News International has permanent, full-time jobs for overnight content moderators / discussion hosts. The jobs, advertised here, are office based in London and pay is £17-23k. It looks like whatever News Corp’s new thing (it’s not a myspace job although… Continue Reading
I knew that a lot of people were meeting on internet dating sites but, in all honesty, I had no idea exactly how huge the numbers have become. EHarmony, but one of the main US dating sites, reckons that “over… Continue Reading
Georgina Henry, editor of the Guardian’s Comment is Free, writes in today’s print edition about getting out there and engaging with the audience: “On good days I think this is the most exciting new frontier for journalism – the immediacy… Continue Reading
Revver, a video sharing site currently in beta launch, will share ad revenue 50/50 with the users. Ads will be placed at the end of each clip with users having some control over what ads they find acceptable. Each time… Continue Reading
I followed an inbound link back to Lee Lefever’s Common Craft site this morning and found myself revisiting the travel blog he set up with his wife Sachi. The World is Not Flat is a really fun read – take,… Continue Reading
Why is it that everytime there’s an article about video sharing site (eg. youtube), someone words drops “democratisation of media”: From the get-go we’ve been big believers in the democratisation of original user-created content”, says Keith Richman from video site… Continue Reading
On Thursday I’m going to an away day at the Tate Modern that has been organised by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the BBC to get academics and media practicioners working together. I had a look at the… Continue Reading
I keep getting wheeled out in front of various audiences to talk about blogging so I figured it was about time I did a bit of digging around to see what academics are saying about it. Here are the gems… Continue Reading
News International has a number of online community roles up for grabs including Community Editor (#2 in their departmental chart ) and a more general call for CVs. And no, I have no idea if you’ll be working on Page3.com,… Continue Reading
According to Nielsen/NetRatings, social networking sites attracted 45% of active internet users in America in April. (see article in TechWeb) MySpace: 38.4 million unique users Blogger: 18.5 million unique users Classmates: 12.9 million unique users YouTube: 12.5 million unique users… Continue Reading