Jay Rosen Quietly Defined Crowdsourcing at TEDx
Jay Rosen’s TEDx talk didn’t have the same brunt force that Jeff Jarvis delivered with “bullshit,” but Rosen’s outline for crowdsourcing is extremely enlightening.
Continue readingDear Bill Keller
Bill Keller, Executive Editor of the New York Times, gave an interview to TIME magazine that showed a total lack of transparency, a fear that journalism itself was under attack, and a disturbing amount of the ‘old media’ mindset. This is a look at what he got wrong, and how to fix it.
Continue readingPaid Content = Paid Wifi
Apologies for opening up the paid content can of crap again, but with the news the News Corp is planning to start charging for content in the next year, I got to thinking of the problem afresh.
The problem comes down to this: will users pay for content that they can just wait for and get for free? Continue reading
The problem comes down to this: will users pay for content that they can just wait for and get for free? Continue reading
LINKS | Down with the AP?
There’s been a growing feeling that the AP is not our friend in the media industry, but this week, that feeling seemed to bubble over. We’ve got some rough numbers to show that they’re not helping us, and with the rise of ESPN local sites, the AP is rapidly loosing it’s marketplace. I don’t know if I’m ready to sign their death sentence yet, they do seem to have some smart people working for ‘em (I look to the New Model for News study and their iPhone app). Yet, it’s painfully obvious (after the youtube fiasco) that the AP is a classic case of the right hand not knowing what the left is doing.
Continue readingLINKS | Micropayments don't work, but everyone has a better idea
Somehow, I missed the links from the latter part of last week, and have been bookmarking like crazy this last week. So, ya’ll get a ton of links. Apologies for the long, long list, but I’ve broken it up with some good videos — and I’ve edited down! These are the cream of the crop from February 10th through February 20th. Continue reading