I’m in Port Hadlock, Washington, visiting with folks from a newspaper group based nearby. We’re here to chat (at least during my part of the program) about citizen journalism and how it might apply to what they do. I took the photo on a bridge as I was driving here from Seattle’s airport, using my […]
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Biting the Hand that Feeds?
Reuters: Newspapers take aim at Google in copyright dispute. The Paris-based World Association of Newspapers, whose members include dozens of national newspaper trade bodies, said it is exploring ways to “challenge the exploitation of content by search engines without fair compensation to copyright owners.” At the association’s annual meeting last year in Seoul, one of […]
Interactive Means Sharing, Not Controlling
Jeff Jarvis: Interaction vs. reaction: But enough about you…. Interactivity is about more than reaction. It is about creation. It is not about controlled authority. It is about sharing authority.
Japanese Media Rebel's Company Raided
Joi Ito: Live Door raided last night. Horiemon has been rubbing old-school Japan the wrong way by challenging the establishment with clever financing and takeover attempts of the media etc. I can see how he would get targeted. On the other hand Japanese companies like his tend to be sloppy so I wouldn’t be surprised […]
Can Traditional Media Adapt?
Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis: The Future Is Here, But Do News Media Companies See It? But the greater threat to the longevity of established news media might not be a future that’s already arrived; it might be their inability to do anything about it. Bureaucratic inertia, hierarchical organizational structure and a legacy mentality have […]