I came across this interview on spreadable media with US academic Henry Jenkins on the Nieman Journalism Lab. His thesis is that for things online to thrive, they need to be shared socially: if it doesn’t spread, it’s dead. He defines spreadable media as media that travels across media platfomrs at least in part because Read More
Month: November 2010
Surfing the endless wave
Is it just me, or is anyone else getting a headache from the pace of change in media…? Touchingly, mobile phones now seem rather mature and traditional in technical terms, even though they are only just reaching the point (25 years old) of being handed down from one generation to the next. And now they are merely one Read More
Newsweek + thedailybeast.com = Tina Brown’s talent
Newsweek, the ailing US magazine, and thedailybeast.com, Tina Brown’s online newspaper, will be run in tandem. Both are losing money. A minus plus a minus is an even larger minus. But that is without the plus of Tina Brown’s talent. The miracles she worked on Vanity Fair and The New Yorker are a big plus Read More
Spinning the royal wedding
It does my heart good to see how media, old and new, have done what all good news organisations should do: worked to come up with fresh angles on a running story. So far, this is my favourite take on the royal wedding. [vodpod id=Video.4964520&w=425&h=350&fv=embedReferer%3D%26amp%3BembedPageUrl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fcomedy%2Fclips%2Fp00c70wr%2Fspout_royal_engagement_facebook_fail%2F%26amp%3BdomId%3Demp-container-01%26amp%3Bconfig%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fcomedy%2Fforge-assets%2Fextra%2Femp%2Fempconfig.xml%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_skin%3Dblack%26amp%3Bplaylist%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fcomedy%2Fforge-assets%2Fextra%2Fplaylist%2Fp00c70wr.xml%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_bitrateCeiling%3D1000%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_showPopoutButton%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_showFullScreenButton%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_showUpdatedInFooter%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bguidance%3Dunknown] BBC – Comedy – Spout – Royal Engagement Faceboo…, posted Read More
“Hold the blog page…!”
Those campaigning folk at StinkyJournalism have just published a neat little study into the editing habits of US newspapers. Specifically, they wanted to know how many of the top ten newspaper websites actually edited their own blog posts. What do you think they found? The answer may surprise you! Have a look and see how many newspaper blogs Read More
Yahoo ups pressure on “professional” content generators
Yahoo has upped the threat to “professional” content generation by launching a UGC service, Yahoo Contributor Network. It wants its 400,000 contributors to generate content for its news, sports and finance pages. Cloudsourcing This idea is called “cloudsourcing”, a term now added to the lexicon of online life. The idea is to use the cloud Read More
Why we need sub-editors
Sub-editors have become something of an endangered species at all too many media companies. But you only had to turn to page three of The Guardian on November 12, 2010 to see why we need them more than ever now. (The same error was in the story on the website as of 11 am.) Many Read More
In pursuit of ‘appiness
Once again, we’re falling into that peculiarly human flytrap known as technology… Just because we can do it doesn’t mean anyone will actually want to do it…. I’m thinking of things like the red button on digital TV (except for Wimbledon on the BBC of course), the option to surf the net while you watch TV, or Read More
Top tip of the week – digital media
#20 Digital media – make sure your website is designed with users in mind. Make sure your content works in the right way for the right medium. See more top tips here. Read More
Libel rule 1: know who sues
The first rule of libel is to know who sues. You can add another name to the long list: the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, ex-Manchester United and Portuguese International. He has this week won undisclosed libel damages, and presumably costs, against the Daily Telegraph. It said on paper and online in July 2008 that he was Read More