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Archive for May, 2005

Build what you want using BBC conten

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

I so love the BBC:
"backstage.bbc.co.uk is the BBC's new developer network, providing content feeds for anyone to build with. Alternatively, share your ideas on new ways to use BBC content. This is your BBC. We want to help you play."
Build what you want using BBC content [BBC]

Interview with Matthew Yeomans on The Birth of Wikinews

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

Reporters unbound from their editors: "Matthew Yeomans, a freelance writer, has posted a fascinating story about the birth of Wikinews. The story is more robust than you might expect to see on most blogs. That's because Matthew originally reported it for The New York Times. But then story was killed."
Interview with Matthew Yeomans [Hypergene]
Article: The […]

Future of magazines: Net could empower readers

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

A "virtual roundtable" of the usual suspects - Rosen, Jarvis, a Northwestern J-prof - look ahead at the changing position of print media.
Future of magazines: Net could empower readers [OJR]

Online is the destination for local news - especially for younger adults

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

Duh.
Online is the destination for local news - especially for younger adults [Hypergene]
Related (sorta):
Students blog after high school shuts paper [CyberJournalist.net]

Breaking! NY Post Enlists New Online Gatekeeper!

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

Ever-amusing spin from Gawker: "There's only one answer: your registration data will be used to nourish Rupert Murdoch's evil vampire robot babies, who feed only on the demographic blood of your personal information."
Breaking! NY Post Enlists New Online Gatekeeper! [Gawker]