Zombie Journalism

Oh, Rupert
News Corp’s Murdoch says he’ll hide his content from Google very soon. I’ll believe it when I see it. And if he does do it, how long will it take for regret to set in?
Pay Models
Alan Mutter points to the indicators and recent comments from newspaper execs that all point to a continuation of [...]

Digg’s recent decision to hijack shared links from content publishers back to their own home page should be the last straw for online media that has supported sharing content with Digg.

These are my recommended links for April 24th:

Colonel Tribune: Chicago’s Unlikely Social Media Pioneer – The story behind Colonel Tribune and the Trib’s successes int he social media sphere using such an unconventional idea.
Journalists on Twitter – Muck Rack – A listing of journalists currently on Twitter (and no, I haven’t added myself yet).

Recommended reading about social media and new insights into the business of online news.

The jury is out as to whether or not the Diggbar will be good in the long run for news websites, but everyone’s weighing in.

If your beat regularly includes covering major non-profits, I’d hope for your sake that you’re on Twitter.
Not a day goes by that I don’t see someone I follow trying to raise awareness for a cause or referring to an event sponsored by a non-profit. Many groups have taken to Twitter in the last year (or [...]