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Twitter as a news resource…
Jeff Jarvis writes on the newsgathering potential of Twitter, and I see a problem: Developers at the BBC and Reuters have picked up on the potential for this. They are working on applications to monitor Twitter, the Twitter search engine Summize, and other social-media services – Flickr, YouTube, Facebook – for news catchwords such as…
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The origins of ‘Churnalism’
Nick Davies has put ‘churnalism’ on the map, but where did the word first appear? Thanks to the miracle of Nexis, you can go back to the beginning of the 1990s to find it in yet another media jeremiad, this time from the late Boston Globe columnist, David Nyhan.
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The press lords
The House of Lords celebrity media mud wrestling inquiry comes to a fitting end on Tuesday, 20 May. According to the press release, the House of Lords Communications Committee will wrap up their inquiry into media ownership and the news by hearing from Lord Rothermere, Chairman of Associated Newspapers and Sly Bailey, Chief Executive of…
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Al Jazeera English
Parsons out, Burman in… May 14, 2008 – Doha, Qatar: The Al Jazeera Network today announced that it has appointed Tony Burman as the new Managing Director for the Al Jazeera English channel. He will build on the success of his predecessor Nigel Parsons who will assume the position of Managing Director of Business Acquisition…