The Economist: Bold newspapers: The crucible of print
Tuesday, 11 January 2011, 11:53
"The strategies being pursued by News Corporation, the Daily Mail and General Trust and Lebedev Holdings rest on distinct assumptions about what readers want, what they will pay for, and the future of advertising. It is highly unlikely that all th…
Mail Online: Google called ‘deeply unethical and tax avoiding’ by ex C4 boss
Tuesday, 11 January 2011, 11:52
Luke Johnson: "Effectively, Google invests negligible amounts in Britain, pays negligible amounts of tax on its underlying surplus to contribute to civil society, and yet extracts vast sums in advertising revenues. The tragedy is that those advert…
Techcrunch: The Rise Of Facebook’s Valuation From 2004-2011
Tuesday, 11 January 2011, 11:47
Alexia Tsotsis: "artist Audrey Fukuman and I set out to capture what the Facebook valuation trajectory looked like. And while trudging through all the speculation on this has raised some discrepancies concerning exact valuations, (I’m seeing any…
Evolving English: Mr. Tickle continued…
Monday, 10 January 2011, 14:51
"There's a new addition to the Evolving English web pages: an interactive map onto which anyone may upload a recording of their voice. To join in, you'll need access to an iPhone or Android-based smartphone, or a computer with a micropho…
One Man and His Blog: Quora: Over-hyped and flooding my in-box
Monday, 10 January 2011, 12:23
"Quora is really hyped right now. Every previous Next Big Thing, from blogging, through Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and more has gone through an extended period of quiet use by a small, but steadily growing pool of users and evangelists, before the real mainstream growth kicks in. I've never seen a major Next Big Thing on the web go from zero to hero in about 10 days."
One Man and His Blog: Quora: Over-hyped and flooding my in-box
Monday, 10 January 2011, 12:23
"Quora is really hyped right now. Every previous Next Big Thing, from blogging, through Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and more has gone through an extended period of quiet use by a small, but steadily growing pool of users and evangelists, before the …
Mashable: 44% of Online Sharing Occurs Through Facebook
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:54
"Sharing widget AddThis (AddThis), which is installed on more than 7 million domains and reaches more than one billion users per month, released an infographic Wednesday with some interesting statistics about about our sharing habits."
Impre…
Press Gazette: ‘Network Rail and Rock should be covered by FoI’
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:53
"The Campaign for Freedom of Information has asked why Network Rail and nationalised bank Northern Rock aren’t among the new bodies set to be covered by an extended Freedom of Information Act."
Press Gazette: ‘Network Rail and Rock should be covered by FoI’
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:53
"The Campaign for Freedom of Information has asked why Network Rail and nationalised bank Northern Rock aren’t among the new bodies set to be covered by an extended Freedom of Information Act."
Jennifer 8. Lee: Primary Source Journalism and the Rise of “Little Brother”
Friday, 7 January 2011, 11:31
"[We] are seeing the rise of primary source materials — documents, video, photos — as cohesive units of consumable journalism. Turns out, despite the great push for citizen journalism, citizens are not, on a…
Guardian: ‘Laughing stock’ libel laws to be reformed, says Nick Clegg
Friday, 7 January 2011, 11:09
"Nick Clegg will [on Friday] set out the most ambitious plans yet to relax Britain's libel laws, saying he will back a raft of reforms including a statutory public interest defence. … Britain will become the first country to ask parliament …
The Australian: We didn’t kill newspapers, says Google
Thursday, 6 January 2011, 16:41
Times interview with Google News creator Krishna Bharat. On unbundling, he says: "Classifieds vanished long before we existed .. We didn't cause this. The fact is news is online for free, monetised by ads."
Flowing Data: This Tract provides a view of Census data on your block
Thursday, 6 January 2011, 15:03
"This Tract, by Michal Migurski of Stamen, with some help from Craig Mod, lets you view details of your block by way of Census data. It's still using 2000 data but was built in anticipation of the 2010 release, which should come in a couple o…
BBC Open Secrets: Council objections to publication of spending data
Thursday, 6 January 2011, 12:45
"Ministers have given local authorities a deadline of the end of January to issue online the details of their expenditure on items over £500. The Communities and Local Government department maintains a timeline to display progress towards this. ….
