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Archive for May, 2006

Communication Scholar James W. Carey Dies

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

James W. Carey’s thinking has had a profound influence on the development of Public Journalism. This from a memo from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism dean Nicholas Lemann at Romenesko:
Professor James W. Carey of our faculty died in his sleep last night, at his family’s home in Wakefield, Rhode Island. His family was at […]

Internet Inventor Expresses Net Neutrality Views

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

This headline and subhead in a News.com story:
Berners-Lee calls for Net neutrality
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, has called for clear separation between Internet access and Internet content.
Adding:
Berners-Lee characterized the issue as a U.S.-only problem at present. “In Europe, Net neutrality is the rule,” he said.
This is part of News.com’s continuing coverage.

Warren Buffett Pans Future of Newspapers

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Hypergene MediaBlog has posted an excerpt from Warren Buffett’s Q&A at the annual shareholders meeting in Omaha. Read the newspaper stuff at Hypergene–below is the gist of it which they pulled from the longer and also very interesting transcript at bankstocks.com.
What multiple should you for a company that earns $100 million per year whose […]

OhmyNews Starts Citizen Journalism: Theory and Practice

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

OhmyNews is starting a new initiative addressing the theory and practice of citizen journalism and you are invited to participate. Hong Eun-taek, OhmyNews International editor-in-chief, writes of citizen journalism:
The concept itself is not hard to understand; rather, it is its execution that is less than easy. Thus there are few successful citizen […]

EPpy Awards Given for Best Newspaper Web Sites

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

From an Editor & Publisher story with all the 2006 winners:
2006 EPpy awards for interactive media, given Friday at the Interactive Media Conference & Trade Show in Las Vegas.
Awards were presented in 32 different categories for excellence in online media, both for design and for content.
In the category of Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Internet Service with […]

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