Posts from ‘March, 2006’

I’ll be giving a talk, entitled The Democratization of Media, a week from today at the Journalism & Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong.

Mercury News: Knight Ridder sold to McClatchy. McClatchy Co. announced today that it will acquire Knight-Ridder for approximately $6.5 billion, and plans to sell 12 of the San Jose newspaper company’s 32 papers, including the Mercury News and Contra Costa Times. The deal was valued at $67.25 a share — $40 of that in cash […]

SF Chronicle: Chronicle gets array of national honors. The Chronicle staff won more than two dozen national awards in a slew of prestigious contests, including a strong showing in an international “Picture of the Year” competition. Mercury News: Mercury News Honored. The San Jose Mercury News received top recognition for photography and design in two […]

Evidence of a blogging business bubble?

Tom Evslin: AT&T is Ripping Off American Soldiers. It’s bad enough that they overcharge domestic customers but we have alternatives. The soldiers don’t because, according to The Prepaid Press, AT&T has an EXCLUSIVE contract to put payphones in PXes in Iraq and Afghanistan. But, you ask, can’t the soldiers get cheap calling cards to call […]

I’ve started a column for BBC News — this one is the first, an introduction to what citizen media is all about and why I think it’s important. The piece has drawn lots of responses on the BBC’s “Have Your Say” forum, and I’ll be responding online to some of the questions and comments.

Editor & Publisher: South Dakota’s Top Paper Refuses To Editorialize On Abortion Ban. “Part of it was that we wouldn’t change people’s minds, and part of it, regardless of which side we came down on this, is that people would read into it things that are not true,” Chuck Baldwin, editorial page editor of the […]

Anyone under illusions that Google isn’t aiming at Microsoft, though mostly from the side rather than directly into Microsoft’s strength, should note that the search and advertising company just bought Writely, a Web-based word processor that is one of the coolest apps around. It lets people edit together and see each others’ revisions in an […]

I’m in Buenos Aires for a talk tomorrow at a gathering sponsored by Clarin, the biggest media outfit in the region. The company just made big changes to its website, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. (Note: The company has paid for my trip.) Enjoyed a very long lunch today with some folks from the […]

I’m giving a talk next week at Harvard Law School entitled: “Engaging with the News, Part I: The Daily Me and We,” part of a series of talks this winter and spring. When: Tuesday, March 14, 7 pm Where: Pound 102, Harvard Law School Here’s the blurb the Berkman Center for Internet & Society is […]