studying the media ecosystem
Lest we forget that citizens are fighting a (so-far losing) battle with corporations, let this serve as a reminder.
In 2001, the National Writers Union filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against a host of publishers including the New York Times. The freelancers argued that when they sold stories for print distribution, they did not agree nor were compensated for the electronic re-distribution of that content through paid [...]
When the Poynter Institute interviewed Fiona Spruill, editor of the New York Times’ Web newsroom, the question was:
“What skills should I (as a young journalist) acquire or work toward acquiring to make myself more marketable for a Web position?”
Spruill, a Duke graduate who, we are told, ”joined NYTimes.com in 1999 as an intern,” said she wanted people with [...]
Steve Outing & Scott Adams
Okay, they’re not really twins. Outing is a citizen media guru. Adams draws the Dilbert cartoon. But their failures reveal a flaw in the DNA of the Web – it sucks as a money-making medium for content publishers. So what is it good for?
I woke this morning with a song in my head. Do you remember “War,” the 1970 Motown tune? With that in mind, [...]
Martin rebuffed for violating FCC’s ”un, deux, trois” rule
The Federal Communications Commission delayed then cancelled the public meeting that had been scheduled for yesterday because Chairman Kevin Martin tried to force a vote on some mild form of cable table reregulation without getting the prior approval of two of his five fellow commissioners. Martin, a republican, may have [...]
Meeting today on cross-ownersip, cable regs; see agenda or click here for video feed
The Federal Communications Commission was created during the Depression. A holdover from before “govmint” became a dirty word, its five members are appointed by the president and confirmed by Congress under rules meant preserve a three-two balance between the political parties.
Today the five commissioners, two democrat and three republican, will perform the public ritual [...]
A shield law that wouldn’t have protected Judith Miller or Josh Wolf
New York Times reporter Judith Miller spent nearly three months in jail in 2005 before she finally revealed her anonymous source to a federal grand jury investigating the Valerie Plame affair.
Political activist and freelancer journalist Josh Wolf spent 226 days in prison for refusing to [...]
What we can measure becomes important
Mediaweek reports that, come December, MSNBC.com will join ABCnews.com, Heavy.com and Video Egg in serving advertisements attached to specific video downloads and move away from its current sponsorship model for monetizing attention to video. The article quotes an advertising executive as saying that certainty of attention is what makes the new [...]
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