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London Media Summit: Google and the future of newspapers
Some thoughts from the London Media Summit conducted at my alma mater under Chatham House rules. Now, without much imagination, you can probably guess which panel it was. And you might even be able to guess from the website who thought what: Some newspaper websites couldn’t have grown without Google. But there may come a…
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The real world of British local newspapers
With the BBC Trust throwing a lifeline to Britain’s local newspapers, will they reinvent themselves pronto? The sounds from the underground are not good. Here’s Tonbridge blogger on why he’s no longing writing for the Kent Courier (part of DMGT‘s Northcliffe). Read it and weep: Are the senior people at the Courier group so divorced…
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Medical journalism: doctors warn of conflicting interests
The British Medical Journal has a piece out – Who’s Watching The Watchdogs?* – about conflicts of interest between medical journalists and big pharma. Yes, medical journalism is not travel journalism. The article begins: Doctors should be wary of the increasing entanglement of medical journalists and the drug industry, warn Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, and…
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Google hosts LIFE photo archive…from 1750s
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