Are bloggers journalists?
January 31, 2006
David L. Hudson Jr., a First Amendment Center research attorney, takes a good look at the legal issues surrounding this and related questions and lays out the various legal arguments that have been made and are in play.
Citizen Journalist Content - Who Owns It?
January 31, 2006
Here’s a look from OhMyNews at the various legal stances of various Citizen Journalism outlets on who owns or may license the posted content.
Gawker’s latest: Deadspin scores
January 30, 2006
Gawker Media’s latest blog, Deadspin.com., is rapidly becoming a major player on the national sports scene, according to The New York Times.
How Inquirer is adapting to the times
January 30, 2006
Interesting look at how the Philadelphia Inquirer is adapting to the rise of the internet and the faster news cycle, from editor Amanda Bennett.
Topix ‘astonished’ by posts
January 30, 2006
Topix.net launched community participation features across its site six weeks ago and CEO Rich Skrenta says they’ve been pleased with the results so far.
New York Times video
January 30, 2006
“Have you noticed how much original video programming the New York Times is doing these days?” CyberJournalist.net reader Jake Mauiler writes in. “Much of the stuff is very well done…esp for a paper. I think it deserves mention.”
Jake is right — check it out: http://video.on.nytimes.com/
Seattle P-I drops dayparting
January 29, 2006
In 2004, SeattlePI.com embarked on one of the more ambitious plans to implement a “dayparting” strategy, changing the site four times a day to adapt to how people want different things at different times of the day. Despite some early traffic gains, the site has abandoned the strategy, deciding that it “can’t be all things to all people all the time.”
Roanoke Times redesigns
January 29, 2006
Roanoke.com, the news Web site of the Roanoke Times, recently launched a redesign.
IHT’s Davos group blog
January 29, 2006
Contributors to Delving into Davos include the following reporters from The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune: Liz Alderman, Katrin Bennhold, Dan Bilefsky, Thomas Crampton, Mark Landler, John Markoff, Floyd Norris, and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Yahoo: ‘A 21st-century media company’
January 29, 2006
“It’s a 21st-century media company,” Yahoo’s Terry Semel said. “The difference between the more traditional media companies and companies like Yahoo is all about technology, and the two — technology and media — totally marry each other.”