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70% of newspaper editors think requiring real names would improve comments: In Associated Press Managing Editors survey 70% of editors surveyed said requiring commenters to disclose their identities would support good journalism, while only 45% of the public did. 58% of editors said letting journalists join online conversations and give personal views would harm journalism, but only 36% of the public...; Tags: Journalism, Editor, Marketing Research, Marketing, AM; Blog posts 2008-04-09
99.999 per cent of bloggers have a day job...: 99.999 per cent of bloggers have a day job...Most people read ZDNet for the talkback...and not the outstanding journalism. Journalism used to be more about facts. But bloggers have turned it into opinions. And you know what they say about opinion. They are like a......., everyone has one. Plus...; Tags: Blogging, blogger, journalism; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
Samsung Electronic laptop battery melts: Samsung Electronic laptop battery meltsUsed for about 3.5 hours on a PILLOW.I'm still amazed at how STUPID people can be. No wonder we have so many Darwin-award nominees every year.You have to be an idiot to set a HOT electronic device on top of a EASILY FLAMMABLE pillow....; Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, journalism, laptop computer, battery, Samsung Electronic, laptop battery melt, melt, pillow, laptop battery, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.; Discussion threads 2008-02-24
Attack journalism: an iPhone example: Attack journalism: an iPhone exampleZDNET is the worst abuser of attack journalismOver the last several months, I have watched ZDNET descend into simple attack journalism. As a matter of fact, journalism should not even be used in the same sentence with ZDNET since the two appear to be diametrically...; Tags: journalism, iPhone example, attack journalism, Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2008-01-07
The importance of open source in a legal process: The open source process does not just apply to software. It can also apply to the law. This is especially true in the area of patent law, where open source has an ideological difference with the proprietary world. This difference is often sorted out...; Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Journalism, Idea, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-30

Microsoft spins OOXML loss as a win: Microsoft spins OOXML loss as a winThis time you got it right!Hi DanaWhy don;t we see more 'real' analysis of MS-OPEN XML on ZDNET to show its true colors of it's openness. Is' it because 'advertising revenue'?. True journalism is not always money, but delivering the real news to it's...; Tags: Microsoft Office, journalism, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., OOXML loss, Microsoft Office 2007; Discussion threads 2007-09-04
A way to measure the value of journalism: 1 news story = $55m: The conventional wisdom, as promoted by aggregators and search engines, is that there is little to no value in news except in the aggregate, as Google News, Digg, etc. That's why these are tough times for newspapers and news organizations, because individual news stories are valued at...; Tags: Journalism, Problem, Story, Value, News, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2007-08-17
Should we be teaching people how to blog?: I'd like to believe that I pretty well mastered the five-paragraph essay in the 7th grade. A couple years of journalism took care of that style of writing (or at least well enough for me to write a story for our school newspaper that didn't necessarily contain five five-sentence...; Tags: Journalism, Media, Blog, Class, Blogging, Blogger, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-08-05
Congress limps toward concluding that bloggers can be journalists: Anne Broache has excellent coverage of a House panel's vote today to extend reporters' privileges to bloggers who gain some sort of financial benefit. My personal take is Congress should leave the money factor out of it and stick with the definition Anne reports:The bill defines the practice of...; Tags: Free speech, Blogging; Blog posts 2007-08-01
Google's risky advertising business: Michael Arrington continues to be quite displeased with the PayPerPost business model."How much is your soul worth" he asks, in TechCrunch's second "Soulless" PayPerPost story.BUT, are media souls really in danger of being compromised merely because of one new advertorial entrant into the publishing market?TechCrunch has reassuringly undescored that IT "does not accept...; Tags: AdSense, Advertising, AdWords, Google, Google Ads; Blog posts 2007-05-28
Proposed federal shield for reporters now includes bloggers: A bill to create a federal reporters shield was amended recently to include coverage for bloggers, Ars Technica reports. Instead of requiring journalists to be tied to a news organization, the bill now defines "journalism" to focus more on the function of the job: "the gathering, preparing, collecting, photographing,...; Tags: Government technology, Congress; Blog posts 2007-05-08
Freeconferencecall.com accuses carriers that are blocking its service of foul play: Freeconferencecall.com accuses carriers that are blocking its service of foul playYou don't understand the system at all[pre]"The old, very non-IP based system involves expensive infrastructure that must transfer calls from one circuit to another sometimes involving costs to one or more parties and vestige fees (eg: for termination access) of...; Tags: Federal government, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, LEC Networks, conference call service, journalism, FCC, FreeConferenceCall.com; Discussion threads 2007-03-28
Is the demise of the daily newspaper inevitable?: Is the demise of the daily newspaper inevitable?Two different thingsOne of the things I will miss on printed journalism is reading an article that deals with an issue and does not skip subject in the middle.Sorry. You began with an essay about journalism, stopped in the middle, and switched...; Tags: RSS, journalism; Discussion threads 2007-03-25
Photo: Rather speaks to SXSW crowd: In his South by Southwest keynote speech, the renowned broadcaster shared his thoughts on the state of journalism in the Internet era.; Tags: broadcaster, photograph; Image galleries 2007-03-12
Instant journalism: Who needs grammar?: Instant journalism: Who needs grammar?Thank you...... that is very kind of you and I never expected to read such a post. Some of the blogs in ZDNET are focused and well written. For instance David Berlind's stuff can be very "to the point" and Ed Bott seems to know what...; Tags: Blogging, Instant Journalism, grammar, blog, journalism; Discussion threads 2007-01-07
When (and why) social media fails...: Im just getting back to real life after having lost power after the storm that hit Seattle last Thursday night—we got electricity last night. It was interesting to me that all the blog/social media created around the event, mostly by the various news outlets, managed to add precisely nothing to...; Tags: Blogging, social media, blog, journalism, power company; Blog posts 2006-12-18
Online ad spend increase accelerates media disruption: Im often invited to talk to groups of people about whats going on in the media sector, and I often start with a simple observation: At no other time in our lives will we be witness to such a massively disruptive/destructive time in the media industry. Thats exciting to me...; Tags: media, journalism, Media/Blogging, New Rules; Blog posts 2006-11-22
Roger McNamee: Reinventing journalism: As the Web 2.0 Summit a few weeks ago, legendary investor and rock band leader Roger McNamee talked about his firm Elevation Partners recent minority investment in Forbes for a few hundred million. McNamee said a key part of his Forbes investment strategy is to be on the ground floor...; Tags: Forbes, journalism, Roger McNamee, Elevation Partners; Blog posts 2006-11-21
Did the death of journalism just take another step?: Today, via Dave Winer, I see that Business 2.0 is asking all of its journalists to create a blog. Im routinely asked to participate in panel discussions regarding the media landscape -- a conversation that invariably ends up predicting the impact of blogging on established media or journalism. If youve...; Tags: Blogging, journalism; Blog posts 2006-10-16
Arrington is actually helping mainstream media by sucking away their readers: Mike Arrington wanted to create a dialogue with mainstream media at ONA. Steve Gillmor says he shouldnt have wasted his time. Steves right.You want to get the attention of mainstream media? Kick em in the revenue stream. The real competition therefore is Craigslist. You match up six Arringtons with six...; Tags: Arrington, mainstream media, media, Ask; Blog posts 2006-10-09