At Media140 I said mentioned that journalists (well some, anyway) weren’t really members of the social networks, just using them to lift stories, out of context, with no respect for the online community family. Or, weirdly, move between the two – sometimes mucking around with the rest of us on Twitter, the next minute lifting…
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…
The London Standard today told readers “Sorry For Losing Touch”. There are 5 stages to the loss, grief, death cycle according to Kubler-Ross: Denial: Denial is usually only a temporary defense for the individual. This feeling is generally replaced with heightened awareness of situations and individuals that will be left behind after death. Example –…
ADAGE introduces a “breakthrough in interactive features”. WARNING: Troll posting ahead. A KEYSTROKE of GENIUS for International Readers? I don’t think so… Now you can get every page — every word, every graphic, every ad, every dot and whistle of every issue of AD AGE — on your computer at a click. And we’re hearing a great cheer go up for…
Just read this about Australian TV and newspapers in the New Zealand Herald On Sunday… “This week the Seven Network confirmed it had cut the value of its 47 per cent holding in the Seven Media Group from A$793.9 million to zero, following Packer’s similar valuation of PBL Media when he dumped his residual holding…
People play shoot the messenger while I try to document the demise of heritage media. So let me put a target HERE on Vex News for you to aim at: The publisher of left-wing newspaper The Age, Fairfax Media is on the verge of financial meltdown after announcing a $365 million net loss for the…
I always get into trouble for these types of posts. Something about me hating newspapers (I don’t), promoting blogger vs journos war (I’m not). But hey ho. *dons flak jacket* Here I am using my two unread newspapers as a thick place mat for my Christmas Eve Chinese lunch, and what should cross my desk:…
Jennifer Ross @Jenn was on a plane, tweeting away, when the plane ahead of hers ran off the runway: Pushed back – airport shutdown due to “an emergency” on a flight taking off to the north A couple of pages of updates later – THEN heritage media starts reporting it. I wonder what United Airlines…
.. 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…
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