Nov
21
Yes, I realize that blogging on a Friday evening means a lot of people just won’t see this stuff, but I’m doing it any way.
- Asper: Dispelling the misconceptions. The local CanWest daily has published a Financial Post interview with CanWest CEO Leonard Asper that touches on the problems the company is having. It contains, for the first time I’ve seen, something about the company’s stock price meltdown, but only in general terms. “The stock price is obviously quite low,” the interviewer notes, but doesn’t mention it’s trading at 1/10th the value of its 52-week high and has been a penny stock for most of the past two weeks. Generally, the questions are softballs. Asper says investors are focussing too much on CanWest’s debt and not enough on its business.
- Three social media principles for journalists. Alfred Hermida published this ahead of a social media workshop he did today for CBC Vancouver. The three principles are be human, be honest and be involved.
- Link Journalism Drives Page Views and Engagement. Scott Karp’s latest on the power of the link, particularly when you’re dealing with an engaged community. Speaking of Scott, I keep going back to his Nov. 10 post The market and the internet don’t care if you make money, because the conversation in the comments is stll growing and still interesting.
- Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs. The NY Times use non-profit VoicesofSanDiego.org as the hook to examine the growing power of new forms of web-based media. Recommended read.
- AP to cut 400 staff. More signs of both the troubles in the economy, the acceleration of long-term trends and the changing face of the industry.
- Paying for the News: Five Seeds for the Future of Journalism. A nice recap of lessons learned at a recent Poynter event. Worthy of some study.
- LOLfed.com. Eek. the American econmic mess and bail-out has been LOL-ed. Like the original, some funny, some not. Via David Weinberger.
