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Who can you trust?

Thursday, January 5th, 2006I was reading an interesting article about wikipedia and trust in the Financial Times December 23 2005.The article refers to a defamatory allegation about John Seigenthaler Who can we trust? That is the question at the heart of the ...

Would Jefferson have been a blogger?

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005FOR WHATEVER REASON, PROBABLY BECAUSE there have been so many recent advances in what we call "publishing," opportunities to cite the First Amendment have abounded of late. I know that I'm in a very small minority here, as a ...

Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité … err now hold on a second

Friday, December 9th, 2005France may soon enact the worst copyright law in Europe, sneaking it through in a legislative session scheduled for December 22 and 23. says Ming the MechanicWhilst I wonder why the French still don't get it. Command and control ...

The keys to the Kingdom are mine. How digitalisation put the ‘me’ into media

Friday, July 22nd, 2005Ed Richards, Senior partner strategy & Market Development at OfCom talking at the Westminster media forum had some very interesting things to say, about the evolving nature of media and communications . Ed Richards says:The traditional means of ...

Give me back my media

Sunday, June 12th, 2005Its funny when you are reading an article here, a book there, a post over there when suddenly an idea seems to shape in your head and then you feel you have to pursue that thought in ernest to understand ...

The Digital Society

Friday, August 20th, 2004 Have you noticed the renewed excitement about "new media" this year The Sunday Times opined on July 11 in an article on the issues facing our digital society, Baffled by the new digital world.Its all ...

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