Posted on April 14, 2005 8:31 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media
When you think of champions for blogs, you think Dan Gillmor, Doc Searls, Mark Cuban. But Rupert Murdoch? Murdoch is portrayed as a traditionalist, an arch-conservative, a tyrant. Yet in a speech last night to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, he sang blogs’ praises and exhorted his audience to stop whining about them and get on board.
According to a report in…
Posted on April 12, 2005 9:30 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
A lot of criticism has been aimed at Randy’s Journal, the pseudo-blog from Boeing Vice President Randy Beseler. The only thing this site had in common with blogs was the blog-like entries. No comments, no trackbacks, no permalinks, no RSS feeds. You can debate the need to allow comments; I’ve noted here before that Dave Winer, the guy who (for all practical…
Posted on April 11, 2005 9:21 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media
Dan Gillmor’s short piece about the value professional journalism brings to the table has elicited a variety of responses. Gillmor points to a New York Times investigation that required a commitment of resources—personnel, money, and time—resulting in an expose. Gillmor doubts any individual blogger would be able to make the same kind of commitment in pursuit of a story.
Pete Shinbach agrees. Andy Lark is…
Posted on April 11, 2005 7:45 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Internal
JotSpot, which sells an enterprise wiki application, has added a blogging utility to its product line. According to a press release, the blogging application features all the usual blogging capabilities—permalinks, trackbacks. comments, categories, etc.—but is designed to integrate tightly with the company’s wiki software.
“For example, a wiki page with notes from a meeting could be easily added to a blog post—giving the workgroup the immediacy…
Posted on April 8, 2005 4:16 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging
Ana Marie Cox, author of the Wonkette blog and keynote speaker at the upcoming IABC international conference, dismissed the question “Who is a journalist?” when it was posed to her at a panel discussion telecast on C-Span. According to a report from Frank Barnako, she replied, “It’s a boring question. The only time it is relevant is when there is a legal question or it’s…
Posted on April 8, 2005 12:18 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
I’ve written about Michael Hyatt and Neville and I talked about him. Paul Chaney has done us one better. He interviewed Hyatt for his Radiant Marketing Group blog. Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has been posting drafts of his proposed policy to govern employee blogging, seeking comment and incorporating suggestions. The interview covers the blogging guidelines and delves more into…
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