Last.fm to be sold to CBS (?) (tags: cbs last.fm music socialnetworking SocialSoftware web2.0 radio audio) CurryBetDotNet: RSS Subscriptions to UK Newspapers Martin Belam kicks off a series of posts looking at the number of people subscribed (caveat: using bloglines)… Continue Reading
I’m at a debate organised by the BBC College of Journalism to discuss how the Virginia Tech shootings were covered by mainstream media, particularly in America. The email about the event says the following will be covered: The Cho Seung-hui… Continue Reading
the content of twitter tweets (tags: twitter web2.0 socialnetworking SocialSoftware whinge) Brummie Girls “Not Pretty Enough” “Beauty contest officials chose a model from Stoke-on-Trent to represent Birmingham because they could not find anyone pretty enough from the city…” (tags: bbcnews… Continue Reading
Facebook Opens Up to Third Party Content, Widgets, etc “Facebook is inviting thousands of technology companies and programmers to contribute features to its service. They can even make money from the site’s users by doing so…” (tags: facebook web2.0 socialnetworking… Continue Reading
Assignment Zero: Howard Rheingold -The “arms race” between participation and control (tags: rheingold interview usergeneratedcontent onlinecommunitymanagement onlinediscussion onlinecommunity socialmedia assignmentzero)
1/3 of bloggers face the sack According to a study, 1/3 of workplace bloggers risk getting fired for revealing too much, criticising colleagues, etc (tags: bloggers blogging statistics bl bloggingguidelines bloggingrestrictions bloggingtechniques) A 40 something BBC Tech Correspondent tries out… Continue Reading
I’m one of the half dozen BBC people attending The Social Impact of the Web event today at the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce) in London. The central theme is: “With e-democracy and new… Continue Reading
Dan Gillmor, Scoble and Others Discuss Media literacy in a media saturated world (tags: scoble DanGillmor katiehafner Berkeley Journalism citizenjournalism citizensnappers news2.0 usergeneratedcontent)
The Tate’s first exhibition where members of the public are invited to submit… via flickr (tags: flickr tate museum art usergeneratedcontent photosharing london) Vulgar readers lead to ‘failure’ of Israeli interactive comments (thanks aaron!) (tags: comments onlinecommunitymanagement onlinediscussion onlinecommunity)
Obama takes control of MySpace page from former supporter Myspace settles dispute over ownership of a MySpace page set up in Obama’s name by a supporter by handing it back to Obama – but giving ex-supporter the right to keep… Continue Reading