Entries Tagged as ‘Media’

April 27, 2006

And I thought he was talking about TV

John Zogby, in an AJC article, describes political content on the Internet as :
 "There's no regulation. There's no objective standard for truth. There's unlimited ways to get away with just about anything," said John Zogby, a New York state-based political pollster. "It's here to stay, and it's growing by leaps and bounds every election year."
And this environment [...]

April 25, 2006

Amen to Brother Blankenhorn

He posts at Voic.us a scathing criticism on the efforts of Georgia newspapers to use the web.
He is right.  Enuf said.  On to the roast!

April 20, 2006

Community News, as you like it

AP says Backfence is buying Bayosphere. 
Susan DeFife, Backfence's chief executive, said that while Gillmor brought the vision, Backfence is able to bring the tools to make it easier for readers to submit items — on local businesses, sports, events and anything else a reader might like to share.
There's a property called  Voic.us in Atlanta, focusing [...]

April 3, 2006

The Grey Lady sets another standard

The New York Times unveiled a new web page design.  Clean, devoid of multiple visual distractions, remembers that this is a news page not an advertising supplement.

March 26, 2006

Deniable clickability (or when the web is not)

And you wonder why newspapers aren't getting their share of readership from the X and Y generations?  Take the AJC's approach to the web — where most real estate is dedicated to ads, a blog is nothing more than a chat board, and hyperlinks are reserved only to their articles (aren't hyperlinks what made the [...]