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• 06.23.09
  For the beneft of the two Martins, Moore and Belam. ‘Collaborative Individualism in The Digital Age’ OK, it’s not three words… General, Journalism | (2)

  In many ways the half-baked musings that follow are the fault of the two Martins, Moore and Belam. The former has very kindly asked me to contribute at his forthcoming NewsInnovation gig in London on July 10... http://barcamp.org/newsinnovationlondon; all of which demanded I think of both a subject matter and a pithy title. And as the latter Martin, quite correctly pointed out, I'm not the greatest at delivering pithy, three-word headlines on OutWithABang. I tend to bust people's RSS readers every time. So, with that in mind, I decided on 'Collaborative Individualism' as a way forward. Now all I've got to do is ...

  Tagged: addiply.com, Collaborative Individualism, GeneralMotors, Google, TrinityMirror, Twitter
  
• 06.22.09
  Mr Murdoch was right, the fast will beat the slow. But for me, there’s another race that’s there to be won – where the open beat the closed. Advertising, General, Journalism | (1)

  For all-too obvious reasons it seemed a mite remiss to let this pass without some sort of longer comment. As easy as it is these days to hope that a couple of well-placed tweets complete with a six-word quote will suffice... That said, twas the power of Twitter that led me to said piece. So thanks to @MSuster for the heads up... http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/adsense_the_weak_elephant_in_the_room.php For me, what's interesting is not so much the general thrust of the main body of the piece rather the comments that then follow. Some, you suspect are from those that may have built a business and a living on teaching ...

  Tagged: Google, Rupert Murdoch, Tom Watson, www.addiply.com
  
• 06.16.09
  Claire Enders. I have a wax work model of you in my hand; I’m sticking in hot pins as we speak… when I’m not washing cars, that is… General, Journalism | (7)

  It would be nice to think that certain people - when asked to appear before a House Of Commons select committee on the future of local media - arrived knowing what they were talking about. Claire Enders is clearly not one of them. She hasn't done her homework. http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-dcms-select-cttee-hearing-draft/ Now, some of what she says is clearly very true. The 1300 local newspaper titles left in this country do, indeed, face a very challenging future. I suspect no-one who is about to give evidence today would deny that fact. But some of what she would appear to be saying is dismissive of everything good and ...

  Tagged: Claire Enders, Northcliffe, Trinity Mirror
  
• 06.15.09
  We can either stop the clock at c1996 or we can embrace the future… a future that puts local planning applications into the palm of my hand. Advertising, General, Journalism | (3)

  As both regular readers of this blog will know, the whereabouts of this nation's local planning applications has long been a subject dear to OutWithABang's heart. There were, for example, 17 million plus reasons why the Newspaper Society might be wary of any in-coming Tory administration... http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=60 ... whilst come this spring and the Newspaper Society were again to be found clinging onto those planning applications as if their very lives depended on it - even so far as accusing local councils of squirreling them away at the very back of their websites where no-one would ever find them... It was only the mighty ...

  Tagged: LichfieldBlog, Newspaper Society
  
• 06.14.09
  The only people who will save journalism are journalists themselves; this nation’s politicians are too busy saving their own skins to worry about ours… General, Journalism | (0)

  This is a path that we've trod before... the trick, for me at least, is to sense the tone... http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/534752.php "What the problem needs above all is some innovative, quick thinking on behalf of government," were the words of Bob Satchwell, of the Society Of Editors. His impatience, you suspect, not helped by the game of musical chairs that is Whitehall of late... Three, supposed 'champions' of this digital word of ours - Tom Watson MP, Andy Burnham MP and now Lord Carter - are all exiting centre stage, leaving the new man at the helm of Culture, Media and Sport Ben Bradshaw ...

  Tagged: BBC, Digital Britain, Lord Carter
  
• 06.09.09
  My ‘Valley’ is the Waveney – not the one with the tinkling piano and the ‘Start-Up Whisperer’ That said, however, I think we’re singing the same tune… Advertising, General, Journalism | (0)

  There are many reason why I enjoyed this... http://garrysub.posterous.com/chris-sacca-on-silicon-valley-innovation-in-t Not least for the revelation by the interviewer Kara Swisher that her chat with 'start-up whisperer' Chris Sacca was held in San Francisco's Zuni restaurant where a lovely piano player 'tinkled in the background...' http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090504/silicon-valley-start-up-whisperer-and-twitter-investor-natch-sacca-speaks/ Me, Ian and Neil tend to put our little world to rights in The Artichoke at Brome where tinkling piano players are rather thin on the ground. It's a different world - in every sense of the world. Nevertheless, for me, that interview is worth a watch - if only for the 'trends' that the 'start-up whisperer' sees. The bloke must ...

  Tagged: addiply.com, Berkeley, Google, OaklandNorth.net, Twitter
  
• 06.08.09
  Our Anthony always foretold of an explosion in content creation at the expense of the ‘closed shops’ of old. Tonight, there’s another big bang going off… General, Journalism | (2)

  I don't really know the guy from Adam, other than he seems from his profile to be a smart guy. His name is Aral - or rather, @Aral - and tonight he could be found waxing lyrical about the launch of the new Apple iPhone 3GS... in a lot less than 140 characters as his excitement mounted. The penny was starting to drop as to just what this baby could do now... aralShoot/edit/share video with just your iPhone 3GS. Oh, yes! :)6 minutes ago from Tweetie aralAwesome, "send to YouTube" feature is gonna rock! :)6 minutes ago from Tweetie araliPhone 3GS: 7.2 ...

  Tagged: Anthony Lilley, Apple iPhone
  
• 06.07.09
  A swift reading of Mr Mutter and his ViewPass scheme makes for valuable reading. The big trick will be to get ‘The Families’ to act in a uniform manner when ’silo’ is their default. Advertising, General, Journalism | (2)

  For many an obvious reason - not least the fact that we now have Berkeley in common - this was well worth a ponder... the original article, just as much as the comments. http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-i-recommended-to-publishers-in.html#comments And as in the case of the lad from DoubleVerify, I'm loathe to stray too far into the technicalities of it all; I'm sure that there are a lot of very clever people doing a lot of very clever things behind the scenes. Likewise I can get the idea - if the Visa registration process is, indeed, the simple analogy that Alan would approve of. I guess it's not a ...

  Tagged: Alan Mutter, Digital Britain, TrinityMirror
  
• 06.04.09
  Here comes DoubleVerify with a smart little tool to check where your ad is going. Either that or you simply place the ad yourself… Advertising, General | (0)

  For someone who has spent the last few days trying to get more than a little toe through the door of some interesting boys [and girls...?] in SF, this was interesting... http://www.adexchanger.com/ad-exchange-news/up-to-80-of-campaign-impressions-delivered-incorrectly-says-doubleverify-ceo-netzer/ There is - perhaps - an element of he-would-say-that-wouldn't-he to the headline; that up to 80% of campaign impressions are incorrectly delivered - a block that we have already been round before with Uncle Jeff and his ads for lovelorn, Jewish singles... who also happen to be big fans of all things new media. Could have been worse. His pal was getting gay, Jewish singles... and so the jolly japes continued. http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=106 But ...

  Tagged: addiply.com, OaklandNorth.net
  
• 06.03.09
  A tale for our troubled times. Of Write ‘em Cowboy, Jack Of Diamonds and King Canute calling for a towel… General, Journalism | (0)

  First things first. I know very little about Denver. Never been. I do, however, know that it used to have two daily newspapers. Now it has only one. The Denver Post. 'The Rocky' went to meet its maker a few months back. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_11791798 Left as the only show in town, the Post's owners - MediaNews Group - this week announced that they would start to build a pay-walled garden around their content... http://www.cyberjournalist.net/54-newspapers-to-charge-for-content/ By pure chance our old friend in Philly - Brian P Tierney - announced that his own, UK tax-payer supported outfit would be doing the same before the turn of the year... http://www.cyberjournalist.net/54-newspapers-to-charge-for-content/ The fact that ...

  Tagged: InsideTheRockies.com, Rocky Mountain News, Rupert Murdoch, The Denver Post
  

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