The following post was originally published by Gary Herman on the NUJ New Media blog. It’s reproduced here with permission. Here at Newmedia Towers we are being swamped by events which at long last are demonstrating that the internet is really rather relevant to the whole debate about media ethics and privacy. So this is by way of a short
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In this guest post Ofcom’s Damian Radcliffe cross-publishes his latest presentation on developments in hyperlocal publishing for September-October, and highlights how partnerships are increasingly important for hyper-local, regional and national media in terms of “making it pay”. When producing my latest bi-monthly update on hyper-local media, I was struck by the fact that media sales partnerships suddenly seem to be all the
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Ofcom’s Damian Radcliffe produces a regular round-up of developments in hyperlocal publishing. In this guest post he cross-publishes his latest presentation for this summer, as well as the background to the reports. Ofcom’s 2009 report on Local and Regional Media in the UK identified the increasing role that online hyperlocal media is playing in the local and regional media ecology.
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TechCrunch reports on Google’s decision to tweak its algorithm in response to an online shop which found its Google ranking was boosted when dozens of people complained about it. The owner of the shop – DecorMyEyes.com – had boasted on consumer complaint forum GetSatisfaction that: “The more replies you people post, the more business and the more hits and sales
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[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ADwPLSFeY8] A few months ago I was asked what sort of mobile phone I would recommend for a journalism student. Knowing how tight student budgets are, and that any choice should have as much of an eye on the future as on the present, I recommended getting an Android phone. The reasoning went like this: iPhones are great at certain
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1. Google encrypted search In a move which could have enormous implications for online publishers, Google announced that it is experimenting with encrypted search. In plainer language, this means that – if someone is using the service – you won’t know what they have been searching for when they arrive at your website. This is great for privacy, but clearly
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Built upon the Google Apps Engine, Google Moderator is the tool used by the Mountain View company’s executives to hold their town hall meetings that sometimes include Q&A sessions with thousands of people from all over the world. The software allows participants to submit questions and vote for those who want to meet with priority. Google has announced on its
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…And the feeling is mutual. [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]
The superinjunction obtained by England Captain John Terry was overturned on Friday – and the case raises some interesting issues.
Has anyone pointed out the workings of Google Scholar to Rupert Murdoch? He’s going to have a fit when he finds out (first published here) … Imagine if Google offered a deal like this to news publishers (as you’ll have guessed, this is exactly how Google Scholar works): Where content is behind a paywall, Google will index it all and
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