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“The race to develop the ‘Nielsen ratings’ of the Internet.”
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Social news site to help people find and rate “news you can trust”
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“turn newspapers into models of Web 2.0-style open media, and go super local, essentially becoming the town Yahoo”
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“Google is finally trimming its product line, closing down Google Answers.”
Entries from November 2006
links for 2006-11-30
30 November 2006 · No Comments
Categories: Daily links
links for 2006-11-29
29 November 2006 · No Comments
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“longer piece about how markets, networks, and communities are driving media innovation”
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“we believe value in the entertainment supply chain will shift from the creators of content to the aggregators/packagers of content.”
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“developing at least 20 ‘hyper-programmed experiences’ which translate into narrow online channels… many apparently heavy on aggregating and promoting user-generated content”
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Not enough video, blogs need to break news, classified sections are stuck in 90s, and more interactivity between users and journalists needed.
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Chris Anderson segments the power law curve into the hit-driven head and the long tail. “What’s missing is actually the most important part… the section in the middle of the curve The Fat Belly.”
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“The biggest argument for hyper aggregation is modern life’s biggest constraint: time. There is a desire to get things pre-packaged because it saves time.”
Categories: Daily links
links for 2006-11-28
28 November 2006 · No Comments
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“I can’t help but thinking that this is a meeting of old, old-media companies and the new, old-media company, Yahoo.”
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“This is up from the 7% surveyed earlier this year”
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“Group M predicts that the share of media spend on national newspapers will drop from 13.4%, or £1.6bn, this year to 12.5%, or £1.5bn, in 2007; and… on regional newspapers will drop from 19.6%, or £2.36bn, to 18.1%, or about £2.2bn”
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“After YouTube and MySpace, what next? As the internet continues to change at a breathtaking pace, David Smith goes to Silicon Valley to meet the architects of the next web explosion “
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“The innovation we’re seeing with folksonomies, recommendation systems, social networking sites…all have their roots in the idea that modeling what people actually do on the Web is the best way to provide answers for them.”
Categories: Daily links
links for 2006-11-27
27 November 2006 · No Comments
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“‘Avoid,’ is my general message. The Zune is a square wheel, a product that’s so absurd and so obviously immune to success that it evokes something akin to a sense of pity.”
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“Are there really thriving communities to justify the hype about hyperlocal journalism? Web editor Tom Grubisich peeks behind the curtains of grassroots news sites.”
Categories: Daily links
Welcome
26 November 2006 · No Comments
Having used del.icio.us for several years as a kind of outboard brain to remember interesting things I stumbled across online, I wanted somewhere for occasional longer comments and posts. This site will be mostly work-related, with links and the odd bit of comment on the trends impacting newspapers and classifieds online, with a UK and local spin.
Categories: About this site
Hello. I'm David Black. I work as Group Director of Digital Publishing at Trinity Mirror plc. This personal blog includes links on the trends transforming newspaper and classified businesses online. 
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