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Innovations in Journalism – browser archiving plug-in WebMynd
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today it’s Firefox archiving plugin WebMynd. 1) Who are...
View ArticleTribune resorts to ‘joke’ press release for latest appointment
Those guys at Tribune know how to have a laugh don’t they? Take this ‘hilarious’ press release I received today about the US media group’s latest appointment: Surely You Can’t Be Serious? Marc Chase –...
View ArticleFT.com: Cambridge software company looks to internet radio
Phil Riley, new chairman of Cambridge-based software company Reciva, has said they are looking to expand into internet radioSimilar Posts: The tool that measures power of local media Business Insider:...
View ArticleNew blog series: Am I too old to become a journalist?
“So you want to be a journalist,” declares the college leaflet or job advice site. Yes, of course you do but what if you think you might be too old, have no proper training, did not go to Cambridge or...
View ArticleBill Thompson (@billt) on two cultures: those literate in code and everyone else
Bill Thompson, well-known for the BBC World Service programme Digital Planet, and his pieces for the BBC (e.g) gave a version of his ‘Two Cultures’ speech [which he first made in Cambridge on May 27]...
View ArticleBen Bradshaw’s speech in full: BBC has probably ‘reached limits of reasonable...
Ben Bradshaw’s speech from the Royal Television Society’s binnenial convention in Cambridge last night, his first since becoming the British culture secretary in June. In his speech he criticised James...
View ArticleMark Thompson on the defence: BBC review will be ‘radical and open-minded’
BBC director-general Mark Thompson yesterday responded to the various criticisms of News Corp’s James Murdoch and culture secretary Ben Bradshaw at the Royal Television Society’s binnenial convention...
View ArticleReuters: Google CEO raises doubts about Murdoch’s online pay walls
Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, yesterday questioned Rupert Murdoch’s plans to put general news content behind pay walls at some of the News Corp titles, Reuters reports. General news...
View ArticleBBC Trust responds to MPs’ accusations over commercial expansion
As reported by the Guardian, a report published today by the House of Commons culture select committee criticises the ‘arrogance’ of the BBC Trust and the BBC for brushing off MPs’ concerns over the...
View ArticleBBC Trust launches ‘its largest’ TV service review – into BBC One, BBC Two...
The BBC Trust today launched ‘the largest and most significant service review’ of television that is has ever undertaken, and seeks views on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four. A 12 week public...
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