Wired.co.uk: Where did all the money go?

Posted on 25 April, 2009 by Martin Stabe

Peter Kirwan: "Apart from Google, there’s a conspicuous absence of latter-day equivalents to Amazon, eBay and Yahoo! among the lists of VC exits since 2003. ... This isn’t the Great Transition that Tim O’Reilly and his cohorts had in mind in 2005. In the face of the huge market failure created by the Big Media’s encounter with the web, venture capital’s response has been abysmally weak."

Headlines and Deadlines: The Lifecycle of a News Story

Posted on 2 September, 2008 by Martin Stabe

In a blog post that should be essential reading, Alison Gow looks at how online journalism techniques have changed from "Web 1.0" practices to what is potentially possible in the "Web 2.0" era, even if this is not always happening in practice.

FT.com: Web 2.0 fails to produce cash

Posted on 27 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Many members of the Web 2.0 generation of internet companies have so far produced little in the way of revenue, despite bringing about some significant changes in online behaviour, according to some of the entrepreneurs and financiers behind the movement

Kristine Lowe: Keen, Leigh and the appeal to authority

Posted on 15 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Contra Keen and David Leigh, "It's not that web culture contests authority or authoritativeness as such, rather it contests the appeal to, or argument by, authority..."

Joanna Geary: I’m not leaving the NUJ…

Posted on 11 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Joanna Geary has an interesting back and forth with Donnacha DeLong about "web 2.0". He famously said it's rubbish; she says it's something professional journalists "need to find a way to use to our advantage".

News Univeristy: Where the Journalism of the Future is Being Done Now

Posted on 10 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Some examples of video and data use at US newspaper sites, presented by Jim Brady of washingtonpost.com and Jennifer Carroll of Gannett presented at APME.

Konstruktors Notes: Now It’s Your Turn Journalist

Posted on 29 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"It’s up to you, Journalist – only you can change the public perception of journalism and its importance. There is little of what labour unions can do to increase the demand for journalism, but there are myriad opportunities for making journalistic va

Strange Attractor: Let’s have a real debate about Web 2.0

Posted on 29 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Suw Charman and Keving Anderson challenge Donnacha DeLong’s piece "WEB 2.0 IS RUBBISH" in the NUJ magazine The Journalist.

RSA Networks: Journalism and the articulate commons

Posted on 27 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"[Web 2.0 is] not about journalism. It is about how technology is helping people meet, converse and do commerce, in the widest possible sense of that word."

Donnacha DeLong: Web 2.0 is Rubbish

Posted on 25 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Donnacha DeLong republishes the article from The Journalist that has caused a stink in the UK jounro-blogosphere, and contributed to Roy Greenslade quitting the NUJ.

Telegraph Blogs: Shane Richmond: The NUJ doesn’t understand Web 2.0

Posted on 23 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"I was stunned by the scaremongering spread looking forward to next month's report by the union's Commission on Multi-Media Working. Particularly shocking was the reactionary, badly-argued piece headlined 'Web 2.0 is rubbish'."

SimonWaldman.net: Web 2.0 – a threat or opportunity for newspapers?

Posted on 5 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Simon Waldman: "I think the real shift here is not about blogging versus journalism - but sheer volume of news sources available to us - and therefore the need for new tools to that improve the way that people find and engage with news and information..."

Recovering Journalist: Still Partying Like It’s 1999

Posted on 2 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Mark Potts: "If newspaper Web sites are going to successfully bail out their print counterparts, they've got to act like ... eb sites. Unfortunately, a recent report indicates that most newspaper Web sites are still stuck firmly in the last century ... "

Publish2 Blog: Introducing Publish2

Posted on 15 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Publish2 is a social network and 2.0 platform for journalists (and independent “news bloggers,” “citizen” journalists, student journalists, i.e. ALL journalists, BROADLY defined), which aims to put journalists at the center of news aggregation on

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A UK-centric look at new media and online journalism

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