Nov
29
Some late headlines on a somewhat snowy day in Vancouver. (Photo to follow later, over at seen/shot.)
- Macedonia gets country-wide wifi. All two millions residents will be connected by wireless within six months according to this report. Ubiquitous wireless is the key to the free-flowing new mediascape.
- Pelle the conqueror. Pelle Tornberg of Metro predicts that paid newspapers are heading for niches.
- Big Screen, small screen? Ad supported, user supported? Paper or plastic? The Agony and Ecstasy of choice. Ben Compaine at Corante’s Rebuilding Media on the contradictions and possibilities of the 42-inch plasma in the living room and the 3-inch screen on the phone.
- The future of distribution. Paul Conley pulls together some threads and weaves from them, among other things, the idea that journalists need to start concentrating on quality, not quantity.
- Two big launches in the same day. Lloyd Shepherd has details of two more newly unleashed features from The Guardian. The money quote: “So, as of today, we’re a broadcaster and a syndication platform. And to think, 10 years ago we were just a newspaper.”
