Posts under ‘Business Models’

Gary Kebbel at the Knight Foundation (which is funding one of our projects) wants anyone who’s interested in community journalism to consider applying for a grant. The program is called the “Knight Brothers’ 21st Century News Challenge,” and here are some details from an email: The purpose of the challenge is to fund new community […]

Over at TechMeme, Gabe Rivera has introduced a new sponsorship model that has the potential to truly shake up the online marketplace. He’s giving “Sponsor Posts” a prominent spot on the page, letting other content sites market what they’re discussing in related areas. This is very, very smart stuff. The test, of course, is how […]

The Knight Foundation is seeking new ideas, pilot projects, commercial products and leadership initiatives that will improve the flow of information and news in the public interest. This is a HUGE opportunity for all kinds of citizen journalists. Go for it, folks.

Jay Rosen has announced that Reuters has given his new project enough money to hire someone as an editor for NewAssignment.net. This is a great endorsement for Jay and his work.

Wired News: Digg Fights Top Users For Control. Some of the generals in Digg.com’s army of volunteer news readers are in revolt over new abuse controls that could undermine their influence on the site.

The Boston Herald has done the smart thing: It’s moving its stock listings to the Web where they belong, saving tons of paper in the process and downsizing in a sensible manner. When will everyone else in the newspaper business wake up to this obvious move?

Matt Marshall, a former colleague at the San Jose Mercury News, is now on his own with a blog about the technology financial scene. It’s called VentureBeat, and it looks great. Matt is one of the most talented journalists in his field. This is a project to watch.

In his New Yorker piece where he found such inadequacy in citizen journalism, Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism, wrote, “As journalism moves to the Internet, the main project ought to be moving reporters there, not stripping them away.” Now read, in today’s NY Times, a story about how Lemann is […]

Techdirt pulls apart a remarkably hype-filled Business Week cover story on Digg.com, where people identify important news stories and vote on their importance. Digg is doing valuable work, but the Business Week story is indeed fairly ridiculous.

At the BlogHer conference, Lisa Stone discusses BlogHerAds — billed as “quality advertising for women bloggers” — a new advertising network and service that could be a big deal indeed.