paidContent: World Press’ Collective Delusion Boils Over: Respect Us, Dammit

Posted on 5 December, 2009 by Martin Stabe

Great comment on PaidContent: "many in the [newspaper] industry seem to be tripping over the fallacy that if something is expensive to produce, there must be a profit-making market for that product. If that were true, there would be a vibrant market for diamond-encrusted buggy whips."

New York TImes: European Publishers Call on E.U. to Protect Copyright

Posted on 12 July, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"Leading European newspaper and magazine publishers on Thursday called on the European Commission to strengthen copyright protection as a way to lay the groundwork for new ways to generate revenue online."

MediaGuardian: World’s largest newspaper forum WAN falls victim to economic slump

Posted on 19 January, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"This year's annual conference for WAN and its related organisation, the World Editors Forum, was scheduled to take place in late March in Hyderabad, India, but will not now take place."

BuzzMachine: Stewardship v. ownership of our news, money, and society

Posted on 16 September, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Jeff Jarvis is appalled by ACAP: "The most appalling moment at last week’s Online News Association meeting in Washington came when a representative of the World Association of Newspapers showed off a would-be 'standard' for publishers to tell search engines what they may not do."

Press Gazette: Gavin O’Reilly: ‘Profound mistake’ to write off newspapers

Posted on 4 June, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Commenter rips into Gavin O'Reilly's view about the health of newspapers: "It’s fine for aul Gavin, investing in rising markets in India and Africa, but I don’t work there and I don’t invest there."

E-Media Tidbits: World’s Publishers v. Google: The Fight Continues

Posted on 15 March, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Matthew Buckland: "WAN also should be careful. Although it represents a powerful publishing lobby of newspapers and online publishers, the publishing community is anything but united on this issue."

Follow The Media: Have You Installed ACAP On Your Website – The Protocol That Can Control Yahoo And Google News Searches? No Problem, Neither Search Engine Is Using It Yet

Posted on 20 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"[I]f it’s such a good idea how come there is no ACAP compliant bug on either the WAN web site, nor the World Editors Forum (WEF) site published by WAN or for that matter on the sites of other publisher organizations that have supported the ACAP develop

Followthemedia: The Collective Media Had Better Not Take Its Eye Off This Ball!

Posted on 26 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Aussie rules, college baseball, cricket, rugby, football -- lots of major sports are trying to contol journalists' access to protect the exclusive rights they sell to broadcasters. This issue is not going to go away soon.

Press Gazette: Blimey O’Reilly: The web revenue threat is no myth

Posted on 25 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Peter Kirwan: "[T]he economics of print and online are about as compatible as Evian and crude oil."

Observer: If the net is killing newspapers, why are they doing so well?

Posted on 10 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Peter Preston looks at newspaper circulation figures: "Perhaps it isn't demonic digitalisation that's bringing us down, dear friends. Perhaps it's just us - and what we produce. And perhaps we're too damned morose about change."

Vincent Maher: Reuters Masterclass with Adam Pasick the Second Life journalist

Posted on 5 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

WAN: Adam Pasick on Reuters' Second Life Island, Richard Sambrook on the typology of UGC, and REbecca McKinnon on the unequal distribution of media coverage in the world.

MediaPaL@LSE: Press Under Surveillance

Posted on 13 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

A new WAN web site in support of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May highlights how anti-terrorist surviellance often has been used to "stifle debate and the free flow of information about political decisions" or have adversely affected press freedom.

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