August 26, 2003
Mix, Burn & R.I.P.
Janko R–ttgers has a new book out, Mix, Burn & R.I.P.: Das Ende der Musikindustrie (The End of the Music Industry). It's available only in Germany, alas.
August 14, 2003
A new media blog out of Spain
Jose Luis Orihuela, a professor at the School of Communication at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain (here's his home page and personal weblog) has launched a new media blog in English.
Jose Luis Orihuela said:
Thanks for the reference!
jlori
August 07, 2003
July 14, 2003
June 23, 2003
Iranian blogs give voice to taboo topics
Christian Science Monitor: Proliferating Iranian weblogs give voice to taboo topics.
NICOSIA, CYPRUS -- In a recent entry, LadySun -- the handle used by a feisty online diarist -- takes aim at the strict dress code for women, grumbling about a guard who wouldn't let her into a hotel, "cuz I wasn't wearing socks!!"It is easy to see why she is celebrated by her fans as the "emotional voice of Iran's Generation X." Whether the subject is partying or politics, football or feminism, she writes with feeling, and often humor.
A proliferating form of alternative expression in the Islamic Republic, such online journals are a fascinating insight into a closed society, airing issues that may be taboo in public and revealing the underground lives of many young Iranians.
Great stuff. I previously wrote about the proliferation of Persian bloggers last November. Something to keep an eye on as the unrest in Iran continues.
March 25, 2003
The Discovery Times mystery channel
I tried tuning into the new Discovery/New York Times Channel, which debuted tonight, to great fanfare in the New York Times (a special pullout section).
Comcast, which serves the SF East Bay, has apparently changed channel 285 from Discovery Civilization (if it still exists) to Discovery Times.
All you have is do is call an 800 number to order it -- for an additional charge.
Why in the world would I order something I've never seen? I doubt that more than a dozen out of a million households in the Bay Area will do so.
times said:
They are the NY Times. they are gods of publishing and they will become gods of tv. AOL should fear them. they'll end up with 100 million homes.
A Portuguese site on Web journalism
Jo“o Canavilhas, a professor at the University of Beira Interior in Portugal, launched a bilingual online journalism website last month called webjournalismo, and asked for permission to reprint the panel discussion held last fall at Berkeley on the subject of blogging and journalism. Dan Gillmor, Rebecca Blood, Meg Hourihan, Scott Rosenberg, Paul Grabowicz and myself were the participants.
I said sure, so here it is.
Jo“o Canavilhas said:
Thanks for this reference.
jc
