.”
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Mac Slocum: “StoryBridge.tv is an interesting Web start-up that blends local coverage with professional video production. The “professional” bit gets a boost from Katy Sai and Jay Olsen, two former Wisconsin-based TV veterans who quit their jobs to launch
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Scott Karp: “The problem that newspapers and other traditional media brands have is that they still see branding as a function of controlling the distribution channel, rather than branding each unit of content that must now live and survive on its own”
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McClatchy’s new national website for public affairs journalism launched about noon Eastern time today: news.mcclatchy.com
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“The New York Times is currently undertaking a major news investigation, led by managing editor Jill Abramson, into News Corp.’s business dealings throughout the world…”
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“The BBC was accused last night of risking the safety of British forces in Iraq after trawling for information on troop movements in the war-torn country.”
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A blog to watch and comment on — Jessica is graduate student at the University of Sussex looking at citizen media.
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An impressive BusinessWeek chart shows what different age groups of US internet users are doing online (via Alfred Hermida).
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“Metrobloggen [is] a new blog tool where the free daily Metro offers its hosted bloggers 3 öre (about half a US cent) per page view.”
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Germany’s DPA agency joins the online video race.
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Shane Richmond says two Andrews — Keen and the The Register’s Orlowski — are very wrong indeed in their analyses. Orlowski says newspapers are engaged in a lemming-like rush to put their content online for free. A bit like the Register, obviously.
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Alan Formby-Jackson, sub-editor and designer at the Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough, is the new director of the Western Europe region of the Society of News Design.
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“Parliament’s reputation is “at serious risk” from attempts to exempt its members from the freedom of information act, [The all-party Lords constitution committee] warned today.”
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Steve Yelvington: “Every day, millions of pieces of information stream through the newsrooms of every newspaper in the world. … Very little is put to good long-term use.”
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