National Interest: The caste of corruption - Indian Express

National Interest: The caste of corruption - Indian Express

The New Facebook Is Finally Here (For Everyone)

The New Facebook Is Finally Here (For Everyone): "Facebook has decided Timeline is ready for the non-New Zealand population, and flipped the global switch: starting today, those still sans-Timeline "will receive a notification on their Profile if they want to 'Get Timeline' or they can visit www.facebook.com/about/timeline.""

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2011 prison census - Imprisoned - Committee to Protect Journalists

2011 prison census - Imprisoned - Committee to Protect Journalists: "Authorities in Baku arrested Zeynally on bribery and extortion charges stemming from a complaint filed by Gyular Akhmedova, a member of parliament. Akhmedova alleged that the editor had tried to extort 10,000 manat (US$12,700) from her in an August encounter, news reports said. A Nasimi District Court judge ordered that Zeynally be held in pretrial detention for three months, the independent Caucasus news website Kavkazsky Uzel reported. He faced up to 12 years in prison if convicted."

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www.outlookindia.com | Status Update? Bad

www.outlookindia.com | Status Update? Bad

A brazen attempt at political censorship

A brazen attempt at political censorship

British writer and journalist Auberon Waugh's signal contribution to the English language is the phrase 'chattering classes'. Waugh used the term to disparage the 'metropolitan middle-class'; these days the description would fit the socially mobile, the educated and the fashionable among the urban middle-classes.

'Sections of media working for political parties | | | The New Indian Express

'Sections of media working for political parties | | | The New Indian Express

Media has to be regulated as some sections of it have become like house journals and bulletins of political parties and ideologies, High Court judge justice G Raghuram said.

weakpoint | ఇదయ్యా మీడియా! | Andhra Bhoomi

weakpoint | ఇదయ్యా మీడియా! | Andhra Bhoomi

పెట్టుబడికి కట్టుకథకు
పుట్టిన విషపుత్రిక
-అంటూ సంసారపక్షపు నడిపాత ఆంధ్రపత్రికనే చడామడా దులిపాడు శ్రీశ్రీ! కూడబలుక్కున్నట్టు చెలరేగి తెలుగు జనానికి పిచ్చెత్తేలా బుద్ధి శుద్ధి చేస్తున్న గొప్ప పత్రికల దూకుడును ఈ కాలంలో చూసి ఉంటే మైకం ఠక్కున దిగి మహాకవి ఏమి చేసేవాడో! ఏమి రాసేవాడో!!
ప్రపంచం ఎంతో ముందుకు పోయినా, జర్నలిజం గురించి మన అవగాహన మాత్రం తాతలకాలం దగ్గరే ఆగిపోయింది. ఇది చాలా బోలెడు ఘోరం. కాకి బంగారపు దీపాల్లా ధగధగ వెలుగుతున్న రాజా పత్రికలను చూసైనా నిక్కమైన పత్రికా రచన అంటే ఏమిటో, ఎలా ఉండాలో తెలుసుకోవటం ప్రతి తెలుగువాడి తక్షణ కర్తవ్యం.

ఉదాహరణకు - ప్రజలకు దారి చూపాల్సిన పత్రికను నడిపే వాడికి కొంచెం నీతి, కాస్త నిజాయతి, రవంత వృత్తి నిబద్ధత, ఆవగింజలో వెయ్యోవంతు నిష్పాక్షికత, సత్యసంధత ఉంటాయని, ఉండాలని మనం చాదస్తంగా అనుకుంటున్నాం.
తప్పు! పత్రికను నడిపించేవాడికి కనీసం కిరోసిన్‌ను స్మగ్లింగ్ చేసిన లోకోత్తర పూర్వానుభవమైనా ఉండి ఉండాలి. వెధవది కిరసనాయిలునే సరిహద్దు దాటించి వేరే రాష్ట్రానికి చేరవేయలేనివాడు ప్రజాప్రయోజనాలను సమస్యలు దాటించి సురక్షిత గమ్యానికి ఎలా చేరవేయగలడు?
అలాగే - పాచినోటితో లోకానికి నీతులు ఉపదేశించే పత్రికాధిపతికి కనీసం ఒక పొలిటికల్ పార్టీలో పాలేరుగా పనిచేసి, ఓ మహానేతాశ్రీ పనుపున డబ్బు మూటలు బట్వాడా చేసిన పావన చరిత్ర ఉంటే మంచిది. మొన్నటిదాకా పూటకు ఠికానాలేని వాడివి ఏకంగా పెద్ద పత్రికనే ఎలా కొట్టెయ్యగలిగావంటే గాండ్రించి, డబాయించి, మీదపడి కరిచి నోళ్లు మూయించగల సత్తా ఉండటం బెటరు. తనకు ఏమీ తెలియకపోయినా అన్నీ తెలిసినట్టు నడమంత్రపు సిరితో కంపరం పుట్టేలా మిడిసిపడి, పెద్దంతరం చిన్నంతరం లేకుండా ఎంతటి వాళ్లన్నయినా గడ్డిపరకల్లా తీసిపారేసి, లక్షలమందికి ఆరాధ్యులైన వారి మీద కూడా గిట్టనివారి పురమాయింపుపై అభాండాల బండలు రువ్వగలిగిన గొప్ప సంస్కారం ఎంత ఉంటే అంత మేలు.
అదే మాదిరిగా - పత్రికారంగాన్ని ఉద్ధరించేందుకే భూమి మీద అవతారమెత్తిన మహానుభావుడికి కనీసం తనది కాని భూమిని దర్జాగా కబ్జా చేసి, రామప్పంతులులా కేసులు బనాయించి, అసలు హక్కుదారులను బతికినంతకాలం ఏడిపించి, ఉసురు పోసుకోగలిగినంత మంచితనమైనా కంపల్సరీ! ఎన్నివేల ఎకరాలను ఎంత అప్పనంగా కాజేస్తే, ఎన్ని కంపెనీలు పెట్టి ఎన్ని నిబంధనల నడ్డి విరగ్గొట్టి ఎన్ని అక్రమాలకు పాల్పడితే... ఊసరవెల్లికి సిగ్గొచ్చేలా సమయానికి తగ్గట్టు ఎన్ని రంగులు మారిస్తే అంత పేరు! అంత పొగరు!!

www.outlookindia.com | The Daily Noose

www.outlookindia.com | The Daily Noose: "In the climate of discontent that was August, Anna Hazare, a diminutive man with a clenched fist, not only occupied prime-time opposition space, he succeeded in uniting almost all members of Parliament against woh media ke log (those people from the media). Why were the MPs fretting and fuming? The anti-corruption movement spearheaded by Anna, which was demanding a strong Lokpal bill, threatened to bring within its ambit even parliamentarians. And no MP wants to be under scrutiny. So it was only understandable that the media, which was giving the anti-corruption movement extensive play, would come in for attack from the neta class."

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Ten free apps in the Chrome web store that journalists should know about | Editors' Blog | Journalism.co.uk

Ten free apps in the Chrome web store that journalists should know about | Editors' Blog | Journalism.co.uk: "Google’s Chrome web store, containing web apps, browser extensions, games and themes, launched in the UK in September following a US release in February.
You can access the store via the Chrome browser homepage and toggle between your “most visited” websites and available “apps”.
Here are 10 free apps and extensions in the Chrome web store that are useful tools for journalists."

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Reforming the Press Council

Reforming the Press Council: "THE appointment of Justice Markandey Katju, a former judge of the Supreme Court, as Chairman of the Press Council of India is about the best thing that has happened to that body in a long while. It is no exaggeration to say that the PCI commands little prestige today and less relevance. It is not representative of the press at all. What Justice Katju has done, in a few days after his appointment, is to infuse life into it and involve the press in its work. This is a good step towards making the media feel that it is their institution."

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The Hindu : News / National : Seeing double with “live” interviews

The Hindu : News / National : Seeing double with “live” interviews

A TV viewer surfing between news channels on Thursday night can be forgiven for thinking he was seeing double.

Around 10:20 p.m. on CNN-IBN, Congress politician Mani Shankar Aiyar was speaking to Sagarika Ghose on her show Face the Nation. At exactly the same time on NDTV 24x7, he was having a discussion with Barkha Dutt on her show ‘The Buck Stops Here.'

Look-Live Lies - Indian Express

Look-Live Lies - Indian Express: "Wednesday’s episode of Face The Nation: India’s Best Presented News Show on CNN-IBN was epochal. It started deceiving the viewer in the first three words, and went downhill from there."

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KBC breaks TV rating records with Rs.5 crore winner | Deccan Chronicle

KBC breaks TV rating records with Rs.5 crore winner | Deccan Chronicle

www.outlookindia.com | ‘The Home Ministry Froze Ads To Papers’

www.outlookindia.com | ‘The Home Ministry Froze Ads To Papers’

The Union information and broadcasting ministry has been in the news for setting some regulatory norms for TV channels. Union I&B minister Ambika Soni explains some of the decisions taken by her ministry:

You have announced a new set of norms to regulate TV channels. This comes after what the government felt was biased coverage of Anna Hazare’s campaign. What prompted these moves?

Do you think that once the movement was over in August, we decided to come out soon after with the guidelines? Perhaps those who obtained broadcast licences forgot to read the guidelines on the ministry’s website. Licences to TV channels are given for 10 years. What does one do after that? All we did was to lay down the rules for renewal, subject to TV channels observing the programme code passed in Parliament. These guidelines have been on the website since February. Also, there are uplinking and downlinking guidelines spelling out the reasons for cancellation of licences. We have said that any decision (on cancellation) will be taken only after consultation with self-regulatory bodies and organisations. What’s wrong with that? The reason behind raising the investment level is to keep non-serious players out.

Twitter Tests "Top News" and "Top People" Search Results

Twitter Tests "Top News" and "Top People" Search Results

Broadcasters object to Katju's remarks; seeks PM's intervention - The Economic Times

Broadcasters object to Katju's remarks; seeks PM's intervention - The Economic Times: "The News Broadcasters Association has objected to "unwarranted comments" made by the new chairman of the Press Council of India, Justice M Katju, about the functioning of the media, and sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the matter. "

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Wage Boards’ recommendations approved, notification soon

The Hindu : News / National : Wage Boards’ recommendations approved, notification soon: "As a Diwali gift, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the recommendations of the Justice G.R. Majithia Wage Boards for journalists and other employees of the newspapers/news agencies benefiting around 40,000 staff in the country."

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Indian media in a challenging environment

The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Indian media in a challenging environment: "We have been witness in recent years to rapid, and unprecedented, changes in our society, economy, and polity. These have also transformed the Indian mass media system. The growth in its scale, reach and influence, however, has not been matched by corresponding sensitivity towards non-commercial and non-market dimensions."

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Anna is new kid on the blog, and he is loving it - Indian Express

Anna is new kid on the blog, and he is loving it - Indian Express

A week ago, Anna Hazare went on yet another maun vrat — his 11th to date. Yet the septuagenarian activist has probably never been more vocal. For, every morning for the past three weeks, Hazare has taken to directly talking to all interested through www.annahazaresays.wordpress.com — his blog that was launched on September 29 and that he has apparently taken enthusiastically to.

Business Line : Industry & Economy / Info-tech : Google Plus user base crosses 40 million mark

Business Line : Industry & Economy / Info-tech : Google Plus user base crosses 40 million mark

Google’s online social networking service ‘Google Plus’ has crossed 40 million users mark since its launch in June.

Media and issues of responsibility

The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : Media and issues of responsibility: "The time has come when some introspection by the Indian media is required. Many people, not only those in authority but even ordinary people, have started saying that the media have become irresponsible and wayward, and need to be reined in."

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The new Steve Jobs biography: 7 revelations - The Week

The new Steve Jobs biography: 7 revelations - The Week: "Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's hotly anticipated bio of the Apple guru, doesn't come out until Monday, but the media has already got its hands on the book. The notoriously private Jobs gave Isaacson unprecedented access, granting him over 40 interviews. Here, seven revelations leaked by the press:"

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Few US front pages feature dead Gadhafi, many international papers show body | Poynter.

Few US front pages feature dead Gadhafi, many international papers show body | Poynter.

The Hindu : News / National : Khursheed expresses concern over “trial by media”

The Hindu : News / National : Khursheed expresses concern over “trial by media”

Media should “hold itself back a bit”, says Union Law Minister Salman Khursheed, reflecting growing concern over “trial by the media”.

Arguments are going on in the Supreme Court in the 2G matter and later the same matter gets discussed in TV studios with one particular anchor playing the judge, he told PTI in an interview.

Occupy Wall Street: Social Media's Role In Social Change

Occupy Wall Street: Social Media's Role In Social Change: "A panel on social innovation and social change started with a joke. A panelist said they should go the full hour without saying the word "Twitter.""

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RIP Steve Jobs: He Let Us Inside the Media

RIP Steve Jobs: He Let Us Inside the Media

Deccan Chronicle only english paper to add 53,000 readers | Deccan Chronicle

DC only english paper to add 53,000 readers | Deccan Chronicle: "Your newspaper, Deccan Chronicle, is the highest growth achiever in India among the top 10 English dailies in terms of readership. Deccan Chronicle’s readership has grown by 5.12 per cent according to the results of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS), as released by the Media Research Users Council and Hansa Research and published online by Campaign India on September 30, 2011."

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Fostering Interrnational Media Engagement | Editorials | Editorial

Fostering Interrnational Media Engagement | Editorials | Editorial: "It is the mission of the United States Department of State to advance freedom for the benefit of the American people and the international community by helping to build and sustain a more democratic, secure, and prosperous world. To achieve this, it is essential that the government foster an environment in which freedom of the press can flourish. "

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How Tumblr is Changing Journalism

How Tumblr is Changing Journalism: "Earlier this week we looked at the remarkable growth of Tumblr, a blogging and curation service that now gets over 12 billion page views per month. Tumblr is mostly used as a consumer curation tool - it's an easy way for people to re-post articles, images and videos. But Tumblr can also be used to power a news website. That's exactly what ShortFormBlog does."

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Is social networking building Internet’s caste system? | Firstpost

Is social networking building Internet’s caste system? | Firstpost: "Ah! To be an internet user in the 90s. When modern browsers introduced us to webpages and hyperlinks. Click, click click and you were away, connecting random things. Girlie pictures, right click to download. Football scores I know the address. Email, done in minutes.

No pressure really. If you could log on, you could be online. No one knew who you were, and really no one cared.

How could the net just meander along like this, asked the Internet gods? Soon people will get bored. Let’s throw in some complexity, they said."

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Mmegi Online :: CNN writer calls for media diversity

Mmegi Online :: CNN writer calls for media diversity: ""If you had at least three national television broadcasters, then there will be a variety of media views and people will have a choice. When there is just Botswana Television (Btv), people tend to become suspicious about it and what the station is broadcasting," said David Gurien, a CNN senior writer."

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In Times of Unrest, Social Networks Can Be a Distraction - NYTimes.com

In Times of Unrest, Social Networks Can Be a Distraction - NYTimes.com: "THE mass media, including interactive social-networking tools, make you passive, can sap your initiative, leave you content to watch the spectacle of life from your couch or smartphone."

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NDTV Profit - Commerce of KBC

The Hoot Story Page - media, press, subcontinent, media ethics, media watch, media research, media conflict, media gender, community radio, Unescos

The Hoot Story Page - media, press, subcontinent, media ethics, media watch, media research, media conflict, media gender, community radio, Unescos: "On the morning of June 26, 2011, readers of Hindustan Times (HT) woke up to front page news of girls being converted into boys through surgical procedures in the city of Indore in Madhya Pradesh.
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Top sites for journalists | Scoop.it

Top sites for journalists | Scoop.it

How to unplug from Facebook, Twitter and Google+

How to unplug from Facebook, Twitter and Google+

Tired of being friended and poked on Facebook? Just not that into your followers on Twitter? Google+ making you feel less than totally happy? Here's how to unplug from three popular social networking sites.

A media obsession - Views - livemint.com

A media obsession - Views - livemint.com: "Cleavage,” he said.

I thought I hadn’t heard him clearly.

He sensed my question even before I asked it.

Big ones, he said, moving his hands out till they were at least 10 inches in front of his chest."

At VidCon, YouTube’s evolution becomes clear — Online Video News

At VidCon, YouTube’s evolution becomes clear — Online Video News: "The defining image of VidCon 2011, for me, came from a video shown during YouTube’s keynote presentation on Friday morning. The video was a comedic retelling of how YouTube’s new Cosmic Panda layout was developed; the creators depicted one of the challenges of reinventing how things work on YouTube with a shot of product manager Brian Glick, curled in on himself like a battle-scarred soldier in the foxhole. “Change is bad, change is bad, YouTubers don’t like change,” he chanted."

LinkedIn Is Now The #2 Social Network In The US

LinkedIn Is Now The #2 Social Network In The US: "According to last month's comScore numbers, Myspace has fallen to the #3 social network spot in the US. It was finally overtaken by LinkedIn."

India's Twitter star doesn't own a computer! - in.com

India's Twitter star doesn't own a computer! - in.com: "Govind Tiwari, the 18-year-old Allahabad boy, may have become a global sensation on Twitter on Tuesday thanks to the amusing blog he had created, almost three years ago. Ironically, Govind doesn't even like the microblogging site as much as Orkut or Facebook and, more surprisingly, doesn't even own a computer himself!"

Twitter turns 5, recalls the journey - Technology news

Twitter turns 5, recalls the journey - Technology news: "In the era of so much facebooking, twitter is one social networking site that has been able to retain its position firm and serene. It has created a niche for itself, which is adored by the masses. It started its initiative with Jack Dorsey as CEO by San Francisco start-up company Obvious Corp five years back. Today this organization employs about 450 full-time staffs."

Rupert Murdoch on Gordon Taylor phone hacking

Google, Yahoo and other search engines affecting memory, study says - The Checkup - The Washington Post

Google, Yahoo and other search engines affecting memory, study says - The Checkup - The Washington Post: "Google may be changing the way our brains remember information, according to research released Thursday."

Social network : Woman: India Today

Social network : Woman: India Today

She heads the India operations of the Ontariobased giant Research in Motion (RIM), one of the world's fastest growing companies that gave us an addiction. Frenny Bawa, 51, has had her hands full ever since RIM decided to launch BlackBerry in India three years ago. As vice president, based in Canada, she has been responsible for its aggressive growth in the market, constantly revamping to focus on the young pulse of the nation. With the recent launch of the Playbook tablet at a time when the Indian market is just discovering the category, Bawa has little time for anything besides work.

News of the World: it's not the end of the story | Media | The Guardian

News of the World: it's not the end of the story | Media | The Guardian: "The demise of the News of the World need not, and should not, spell the end of Sunday red-top tabloid journalism. It has a fine tradition, stretching back into the 19th century, and reached its zenith in the 1950s. Even though it became warped from the 1990s onwards, that does not mean that it has no place in modern Britain."

NOTW journalists shocked and amazed by closure of paper - Press, Media - The Independent

NOTW journalists shocked and amazed by closure of paper - Press, Media - The Independent: "The announcement that the News of the World will close after this weekend was greeted with shock and amazement by journalists at News International today.

Staff at the publisher's other newspapers received the statement by chairman James Murdoch and gasps were heard across the newsrooms at Wapping as they reached the line: 'This Sunday will be the last issue of the News of the World.'"

Journalism: on an out of control treadmill

Journalism: on an out of control treadmill: "These are challenging times for the media. Magazine and newspaper circulations have dipped and print advertising revenues are declining – at a faster rate than the increase in ad revenue from digital journalism."

Muzzling The Media - Times Of India

Muzzling The Media - Times Of India: "What better way to control the Press than to decide the salary of newspaper employees? How can a journalist write fearlessly against a government when he knows that it is this same government that decides his salary? Successive governments in India have found a simple way to try to control the Press: set up a statutory wage board for newspapers, fix unrealistically high wages enforceable under law.

The Indian newspaper industry is the only industry in the country to have a statutory wage board at all! Even other media sectors like TV, radio, internet, etc, do not have this retrograde practice. Why, in this era of liberalisation where licences, quotas, permits etc are being dismantled in all spheres of economic activity, would it be that only the newspaper industry has wages fixed by the government; particularly when they are not based on market demand and supply, and are without consideration for skills and professional qualifications?"

BBC Panorama care home investigation: 4 arrested as police probe launched | Mail Online

BBC Panorama care home investigation: 4 arrested as police probe launched | Mail Online: "Four people arrested as police launch probe into abuse
Castlebeck chief executive says he is 'shocked, ashamed and disgusted' by the footage
Staff trying to goad patients into committing suicide, slap them and punch them
Patients given cold showers and pinned to the ground"

Chidambaram's Ghuadqui, instead of Baba Sur

Chidambaram's Ghuadqui, instead of Baba Sur: "11 thousand young people to prepare the army raised organically on their statement after the evening Ramdev Ghan change the tune. Yoga guru Baba Ram Dev has made it clear that the army capable of self-preservation rather young - women's group will create. Yogguru to prepare the army alleged statement by adopting aggressive posture on the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said the government will meet this challenge. Congress also alleged that Yogguru country are calling for armed rebellion."

Facebook blunder leads crowd to teen's birthday | Reuters

Facebook blunder leads crowd to teen's birthday | Reuters: "More than 1,600 people showed up to celebrate a German teenager's 16th birthday party after she inadvertently invited the public to attend on Facebook, Hamburg police said on Sunday."

YouTube Spoof Cheryl Cole Video Tops Over 82,000 Hits : Online Social Media

YouTube Spoof Cheryl Cole Video Tops Over 82,000 Hits : Online Social Media: "Video sharing site YouTube has just celebrated its 6th birthday and now attracts millions of users, and here at OSM one of the topics that we like to report on is that of viral spoof videos. Just recently, one of the big marketing campaigns using YouTube was “Barbie and Ken,” as well as the next Kung Fu Panda movie, T-Mobile Kate and Wills Royal wedding and so on"

How clean is your Facebook language? - Videos - World - IBNLive

How clean is your Facebook language? - Videos - World - IBNLive

Asia Will Become the New Center of the Internet Broadband News and Analysis

Asia Will Become the New Center of the Internet Broadband News and Analysis: "Internet traffic will grow seven-fold between 2010 and 2015 to reach roughly 1.2 zettabytes globally, and by 2015 video will comprise half of the traffic on the web according to a new report from analyst firm Informa Telecoms & Media. This prediction expects more traffic in general and less video traffic than the other big forecast for web traffic offered by Cisco. Perhaps that’s because Informa isn’t trying to sell gear to service providers. But it may just be the first of several reductions for video traffic coming down the pike, as Cisco’s own data on this is expected out within a few weeks."

Short And Tweet: The Top 9 Tweets Of The Week

Short And Tweet: The Top 9 Tweets Of The Week: "Short and Tweet, our weekly series, brings you the newsiest, most buzzworthy tweets of the past seven days. What's in store this week? Arnold Schwarzenegger's children speak up about their father's latest scandal, the Secret Service apologize for inadvertently mocking Fox News, Lady Gaga sets a new Twitter record and more."

Bin Laden killing: Whither objective journalism? – The Express Tribune Blog

Bin Laden killing: Whither objective journalism? – The Express Tribune Blog: "I remember the general reaction in the newsroom the day the news of the operation that killed Osama bin Laden broke. There was relief, felicitations of ‘Mubarak ho!’ and the excitement of covering what was perhaps one of the biggest stories of the year.

Throughout the day, and the days following the incident, I noted people’s reactions. While some openly celebrated the news, others quietly welcomed the news with relief, adding however that it was against their principles to celebrate death."

BBC News - Footballer's Twitter disclosure order prompts online action

BBC News - Footballer's Twitter disclosure order prompts online action

CLB stalls change; Ram defends Hindu - Home - livemint.com

CLB stalls change; Ram defends Hindu - Home - livemint.com: "The stalemate at Kasturi and Sons Ltd, the company that publishes The Hindu and The Hindu Business Line, continues after the Company Law Board (CLB) on Friday morning ruled that decisions on major internal changes taken at meetings later in the day could not be implemented for now.

Simultaneously, N. Ram, editor-in-chief of The Hindu, defended the editorial integrity of the family-owned newspaper against allegations by his relatives over biased coverage of the alleged wrongdoing in the allocation of second-generation (2G) telecom spectrum."

'Like' Button Follows Web Users - WSJ.com

'Like' Button Follows Web Users - WSJ.com: "Internet users tap Facebook Inc.'s 'Like' and Twitter Inc.'s 'Tweet' buttons to share content with friends. But these tools also let their makers collect data about the websites people are visiting."

Can Microsoft and Facebook topple Google together? - The Week

Can Microsoft and Facebook topple Google together? - The Week: "Microsoft expanded its partnership with Facebook on Monday, melding Bing search results with data from the Facebook network of the person doing the searching. The new 'social search' features — you'll see what stories and products your Facebook friends 'like' in your search results,"

5 things you should never share on Facebook - Yahoo! India Finance

5 things you should never share on Facebook - Yahoo! India Finance: "Almost every user likes to share everything on their Facebook page but certain updates can lead to criticism, embarrassment and even job termination.

So here's a shortlist of what you shouldn't share on the social networking site, reports CBS news.

1.That your job sucks.

If you say this, you could be fired.

2.That you hate your ex."

13 People Who Got Fired For Their Tweets

13 People Who Got Fired For Their Tweets: "Connor Riley had a job offer from Cisco on the table. She tweeted: “Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.”"

Empire Avenue: The Next Big Thing in Social Media | Smedio | The New Media and Social Web Guide for Business and Marketers

Empire Avenue: The Next Big Thing in Social Media | Smedio | The New Media and Social Web Guide for Business and Marketers: "Is it a game, a social media exchange, a social media measurement tool or a rating system? Empire Avenue has been the eye candy of the social media world since the last month or so. Being an avid admirer of innovation in social media, I couldn’t resist the temptation to jump aboard the Empire Avenue bandwagon."

7.5 million Facebook users are under 13: study - Yahoo! News

7.5 million Facebook users are under 13: study - Yahoo! News: "Some 7.5 million of the 20 million minors who used Facebook in the past year were younger than 13, and a million of them were bullied, harassed or threatened on the site, says a study released Tuesday.
Even more troubling, more than five million Facebook users were 10 years old or younger, and they were allowed to use Facebook largely without parental supervision leaving them vulnerable to threats ranging from malware to sexual predators, the State of the Net survey by Consumer Reports found.
Facebook's terms of service require users to be at least 13 years old but many children, or their parents, get around that rule by giving a false birth date when they sign up for the social networking site."

Are Indian celebs making a hash of Twitter? - Latest Entertainment News

Are Indian celebs making a hash of Twitter? - Latest Entertainment News: "Priyanka Chopra is the new millionaire on the Twitter block, having crossed the 10-lakh follower mark on Monday morning. But even as follower counts swell when B-town stars take to the platform to coo about their roles and Sunday brunches in 140 characters or less, are our celebrity tweeters really making an impact on the hordes that follow them?"

Facebook sharing sending readers to big news sites

The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Internet : Facebook sharing sending readers to big news sites: "Facebook is influencing what news gets read online as people use the Internet’s most popular hangout to share and recommend content.

That’s one of the key findings from a study on the flow of traffic to the Web’s 25 largest news destinations. The study was released Monday by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism."

Indian journalist uses Twitter to get Pakistani visa | Pakistan Today | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia

Indian journalist uses Twitter to get Pakistani visa | Pakistan Today | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia: "Renowned Indian TV anchor and Group Editor of English News at NDTV, Barkha Dutt used a unique strategy on social networking site Twitter to get a Pakistani visa to cover the crucial happenings in Pakistan after the Abbottabad operation in which al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed. She constantly tweeted and requested Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik to get her the visa.
Malik’s quick response resulted in a great triumph for the Indian journalist, as now she has started broadcasting a live programme from Islamabad. It all started on May 3, when she criticised Pakistan’s visa policy by tweeting, “Sadly no visas for Indian journalists looking to report this story from on the ground :( goodnight all”. On the same day, Barkha approached Malik on Twitter by saying “@SenRehmanMalik sir, how about allowing us visas to report the happenings in Pakistan. Only Indian journalists not permitted sadly.”"

Stephen Glover: Can newspaper 'apps' ever make a profit? - Stephen Glover, Opinion - The Independent

Stephen Glover: Can newspaper 'apps' ever make a profit? - Stephen Glover, Opinion - The Independent: "Last week, The Daily Telegraph launched a new application ('app') for the Apple iPad costing £1.19 for a single edition or £9.99 for a monthly subscription. This week, the Daily Mail is launching its app at 59 pence a day or £6.99 a month. Are such prices realistic, and will these apps find a market?"

Shashi Tharoor has 1 mn Twitter followers, only Sachin ahead - Economic Times

Shashi Tharoor has 1 mn Twitter followers, only Sachin ahead - Economic Times
here is hardly a time when diplomat-turned politician Shashi Tharoor, the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha MP, is not in the news. He now has over one million followers on social networking site Twitter and only batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is above him, his office said Friday.

How Bin Laden News Exploded on Twitter: A Visualization

How Bin Laden News Exploded on Twitter: A Visualization

Bollywood boys on Twitter - General news

Bollywood boys on Twitter - General news: "Its high time you let go off the gossip papers and tune to Twitter to hear it personally from the stars. The Bollywood stars sprinkled a little magic on twitter in India, lighted its torch and handed it over to their fans who were more than happy to take it forward. The potential growth predicted for the micro-blogging site among the Bollywood fan base is exceptionally huge as the film industry caters to an audience close to 2 billion people and the percentage of people connecting with the starts is very small today. As the celebrities know it very well that twitter works in their favor to effectively advertise themselves and their films, tweeting become a daily routine for the stars."

Press freedom precarious

The Hindu : News / National : Press freedom precarious

From blunt and brutal physical assault to sophisticated technical barriers — and the more insidious corporate threat from within — the Indian media have been under attack over the last year.

Several reports catalogued the threats on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday.

‘Press needs freedom from sensation’ – The Express Tribune

‘Press needs freedom from sensation’ – The Express Tribune: "Pakistan’s media has gained a measure of freedom from the government, but now it needs to gain freedom from the sentimentality and sensationalism prevalent in our newspapers and news channels, said speakers at a seminar on Press Freedom Day on Tuesday.
Journalists should keep their emotions in check and give the people the objective facts, said Imtiaz Alam, secretary general of the South Asia Free Media Association, which organised the seminar titled 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers."

40 Incredibly Stupid Facebook Reactions To Osama Bin Laden's Death: Pics, Videos, Links, News

40 Incredibly Stupid Facebook Reactions To Osama Bin Laden's Death: Pics, Videos, Links, News

World Press Freedom Day 2011 | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

World Press Freedom Day 2011 | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online: "Established in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly, World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) is observed annually on May 3. The celebration of WPFD 2011 with the theme “21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers,” coincides with the 20th Anniversary of the 1991 Windhoek Declaration for the promotion of free and pluralistic media."

BBC News Makes A Big Mistake [PIC]

BBC News Makes A Big Mistake [PIC]

Facebook, Twitter job hunting ground for employees - Rediff.com Business

Facebook, Twitter job hunting ground for employees - Rediff.com Business: "With increasing number of users globally, social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are turning out to be happy hunting grounds for employees seeking new jobs.

Majority of employees surveyed felt that social media are helping them to find new jobs quickly and efficiently, according to HR services firm Ma Foi Randstad. '... 82 per cent of Indian employees are extremely confident on using the social media such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to enable them to find a new job quicker and more efficiently,' Ma Foi Randstad said.

The survey focuses on 'mental mobility status' of employees -- reflecting their readiness to change jobs."

Newspaper front pages capture elation, relief that Osama bin Laden was captured, killed | Poynter.

Newspaper front pages capture elation, relief that Osama bin Laden was captured, killed | Poynter.: "In the 10th year since the September 11 attacks planned by Osama bin Laden, the terrorist leader has been captured and killed by American forces. The word first spread on Twitter, then on network and cable news. This morning, the news dominates major front pages. Below you can view those pages, with thanks to @ronterrell, who shared links to many on Twitter, and to the Newseum. For perspective, here is a gallery of front pages from September 11 and 11, 2001 and another on the first anniversary of the attacks."

Celeb war gets nasty in Twitterverse! - Trends News - IBNLive

Celeb war gets nasty in Twitterverse! - Trends News - IBNLive: "Virtual linen being washed on Twitter ain't new and ad-man Suhel Seth and filmmaker Pritish Nandy took it to new heights today. From calling each other names on public forum, to nasty remarks, none of them left any stone unturned to the amusement of fellow Twiterrati.
Twitter spats have been around for a while now. The West has had ample examples of celebrities lashing out at each other.
Well this is not the first time celebs got catty on Twitter in India. Their public display of dislike and hatred have been quite evident in the past as well."

The Royal Wedding: Twitter trends - a royal sweep

News from The Associated Press: "As Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot, Associated Press journalists are hunting down the most interesting details, from Westminster to points around the globe. Here's the latest on the big event."

Yahoo Sells Delicious To YouTube Founders

Yahoo Sells Delicious To YouTube Founders: "Yahoo has finally found a buyer for long suffering Delicious. YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have acquired the company, says Yahoo, via a “new Internet company, AVOS.” We’re still gathering details, but here’s the official stuff:"

The Hindu: the sparring continues

The Hoot Story Page - media, press, subcontinent, media ethics, media watch, media research, media conflict, media gender, community radio, Unescos: "The Hindu of April 23, 2011 carried on Page 15 of the Chennai edition your refutation of a report that was not carried in The Hindu. Fairness demands that you publish my account of the issue of the coverage of A. Raja relating to the Telecom licences and 2G spectrum allocation that is given below:
At the meeting of the Board of directors of Kasturi and Sons in January, I had specifically raised the issue of the biased coverage of the 2G spectrum scandal. While Raja was in office, even as evidence was mounting and there were widespread calls for his resignation, The Hindu did not demand his resignation. On the other hand, it functioned as an apologist for Raja and even on the day of his resignation carried an interview with him on the front page, with the transcript published inside. In this interview as well as the one on May 22, 2010, there were no hard questions but only the obvious ones designed to elicit ready, scripted answers. The entire coverage up to the point of his resignation was tailored to make him look good."

Facebook Launches ‘Send’ Button For More Selective Sharing, Announces 50 Million ‘Groups’

Facebook Launches ‘Send’ Button For More Selective Sharing, Announces 50 Million ‘Groups’: "Facebook’s increasingly ubiquitous ‘Like’ button is getting a new friend: the Send button. Click on a webpage that has the Send button integrated, and you’ll be prompted to share it with any of your Facebook Groups, your Facebook friends, or any standard email address. In other words, where the Like button is designed to let you quickly share content with all of your Facebook friends, the Send button is for sharing with a subset of them."

German plagiarism scandal widens - Europe, World - The Independent

German plagiarism scandal widens - Europe, World - The Independent: "The European Parliament’s vice president has become the latest among a growing number of high profile German politicians to face allegations that they plagiarised large amounts of other people’s academic work in order to obtain a university doctorate."

Allegations of paid news absurd and defamatory: N. Ram

The Hindu : News / National : Allegations of paid news absurd and defamatory: N. Ram

Re-Tweeting (Not-So) Humble Promoters - WSJ.com

Heard & Scene: Humblebrag - WSJ.com: "In response, Harris Wittels, a standup comedian and a writer on the NBC series 'Parks and Recreation,' created a Twitter feed called Humblebrag, which compiles examples of the offense. For instance, after he won his Academy Award for 'Toy Story 3,' the director Lee Unkrich tweeted: 'Just in case you think all this has gone to my head, within 36 hours of winning the Oscar, I was back home plunging a clogged toilet.' That ended up on Humblebrag."

Web proves an unlikely saviour for investigative journalism - Online, Media - The Independent

Web proves an unlikely saviour for investigative journalism - Online, Media - The Independent: "We're often told that the digital age has curtailed our attention span. Our patience is sorely tested by anything that doesn't grab us instantly; lengthy blog posts are routinely suffixed with 'TLTR' (too long to read) and if you're still with me now – some 50 words in – you should give yourself a pat on the back because conventional wisdom deems you to be one of a dying breed."

The Power of Words

The Hindu : News / National : Living our Values: Code of Editorial Values

The Hindu : News / National : Living our Values: Code of Editorial Values

Is Indian Express now a pro-establishment paper? « churumuri

Is Indian Express now a pro-establishment paper? « churumuri: "RITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: The Indian Express of Ramnath Goenka is an unputdownable chapter in the book of Indian journalism. Unlike many of its English counterparts—whose grammar was constricted by Wren & Martin, and the Raj—Express was the archetypal desi bully.

“Anti-establishment,” was the Express‘ calling card."

SAVE The Hindu Newspaper

SAVE The Hindu Newspaper: "newspaper on April-20,2011.
Letter from N. Ravi, Editor, on the recent happenings in The Hindu
April 20, 2011
Dear colleagues,
Even as we are entering the second, and what might turn out to be a prolonged, phase of conflict and turbulence in the institution, I write to seek your understanding."

Twitter Looks to Widen Appeal - WSJ.com

Twitter Looks to Widen Appeal - WSJ.com: "The San Francisco company, which lets users broadcast and view short messages, wants to make it easier for new users to navigate the service and help longtime users find interesting content.

While Twitter has more than 200 million registered accounts, it doesn't say how many are active users. Users discuss a variety of topics, but some people—especially adults—view the service as a vehicle for celebrities to broadcast their thoughts online."

Online-Only Publication Nabs Its Second Pulitzer

Online-Only Publication Nabs Its Second Pulitzer: "ProPublica, an online journalism outlet, was announced today as one of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners. This is the organization’s second Pulitzer; its first was awarded in 2010."

msnbc video: How social media makes businesses more personal

msnbc video: How social media makes businesses more personal

Pulitzer Prize Winners For 2011 Announced

Pulitzer Prize Winners For 2011 Announced: "The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday. The New York Times and Los Angeles Times each won two awards, with the LA Times winning the coveted Public Service Pulitzer for its expose of corruption in the small town of Bell, and one for feature photography. The New York Times won one award for its international news coverage of Russia. Business writer David Leonhardt also won for Commentary.

Among the other winners:

—the Washington Post won for breaking news photography of the earthquake in Haiti.

—the Chicago Sun-Times won for local reporting for its coverage of violence in the city.

—online news outlet ProPublica won its second Pulitzer in two years, this time for national reporting for its coverage of Wall Street.

—Mike Keefe of the Denver Post won for editorial cartooning."

RIP Yahoo Buzz

RIP Yahoo Buzz: "Yahoo Buzz, once an attempt to counter aggregation sites, like Digg, Reddit and StumbleUpon, is being discontinued.

Yahoo announced the move on its Yahoo Buzz site Monday. “This was a hard decision,” the company wrote in its post, which notes that the site will shut down on April 21. “However this will help us focus on our core strengths and new innovations.”

Yahoo reps could not be reached for further comment."

The Alexa Blog: A new way to find websites

The Alexa Blog: A new way to find websites: "Hello, I'm Wayne, and I'm an engineer here at Alexa. I know I’m biased, but I’m having a lot of fun with Alexa’s new site finder and I thought I would share. The site finder is different type of search engine, one that is designed to find websites about things instead of web pages that contain things. Here, let me explain. When I am looking for something online, I usually go to my favorite search engine, type in a few words, and hit search. What I get is a list of pages that contain those words ranked by some sort of measure of relevance and importance, which often is exactly what I want. Examples of this include searching for help with a coding problem, looking for song lyrics, and finding documentation. Sometimes, however, I’m more interested in finding an entire website devoted to a topic. There is a big difference between sites that have pages that contain the word “woodworking” and sites about woodworking, and with the standard keyword searches we’re used to it can be difficult to find the latter (a website about a topic) in the sea of the former (pages that mention the topic)."

Five myths about the future of journalism - The Washington Post

Five myths about the future of journalism - The Washington Post: "There are few things journalists like to discuss more than, well, themselves and the long-term prospects for their industry. How long will print newspapers survive? Are news aggregation sites the future? Or are online paywalls — such as the one the New York Times just launched — the way to go? As media organizations plot their future, it’s worth discarding some misconceptions about what it will take to keep the press from becoming yesterday’s news."

Media Watch: How Editors are managed

Media Watch: How Editors are managed: "Editors can be broadly divided into two categories: those with substantial circulations spread over large areas of the country; and those with regional circulations. The latter, naturally, have smaller circulations, though there are exceptions (the best example being the Ananda Bazar Patrika). However, both kinds of editors have trouble with two sets of people: the Government and the managements. The views of Government and owners are not necessarily the same, but on one point most owners of publications seem to agree: that their editors should not take criticism of Government too far. And they agree on this because most owners are vulnerable: having business interests apart from news papers, they are aware that if Government wants to, it can create significant barriers between them and their profits from other factories."

3 years non-stop blogging by Amitabh Bachchan bigb.bigadda.com

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Facebook makes money from user’s data | Deccan Chronicle

Facebook makes money from user’s data | Deccan Chronicle

The best social media marketing. | From The Head Of Zeus Jones

The best social media marketing. | From The Head Of Zeus Jones: "We recently went through a fairly lengthy process of weeding through hundreds upon hundreds of examples of social media marketing done by companies to find the best for a client presentation. It was tedious beyond belief because there’s actually quite a lot of crap. I’m guessing there’s probably a similar search or two going on out there at the moment, so I thought I’d share our best of list, You may not agree but at least it might save you some time."

P. Sainath on Indian Media

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - Carter on social media and uprisings

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - Carter on social media and uprisings

Mr. K. Srinivas Reddy | hybiz.tv

Mr. K. Srinivas Reddy | hybiz.tv: "Mr. K. Srinivas Reddy, the City Editor of The Hindu. In the Hindu we have gone beyond the duty of disseminating information and realising that we have a great role to play to improve the quality of life. This provides a platform for interface. The metro rail project is a massive project to handle which has raised the aspirations and the apprehensions too. Speaking further on the apprehensions on the rehabilitation of the people who are going to be displaced, apprehensions are raised against the very system of metro rail. This interaction would help us understand the things better. This would be an interactive meeting and would provide us better insights."

5 Tips for Developing News Stories Via Social Media - TVSpy

5 Tips for Developing News Stories Via Social Media - TVSpy: "As WABC found out last night in trying to glean information on Facebook about a plane’s apparent technical malfunction, social media can be a tricky place to develop news stories."

Employers look for the tweet smell of success - News, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent

Employers look for the tweet smell of success - News, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent: "Academics and private tuition firms are reporting a “growing trend” in people taking Twitter lessons, as well as in other social media. They say that more and more firms are expecting their staff to be able to use social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn as part of their jobs and that, as a result, are sending increasing numbers of employees for private tuition."

Social Media Supports Anna Hazare’s Corruption Motion | Globalthoughtz

Social Media Supports Anna Hazare’s Corruption Motion | Globalthoughtz: "Anti-Corruption crusade has rocked in virtual world too, supports of Anna Hazare flooded tweets & statuses over country’s corruption scenario. Good to notice that it has not only drawn numbers from Delhi to Jantar Mantar but also on Facebook & Twitter platform. In cyberspace as well Facebook and Twitter became the bastions of opinion on the Internet. You can easily find abundance of pages, statuses, events and tweets in support of the movement."

Read this before you start blogging for money | AndD Journal

Read this before you start blogging for money | AndD Journal: "I started my blogging career in last moths of 2006 and now I am affirmed as a teenage millionaire or a celebrity blogger by the people. I am the owner of some successful blogs like www.anddjournal.info and www.techravings.info (You can read more about me here) and I am making pretty handsome money from internet. You can find a lot more about me in press releases at:"

News : Two-year MCJ in Osmania University

The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Two-year MCJ in OU: "From the ensuing academic year, the Master of Communication and Journalism (MCJ) course offered by the Osmania University will be a two-year course.

The University has decided to club the one-year courses -- Bachelor of Communication and Journalism (BCJ) and MCJ -- to offer the two-year course in tune with the UGC guidelines that Masters courses have to be of two-year duration. The notification of the Osmania University for its PG entrance issued recently reflected this change.

However, this academic year will also have a separate entrance test for the one-year MCJ course for candidates who have already done their BCJ. So, the two-year MCJ and one-year MCJ will run simultaneously in the 2011-12 academic year. From the 2012-13 academic year, it will be a purely two-year course. But candidates who have finished their BCJ long back and want to join MCJ in 2012-13 will be accommodated through late entry. It means they can directly join MCJ second year after clearing the entrance test."

MCJ Entrance Test Essential Notes by BCJ / MCJ Entrance Test topper at reddy2007

Facebook launches page for journalists | Deccan Chronicle

Facebook launches page for journalists | Deccan Chronicle

Press Awards 2011: Guardian wins Newspaper of the Year | Media | The Guardian

Press Awards 2011: Guardian wins Newspaper of the Year | Media | The Guardian: "The Guardian's groundbreaking journalism and innovation were recognised at the Press Awards where it was named Newspaper of the Year. Accepting the award on behalf of the Guardian, editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger praised his colleagues as 'a fabulous team"

How I nearly got scammed on Facebook - Tech Talk - CBS News

How I nearly got scammed on Facebook - Tech Talk - CBS News: "You may remember the now-famous New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner depicting a couple of canines in front of a computer with one telling the other that 'on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.' Talk about prescience. And that was in 1993, long before most Internet flim-flammers began running their con games on the rest of us."

TRS looks for writers,poets from Telangana

Times of India Publications: "The TRS,which is launching the daily,Namaste Telangana, has asked its leaders and cadres to take up publicity campaign for the paper.District party presidents have been made in-charges of the campaign and every mandal party president given charge of the subscription campaign.The target for every mandal-level leader is at least 1,000 subscriptions in the first three months of the launch of the paper."

Twitter to Offer Brand Pages Like Facebook's, Report Says

Twitter to Offer Brand Pages Like Facebook's, Report Says: "Twitter is developing a new kind of profile page for business accounts, similar to Facebook Pages, reports London-based Sarah Shearman of BrandRepublic tonight, based on conversations with multiple unnamed sources familiar with the plans."

Journalism in the Age of Data: A Film | Brain Pickings

Journalism in the Age of Data: A Film | Brain Pickings: "It’s no secret we have a data visualization fetish, but that’s not just because we like looking at pretty pictures; it’s because we believe the discipline is an important sensemaking mechanism for today’s data deluge, a new kind of journalism that helps frame the world and what matters in it in a visual, compelling, digestible way."

Are You Blogging or Doing Social Media for SERPs & Links? | SEMClubHouse - Key Relevance Blog

Are You Blogging or Doing Social Media for SERPs & Links? | SEMClubHouse - Key Relevance Blog: "A lot of companies hear a lot about the social media space. Most of what they hear revolves around Blogs, Digg and Facebook and immediately they think “I have to be there!” Whether its because its the newest fad, their competition is doing it or that they’ve been shown that it can get the SERPs or better yet links, a lot of times companies never stop to look beyond the shiny pretty wrapper of social media to look at what’s really involved when heading down the social media path. At the end of their path, generally it ends in thinking social media has failed them. Why? The major reason is entering into the space for the wrong reason, like acquiring links or getting more footholds in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs)."

Cyberspace abuzz with Dhoni, WC searches - Hindustan Times

Cyberspace abuzz with Dhoni, WC searches - Hindustan Times
India's World Cup triumph against Sri Lanka has created ripples in the virtual world as well, with 'World Cup 2011 photos', 'India world champions', and 'Dhoni family' being the top three most searched terms in India on Sunday morning, according to data by Google Trends

Errors & Omissions: Accuracy can disappear when a headline-writer is pushed for time - Errors & Omissions, Corrections - The Independent

Errors & Omissions: Accuracy can disappear when a headline-writer is pushed for time - Errors & Omissions, Corrections - The Independent: "A disastrous headline was published on Tuesday. Above a report of poll findings about the Libya campaign appeared these words: 'Seven out of 10 want British troops out and fear 'another Iraq'.'

The opening paragraph of the story said that respondents to the survey feared that British 'armed forces will be sucked into a long Iraq-style military operation in Libya'. That was based on the finding that 71 per cent of respondents agreed with the proposition that 'I am concerned that the military action in Libya could result in Britain being dragged into a prolonged conflict like the Iraq war'."

Quick Twitter Tips: A Twitter Guide For Beginners

Quick Twitter Tips: A Twitter Guide For Beginners: "Twitter can be an intimidating jumble of # symbols, RTs, DMs, @'s, and other code-like shorthand to a Twitter newbie.

To help get the hang of it, we've put together a Twitter guide for Twitter beginners with nine tips for how to communicate on Twitter, make sense of it, and make the most of it."

The 10 Commandments of the Social Web - SocialTimes.com

The 10 Commandments of the Social Web - SocialTimes.com: "Over the past year I have been covering Facebook and social networks obsessively. The more I write and the more I read, the more complex the social web becomes. The social web is the part of the internet where people socialize and interact with each other. It can be as simple as forums but the social web has come to embody a limitless number of tools from instant messaging to blogs to micro-blogs to social networks to lifestreaming services and more."

50 Fastest Growing Niche Social Media Sites and Networks | Internet Service Deals

50 Fastest Growing Niche Social Media Sites and Networks | Internet Service Deals: "Everyone knows about social media sites like Digg and Reddit, but the fact is, they are incredibly hard to penetrate, and the traffic they offer is often superficial. For many bloggers, niche sites are a refreshing alternative to these behemoths, offering more targeted links and a much smaller base of competition. Read on to find out if there’s a niche site that will work for you."

Facebook will be worth $234 billion by 2015

Facebook will be worth $234 billion by 2015: "Facebook will have market value of $234 billion by 2015, up from its current valuation of $85 billion, according to an analysis by brokerage firm Wedbush Securities that analyzes the valuations of private companies."

The writing's on the ‘wall'

The Hindu : Front Page : The writing's on the ‘wall': "With the electoral bugle having been sounded, candidates and their supporters in West Bengal have begun their door-to-door campaigns. Much less noisily, a parallel campaign is underway, in which poll graffiti is scribbled on the ‘walls' of social networking sites and mute slogans raised on netizens' profiles."

Murdoch & Son: James anointed as successor at the $60bn family firm - Press, Media - The Independent

Murdoch & Son: James anointed as successor at the $60bn family firm - Press, Media - The Independent: "James Murdoch has been handed a new senior role working closely with his father, Rupert, at News Corporation, the $60bn company whose interests extend from 20th Century Fox films to newspapers such as The Times and the Wall Street Journal, in the clearest sign yet that the media mogul's son is being lined up to take over his empire."

Twitter interview with the journalist @prempanicker

Apart from the brutality and scale of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were remarkably late November for a second reason: the role of social media like Twitter, Flickr and Wikipedia play in the coverage of the events. Particularly the Twitter micro blog flowed from the first crackle of gunfire on Nov. 26 packed with the latest news from Mumbai. Often appeared to be faster and more accurate reporting than on TV or newspaper sites. Marks Twitter the maturation of the citizen, or does little more than Twitter "tweet" of low-alloy journalism?And represent the first view, the Mumbai journalist Prem Panicker (50). Panicker, editor of the weekly India Abroad and co-founder of the Indian news portal Rediff.com, one of the prominent Twitter users during the attacks. Panicker took with his tweets for the readers to political analysis, eyewitness and media criticism together to provide "served in 140 characters, for a generation which seems to have a short attention span."Google Translate

David E. Davis, Jr.: Remembering an iconoclastic journalist - Mar. 29, 2011

David E. Davis, Jr.: Remembering an iconoclastic journalist - Mar. 29, 2011

Twitter, a less 'social' platform than Facebook: Research

Twitter, a less 'social' platform than Facebook: Research: "Twitter may have over 200 million registered users, but half of the tweets shared on the popular microblogging site are actually generated by a small group of 'elite' members, a new study has found.

Researchers at Internet search engine Yahoo! who looked at about 260 million tweets posted on Twitter between July 28, 2009 and March 8, 2010 found that 50 per cent of the tweets - or 140-character messages - are shared by only a group of 20,000 users of the networking site, the Telegraph reported."

‘We have one of the most creative and vibrant media business in India, but it’s only a fraction of the size it should be’

‘We have one of the most creative and vibrant media business in India, but it’s only a fraction of the size it should be’: "I’m sure somebody in your family has today seen something on TV, in a movie hall, or some place in the media for which James Murdoch is responsible. The Murdochs love the media. And the media sometimes loves you, sometimes loves to hate you. How do you deal with it? Because you’re also, at the end of the day, running a business."

Letter from the editor: The oxygen of publicity - editor, i - The Independent

Letter from the editor: The oxygen of publicity - editor, i - The Independent: "Civil disturbance is very much the topic of the moment, whether those disturbances are in Damascus or London. The media’s role in reporting strife on the streets is a tricky one to negotiate, and in the aftermath of the weekend’s trouble in Piccadilly has been held up to scrutiny."

Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Returns To Twitter To Lead Product

Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Returns To Twitter To Lead Product: "The rumors were right this time: Jack Dorsey, a co-founder of Twitter, is returning to Twitter.

He tweeted the news himself: 'Today I'm thrilled to get back to work at @Twitter leading product as Executive Chairman. And yes: leading @Square forevermore as CEO. #200%'

The position is not, as originally speculated, chief product manager, but Dorsey's role still focuses on product. Dorsey was originally CEO until 2008, when co-founder Evan Williams took over and Dorsey became chairman. Williams then stepped down in October, and was replaced by Dick Costolo"

Docs warn about Facebook use and teen depression | Deccan Chronicle

Docs warn about Facebook use and teen depression | Deccan Chronicle

Five Jobs That Pay You to Play on Facebook

Five Jobs That Pay You to Play on Facebook: "People love social media ... and what's not to love? Platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn provide an easy way to communicate, connect with long-lost friends and see what those exes are up to (you know you've peeked!).
With more than 500 million active users on Facebook (who, on average, create 90 pieces of content per month), 175 million people on Twitter (who send out 95 million tweets per day) and 100 million accounts on LinkedIn (and one million company pages), it's safe to say that social networks have become a craze."

Media Diary: Spinner joins the saints - Press, Media - The Independent

Media Diary: Spinner joins the saints - Press, Media - The Independent: "After quitting Number 10 as the hacking furore continued, Andy Coulson has found a new gig."

How People Tweet [Infographic]

How People Tweet [Infographic]

FIR against Facebook for abusing religion - Times Of India

FIR against Facebook for abusing religion - Times Of India

Who Do You Follow? - 140 Best Twitter Feeds - TIME

Who Do You Follow? - 140 Best Twitter Feeds - TIME: "TIME picks the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the conversation. Take a look and vote on whether you think these top tweeters should be on our list. Click here to see the poll results"

50 Beautiful Blog Designs - Smashing Magazine

50 Beautiful Blog Designs - Smashing Magazine: "There are things one can do a number of times without worrying about becoming boring. For instance, collecting and showcasing excellent blog designs. In this post we do it already the fifth time. Why? Web design lives in blogs; new developments appear there, that’s where the music plays. And that’s where you need to look for in order to keep up with current trends and developments."

20 websites you never realised you needed | News | TechRadar UK

20 websites you never realised you needed | News | TechRadar UK: "The internet has changed the world, mostly through big sites like Google, Amazon, MySpace and Facebook.

But other smaller sites can, if anything, be even more useful, if only you can find the right ones.

There's no need for you to spend ages doing that, though, because we've tracked down 20 of the best little-known sites, some of which could also change the way you use the web."

Mary Richert: Facebook and MySpace are now more popular than porn sites | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Mary Richert: Facebook and MySpace are now more popular than porn sites | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "It's an old joke among web geeks that 'the internet is for porn'. OK, so it was invented by the department of defence for the sake of communications, but if there's one industry that can commodify a resource faster than the oil industry can waste it, it's porn. It makes sense, too, since sex is both a basic animal (and human) instinct and also something we frown on and obsess over to the extent that it's frightening. When the internet was young and users were still basically anonymous, there was no better way to indulge in a guilty pleasure than from behind the veil of your monitor."

‘Capitol Hill looks like journalism’s growth market’ | Poynter.

‘Capitol Hill looks like journalism’s growth market’ | Poynter.: "“Just about everywhere you look, news sites and publications are adding more reporters to cover Congress,” writes Paul Farhi. He reports the number of print, broadcast and digital journalists credentialed to cover Congress will exceed 6,000 this year, suggesting a ratio of roughly 11 reporters to each member of Congress."

The New York Times subscription plan doesn’t protect print, it promotes the mobile Web | Poynter.

The New York Times subscription plan doesn’t protect print, it promotes the mobile Web | Poynter.: "The New York Times’ new digital subscription pricing has been characterized by some as a backward-looking effort to protect print revenue. But after comparing the Times’ subscription prices to The Wall Street Journal’s, I see a different goal: promoting the mobile Web over native apps on digital tablets."

Vikram Seth: Flagship without a fleet - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent

Vikram Seth: Flagship without a fleet - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent: "I was absolutely amazed to find out from a series of recent questions in parliament that the BBC hadn't even consulted the Foreign Office when they made their decision to axe their shortwave Hindi programmes, which resulted in such a great loss of goodwill for Britain in India - and concomitant increase of mistrust."

Protest group was born from a Twitter hashtag - Home News, UK - The Independent

Protest group was born from a Twitter hashtag - Home News, UK - The Independent: "The group behind the occupation of the luxury food store Fortnum & Mason was created from a simple hashtag on Twitter.

In October last year, a week after the Chancellor George Osborne unveiled the country's biggest spending cuts for decades, a group of protesters entered Vodafone's Oxford Street store and sat down."

Confessions of a red-top reporter - Press, Media - The Independent

Confessions of a red-top reporter - Press, Media - The Independent: "Tabloids have never been the preserve of shrinking violets, but human cacti; watered with little praise and able to flourish under blistering heat. It is a work culture that begets broad shoulders, without which a fortnight ago I could not have typed a scathing resignation letter to my media mogul boss, Richard Desmond, copied in another national newspaper, and, finger trembling, clicked send."

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10 Ways to Save Time While Building a Website | [Re]Encoded.com

10 Ways to Save Time While Building a Website | [Re]Encoded.com

50 of the Best Websites for Writers

50 of the Best Websites for Writers

Ways To Make Money Online

Ways To Make Money Online: "During the 15 months that Court’s Internet Marketing School has been around, we have discussed literally dozens of ways to make money online. Many of you are quite new to the site, and many others will be introduced to the site by searching for information contained in this article. In order to help everyone to better understand the ways people go about creating an online income, I wanted to provide a simple list, complete with a simple explanation of each method. I will also try to point you toward some resources that you can use to dig deeper into creating online income."

Cheeky guide on how to jump paywalls | Media | guardian.co.uk

Cheeky guide on how to jump paywalls | Media | guardian.co.uk: "With the New York Times now charging for access to its website in Canada, a Canadian newspaper has cheekily offered people a way to leap over the paywall.

Following a straightforward report by media reporter Susan Krashinsky, in the Toronto-based Globe & Mail, is a section headlined Jumping the pay wall."

How Facebook users clicking 'like' on products are starring in adverts | Mail Online

How Facebook users clicking 'like' on products are starring in adverts | Mail Online: "Facebook users may find themselves the unwitting stars of adverts on the site if they click the ‘Like’ button to indicate they are a fan of a product.

The website has begun using subscriber’s profile pictures, allowing friends to see each other endorsing firms such as Starbucks coffee shops.

The website has insisted the controversial ‘sponsored stories’ feature, which quietly launched in January, falls within its privacy settings. "

Yahoo revamps Web search, plans new ad formats - The Economic Times

Yahoo revamps Web search, plans new ad formats - The Economic Times: "Yahoo Inc unveiled a revamped Internet search service on Wednesday that showcases information from movie listings to weather forecasts as users type in a query."

Facebook bans 20,000 underage users a day - The Times of India

Facebook bans 20,000 underage users a day - The Times of India: "Facebook has revealed that about 20,000 children are kicked off the social networking site every day for lying about their age to join the site."

Twitter celebrates five years since first tweet - Telegraph

Twitter celebrates five years since first tweet - Telegraph: "Today marks five years since Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder sent the first tweet – which said: “inviting coworkers”.
Twitter users have been wishing the service happy birthday using a special hashtag: #happybirthdaytwitter. One user, @FaktanyaAdalah, wrote: 'Thanks for being there when we need u. Indonesia love you! :).'"

Follow Your Interests. Discover Your World. Twitter.

India`s media, entertainment sector now a $14.5 bn industry

India`s media, entertainment sector now a $14.5 bn industry: "The Indian media and entertainment industry logged an 11-percent growth in 2010 to touch $14.5 billion (Rs.652 billion) and is projected to expand at a higher rate of 13 percent this year, says a report released by a leading industry lobby Monday."

Keep that social network profile updated - Rediff.com Business

Keep that social network profile updated - Rediff.com Business: "Shruti Marathe, an MBA from Symbiosis College, created her business networking profile on LinkedIn two months after she completed her course.

'I wrote about my college projects in details and even had work recommendations posted by seniors, who guided me during my internship,' she recalls.

Within a few days, Marathe got a call from a company, National Instruments, to come for an interview.

'Soon, I had two offer letters in my hand,' recalls Marathe, now working as a sales executive with the Star group.

Social media and career networking portals have become imperative for first-time jobseekers.

Whether it's through blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook, people are seeking potential employers through alternative online sources.

Take, for example, professionals like Nikhita Arora, who works with Madison Media. She bagged her existing job via LinkedIn."

Sari Horwitz plagiarizes: Washington Post reporter admits to copying from the Arizona Republic. Jack Shafer explains why it matters. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine

Sari Horwitz plagiarizes: Washington Post reporter admits to copying from the Arizona Republic. Jack Shafer explains why it matters. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine: "Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli blocked all escape routes that his reporter Sari Horwitz might have mapped when he told Yahoo News reporter Michael Calderone yesterday, 'There are no mitigating circumstances for plagiarism.'"

Facebook blamed for eating disorders among girls - The Times of India

Facebook blamed for eating disorders among girls - The Times of India: "Editor in chief of Vogue Italia, Franca Sozzani, is reportedly launching a petition to shut down pro-anorexia websites that encourage unhealthy eating habits among young people."

BBC 'does use private detectives' - TV & Radio, Media - The Independent

BBC 'does use private detectives' - TV & Radio, Media - The Independent: "Private detectives have been and continue to be used occasionally by the BBC to help make its investigative programmes, the corporation's director-general has said.

Mark Thompson said the use of private investigators has always been done under the BBC's editorial guidelines and the control of programme editors involved."

Data expert moves on from 'telephone journalism' | News | guardian.co.uk

Data expert moves on from 'telephone journalism' | News | guardian.co.uk: "'In the end we'll no more talk about data journalism than we talk now
about telephone journalism' says Francis Irving. The computer programmer and freedom of information activist best known for his involvement in TheyWorkforYou.com is busy working out how that shift will happen."

USC Pop Culture Expert is Scripps Howard ‘Journalism Teacher of the Year’ - FishbowlLA

USC Pop Culture Expert is Scripps Howard ‘Journalism Teacher of the Year’ - FishbowlLA: "First off, just how much fun does a university project named “The Image of the Journalist in Pop Culture” sound?

The massive database at USC’s Norman Lear Center, launched in 2000, now encompasses more than 76,000 records. The goal is to “investigate and analyze the conflicting images of the journalist in film, television, radio, fiction, commercials, cartoons, comic books, music, art, demonstrating their impact on the American public’s perception of newsgatherers.” And the man who oversees the program, Joe Saltzman (pictured), has just been voted 2010′s Journalism and Mass Communication Teacher of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation.

Saltzman edged out two other category finalists – the Unive"

Investigative journalism and the people’s right to know : Editorial : Home

[Editorial] Investigative journalism and the people’s right to know : Editorial : Home: "A few days ago, the Supreme Court confirmed a guilty ruling against former and current journalists prosecuted for reporting on the “Agency for National Security Planning X-file.” This file contained transcripts of a conversation that took place before the 1997 presidential election between then-Samsung Group secretarial office head Lee Hak-soo and JoongAng Ilbo Chairman Hong Seok-hyun discussing the delivery of money to a particular candidate and around ten prosecution offices. A major controversy erupted in 2005 when it was reported in the press that the ANSP (current National Intelligence Service) recorded this content illegally, but the people who actually plotting government-business collusion and the buying off of prosecutors, as well as the prosecutors who received the “gifts,” had no charges pressed against them. It is the height of absurdity that it was the journalists who divulged this information who were found guilty of violating the Telecommunications Security Protection Act."

Blogs of Note: Herbie Likes Spaghetti

Blogs of Note: Herbie Likes Spaghetti

Porn Star Isis Taylor Gets Ahead in Charlie Sheen's Intern Search | TMZ.com

Porn Star Isis Taylor Gets Ahead in Charlie Sheen's Intern Search | TMZ.com

Nasty comments make Shahrukh Khan quit Twitter | ApunKaChoice.com

Nasty comments make Shahrukh Khan quit Twitter | ApunKaChoice.com

Twitter, a five-year-old changing the world - Yahoo! News

Twitter, a five-year-old changing the world - Yahoo! News

At five years old, Twitter is just starting to change the world.

Co-founder Jack Dorsey fired off the first tweet on March 21, 2006. It read "just setting up my twttr." It was Dorsey who proposed the idea for Twitter while working with Biz Stone and Evan Williams at podcasting company Odeo.

Since then, Twitter has been embraced as a forum for sharing anything from a favorite lunch spot to violations of civil rights and calls for revolution.

"As much fun as we were having, there was always, I think, in the back of our heads the idea of the potential of something important coming from it," Stone said of the startup's formative days.

The Hindu : Front Page : Post it via Posterous

The Hindu : Front Page : Post it via Posterous

Posterous (http://posterous.com) was started in July 28, 2008 by Sachin Agarwal (30) and Garry Tan (29) with the intention of making blogging as simple as emailing. It was meant for close friends.

Backed by Y Combinator, the prestigious incubator, Posterous has already raised more than $5 million. Preposterous? “No! Simply Posterous,” laugh its creators.

Four Women Shaking Up the Media Landscape - The Daily Beast

Women have made all sorts of leaps and bounds over the last half a century, but a panel on media Saturday offered a frank level of discussion about where things have fallen short.

Arianna Huffington noted that when her website, the Huffington Post, started up five years ago, she found that her male friends were far more likely to embrace blogging than women. “Every man I invited said, ‘yes, of course’ and my women friends were really nervous about blogging unless they were journalists,” she said.

She came to conclude that the reason for this is that “women still have a problem with being judged. Much more than men. And anything we write anything we do is going to be judged.”

Four Women Shaking Up the Media Landscape - The Daily Beast

5 Twitter Metrics Beyond Follower Count - AllTwitter

5 Twitter Metrics Beyond Follower Count - AllTwitter: "Counting your Twitter followers is a mostly fruitless exercise. If you have 50 followers that you’re engaging and interacting with, that’s much better than 2,000 followers who don’t pay any attention to what you have to say. The number of followers you have is just one of many metrics you should be using to measure how effective your Twitter efforts are. We’ve got five Twitter metrics beyond follower count for you to use to better understand your Twitter presence."

The Dirty War: Fall of the corporate media in India | CounterMedia

The Dirty War: Fall of the corporate media in India | CounterMedia: "The western media, unlike the Indian establishment media which till the 1980s and mid-1990s had a quivering semblance of some sanity and impartiality with a faint flickering light of honesty, had no qualms about selling itself to the highest bidder and using the platform to disseminate disinformation and keep dissent under wraps.."

NY Times vs. Bloomberg News: It’s War! - Jeff Bercovici - Mixed Media - Forbes

NY Times vs. Bloomberg News: It’s War! - Jeff Bercovici - Mixed Media - Forbes: "The stated goal of Bloomberg News is to be “the world’s most influential news organization.” That’s unsettling to The New York Times, which currently holds that distinction, or at least likes to think of itself that way."

news.outlookindia.com | 2G: PAC May Summon Radia, Prominent Journalists

news.outlookindia.com | 2G: PAC May Summon Radia, Prominent Journalists: "Parliament's Public Accounts Committee may summon corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and some prominent journalists who figure in the taped conversations with her relating to portfolio allocation in the UPA-II cabinet and the 2G spectrum controversy."

Media Crooks: India's Worst Journalists...

Media Crooks: India's Worst Journalists...: "India's 10-Worst Journalists: In a very 'scientific' poll conducted by Mediacrooks the following were voted the worst contemporary journalists around. Readers have to be warned that this poll was conducted only for the English language media otherwise the list would have been longer than 10 and it would have run into many pages. So here goes.."

Andrew Sullivan Moving To 'Newsweek' And 'Daily Beast': 'Daily Dish' Leaves 'The Atlantic'

Andrew Sullivan Moving To 'Newsweek' And 'Daily Beast': 'Daily Dish' Leaves 'The Atlantic': "Andrew Sullivan is leaving The Atlantic and taking his blog, The Daily Dish, with him. The blog will find a new home on The Daily Beast in April, and Sullivan will also become a contributor to Newsweek. His two destinations are really one -- the media outlets are merging together under editor in chief Tina Brown."

MediaWatch India: Emerging picture on content shows pick-and-choose globalisation

MediaWatch India: Emerging picture on content shows pick-and-choose globalisation

“Good morning! Your paper is free of paid news!” « churumuri

“Good morning! Your paper is free of paid news!” « churumuri: "In this era of mercenary managers and predatory propreitors, brave is the editor who can actually stick his neck out—at least in public—and vouch for the virginity of his product. But Aditya Sinha, the new editor-in-chief of the Bombay daily Daily News & Analysis (DNA), clearly doesn’t mind taking the risk."

DNA drops its edit page; scribes react sharply

DNA drops its edit page; scribes react sharply: "In a surprising albeit bold move, English newspaper Daily News & Analysis (DNA) has dropped its edit page from the newspaper. Instead, it will be giving comprehensive news in different pages of the newspaper. Letters to the editor will now appear on Page 2."