We forgive News Limited’s Richard Freudenstein for using the word “freemium” at least half a dozen times in a speech delivered this morning at the Mumbrella 360 conference.
Online media
Crikey Says: Crikey says: the age of pragmatism
The rise and rise of LinkedIn … but devil’s in the detail
LinkedIn’s float on the New York Stock Exchange has blown away expectations, delivering the company a valuation of about $US10 billion, writes Charis Palmer.
New media v old media: a question of moderation
The question of pre-moderation vs post-moderation of reader comments on a publisher website is a fascinating one. It’s also increasingly integral to modern news outlets, writes Jonathon Oake at blog The Spongeist.
The internet vs. the world part 1: gatekeepers lose control as we connect
From WikiLeaks to Underbelly, the common theme of the rise of the internet is that it connects people. And interconnectedness threatens the powerful.
Crikey Says: McClelland’s sensitive information debate, circa 1985
If McClelland thinks there is a debate to be had over media handling of national security information, he should throw it open to the media most likely to offer the sort of coverage he appears concerned about.
Note to The Australian: Twitter is not a newspaper
When Oz editor Chris Mitchell complains that Julie Posetti didn’t contact him to get his side of the story before tweeting, he completely misses the point.
Sophie Cunningham: is writing evolving?
Is form following function? Are we evolving? Or, to the question I want to consider here: is writing evolving? And is there a danger of Australian writers losing their distinctive voice, asks writer and editor Sophie Cunningham?
Latest newspaper circulation figures: not a nice set of numbers
Only a fool would say that circulation figures don’t lie, given all we have learned in recent times. But even so, these numbers tell us the dead tree ship is sinking.
How online media humanizes Middle Eastern people
While western mainstream media coverage continues to perpetuate myths and stereotypes about the Middle East, online media - particularly blogs - have emerged as powerful tools to show the faces and personalities of everyday people, writes Daz Chandler.
Crikey Says: Pimply? Angry? Drunk? Yawn.
“Most citizen journalism strikes me as nothing to do with journalism at all.” Are we still using this old argument?
The new New Matilda
Online commentary website New Matilda is reopening its virtual doors once more, after a well-publicised closure in June. It’ll return as a paid subscriber site, and expects to be back to full publishing capacity in 2011.
Real Andrew Bolt is wrong, says Fake Andrew Bolt
Andrew Bolt has charged that I am too close to his writing and not parodic enough, perhaps not realising that this reflects worse on him than it does on me, writes Fake Andrew Bolt.
When online media outlets pay peanuts, they get monkeys
Freelancers are increasingly waking up to realise that if their work is good enough for a commercial outlet, they deserve to be paid.
The regulator and the regulated: sorry, but the internet won’t play that game
Stephen Conroy rants at Google and Facebook. But he hasn’t worked out that they don’t play that game, and aren’t that interested in what governments think.
Crikey Says: The death of New Matilda is bad news for everyone
Today Australian online news and commentary site New Matilda announced it’s calling it quits. This is bad news for everyone.
New media may challenge Berlusconi’s grip on power
Technological improvement may be shaping the Italian media landscape in such way as to undermine Silvio Berlusconi’s future grip on national media. Crikey intern — and proud Italian — Patrick Tombola reports.
Just how big is the Facebook economy?
Investors are putting more and more money into businesses building Facebook games, apps and services, and the Guardian wants to know just how much: is Facebook the next big economy, or a bubble waiting to burst? Help them find out.
Margaret Simons: Crikey still meeting the challenge
Crikey has what so many traditional publishers want — the hybrid model whereby some content is paid for by the viewer, and other content is free.
The science behind the NYT “most emailed” list
University researchers have been studying the “most emailed” New York Times articles to see what kind of news people like to share — and why. The results are not what you might expect.
Facebook: the world’s newspaper
Forget aggregators and e-readers, the real digital news revolution is taking place on Facebook, which is now the fourth largest source of traffic for media. Do we now only read what our friends tell/want us to read?
Crikey Says: Online media leads the way in horrific humanitarian crises
Online media may still be tying itself in knots over the small matter of how to make money but when it comes to covering horrific humanitarian crises, it really comes into its own.
Crikey Says: No ads cause newspapers’ nightmare on E-street
Can the e-reader save newspapers and quality journalism? In a word, no.
Salon: from web magazine to web publication
What’s the difference between a web magazine and a web publication? Don’t ask us, but that’s the justification being used by Salon CEO Richard Gingras for firing six staff members.
On Line Opinion opens editorial complaint to public
An exchange between the chief editor of Australian e-journal On Line Opinion, Graham Young, and NSW Greens MP Lee Rhiannon, whose story he didn’t publish, reveals the inner thoughts of an online media outlet. Refreshing.
