John Hartigan, chief of News Corp Australian office went on the attack today. It might be just me, but the whole thing reeks of the newspaper ship sinking and an angry captain not making any sense. From Duncan Riley’s The Inquisitr: Almost anyone can start one of these sites, with very little capital, no training…
Comments in blogs keep the blogger honest. The world becomes the Editor – a scary brute indeed!
Just a quick follow up on Death Cycle of Newspapers – News Corp will charge for newspaper websites, says Rupert Murdoch – Current days of free internet will soon be over, says media mogul (The Guardian) Rupert Murdoch expects to start charging for access to News Corporation‘s newspaper websites within a year as he strives to fix…
A “top list” of social networks and online communities for business and corporate. Not blogs – they must have community features of many-to-many discussions, leaders, UGC etc. Here’s my Australian list: Aussie Innovation – drupal site with forums and so on. Aussie Tycoon – vBulletin forum for entrepreneurs Australian Businesswomen’s Network – run mentoring programs…
Sydney Event: Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Read the full program but the speakers are: Brian Giesen, Digital Specialist, Ogilvy PR 360 Digital Influence Australia Graeme Wood, Founder and Executive Director, Wotif.com Mia Garlick, Assistant Secretary, Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy Francisco Cordero, General Manager, Bebo Andrew Cordwell, Director of Sales, Fox…
.. so what is a “social media proprietor”? And how is s/he different from a blogger? Dunno, don’t ask me. Google it…. uh oh, we are both in trouble. The only response from Google on “social media proprietor(s)” are MY presentations. So either they don’t exist, have another name or … I’m the first one…
Quick and easy Moderating tips, for some people who have been asking lately. 1. ETIQUETTE STATEMENTneeds a whole lot of behavioural statements (play nicely) but the most important ones are: The Moderators word is final, do not discuss bans or penalties on the forum. If you have a question regarding a penalty, please email the…
| View | Upload your own My presentation slides to Freelance Journalists Group (80 or so) last night – you can flick through the slides by clicking. As I mentioned earlier, I was invited to talk to The Sydney Freelance Journalists Group (MEAA)Basically the slides focus on blogs as content, facebook/digg as distribution, twitter as…
If you read an article about curing cancer by a journalist do you assume the journalist is the expert in curing cancer? If you see a blog, or a group blog, dedicated to writing, creating and discussion cancer cures, would you think the blogger had more indepth knowledge and life experience in assessing cancer cures…