Old media leads the blogosphere by 2.5 hoursResearchers have found that traditional news outlets lead the blogosphere by 2.5 hours when it comes to breaking news, after analysing 1.6 million mainstream media and blog sites were in real-time. They have created this lovely chart with their findings.
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The writing renaissance will be blogged (tweeted, Facebooked)
Those who would never write letters (too slow and anachronistic) or postcards now send missives with abandon, from long thoughtful memos to brief and clever quips about evening plans, says Anne Trubek.
Six pieces of News Ltd we’d like to see behind a paywall
News Ltd CEO John Hartigan is absolutely right: the more News Ltd content that is moved beyond a paywall, the better. Here are some articles we’d like to see there.
Wave hello to Google’s latest project
Google’s Wave can feed blogs, web pages and Twitter — it’s a new way to create content that’s collaborative and live. And most importantly, it’s a new way to make news.
Link love NYT style
When newspapers first went online they were reluctant to use links, fearing the loss of readers in one click, but slowly slowly big media has gotten used to the idea…
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.
The Internet is a mirror of society, hatebloggers and all
Most of the problems with Internet culture reflect deeper social issues — and that’s where we need to look to understand why the net hasn’t fulfilled its astonishing potential, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Introducing Crikey’s latest blogger: Michael Gawenda (and Rocky)
I have had dogs all my life and the dogs of my life are sort of markers to the stages of any life, from childhood to old age. Rocky, well Rocky, with some luck, will grow old with me, writes Michael Gawenda.
Media briefs” Tele gets it wrong on rental properties, musicians cashing in
Tele gets it wrong on rental properties … Musicians cashing in … Bastion of press freedom goes down … Journalism loses a pioneer … Ethnic-minority journalists jailed in Iran … The Blogging Revolution
Bloggers: the biggest whingers since journalists
Journalists love whingeing and we’re pretty damn good at it, writes Jonathan Este.
Note to “old media” journalists: adapt, or stfu!
What makes a proper journalist a proper journalist, wonders Stilgherrian?
Pay-per-view not a blogger’s friend
What’s more important for a website’s longevity? Who’s reading? Or how many people are reading? Jane Nethercote poses some questions.
New media lessons from Election ‘07
Australian citizen journalism and blogging have passed a milestone, if not come of age, writes Margaret Simons.
Kevin07: welcome to happy land!
Kevin07 is like a refreshing spring breeze. It’s very bronzed and very beachy. There is something new under the sun. Or at least that’s what Labor would like you to think about its new website.
The Crikey bias-o-meter IV: the blogosphere
Before blog commentary makes it into the public realm, it doesn’t have to fight its way through an editorial bureaucracy, nor does it have to live up to a masthead. And that’s how we came up with the criteria for inclusion in the Crikey Blogosphere Bias-o-metre — it’s all about the wonks.
