Gawker founder Nick Denton is currently in the process of redesigning his websites, ditching the traditional basic blog structure in favour of formats more conducive to images and video. Tim Dunlop presents his mini masterclass in new media tools and tips.
Aggregation
Which News Corp sites are “stealing” content?
Rupert Murdoch has been a vociferous opponent of news aggregation sites “stealing” his News Corp content for profit — but are News websites just as guilty? Tech Dirt lists all of Murdoch’s sites currently aggregating other sites’ news and articles.
Just don’t search Freebird: Google turns DJ
Google has added playable music clips to its search results, with a new feature dubbed “Music OneBox”. Will the next front of the aggregation wars be fought against the music industry?
Rupert the Sun King’s moral posture takes on a slouch
Over the weekend, Rupert Murdoch used some nasty language at the so-called World Media Summit in Beijing to slag off the likes of Google and Yahoo, describing them as content “kleptomaniacs” because they aggregate News Corporation’s content.
Interview with Digg’s Kevin Rose
Digg founder Kevin Rose gives his State of the Union on the popular aggregation site.
AP: 11 reasons why we’re fighting aggregation
The Associated Press explain how they want to save the future of news media with intellectual property protection.
Get over it media giants, we’re going to co-opt your copy
Borrowing, sponging, lifting, scrounging, leaching, pinching, and outright theft of other publications’ work is firmly in the American journalistic tradition, says Slate’s Jack Shafer.
