] A HANDFUL of Web users are programming their own virtual TV
] newscasts and eclectic collections of video clips using a
] free media-sharing tool called Webjay (www.webjay.org).
] The site makes it easy to build, share and watch
] playlists of audio and video links culled from around the
] Internet.

Interesting....

The New York Times - Multimedia Scrapbooks to Share

] The selection of former Agriculture Secretary Dan
] Glickman to replace Jack Valenti as head of the Motion
] Picture Association of America won't result in any
] changes in the industry's policy of aggressively fighting
] online piracy, the two men said Thursday.

The Hydra has spawned its new head.

Yahoo! News - New MPAA Leader Committed to 'Net Piracy Fight

] A journalist stops a man in a Baghdad street and asks
] about the security situation. The man cheerfully replies:
] "Security has vastly improved, we used to go home at 7:30
] p.m. but now we can stay out as late as 7:45!"
]
] A sound effect of an explosion during the conversation
] shakes the camera, adding a tongue-in-cheek dose of
] reality to the comedy clip by a new Iraqi channel aiming
] to win audiences with a unique style of political and
] social satire.

Shit, we need something like this here.. Maybe we could get the Daily Show and Naked News people to join up and make another 24/7 news station.

Yahoo! News - New Iraqi TV Station Brings Unique Brand of Satire

"Many people who write on Channel 2 are stupid. They cannot change the world by writing about it. If they really want to have an impact, there are other things they could be doing."

Japanese Find a Forum to Vent Most-Secret Feelings

It is not thought to display an unbiased view of the news; on the contrary, it is thought to ironically accentuate the bias of it.

newsmap

Brilliant commentary on configure-your-friends/six-degree style social network sites.

small world

] "Trust in journalism has been declining for a
] generation," said project director Tom Rosenstiel. "This
] study suggests one reason is that news media are locked
] in a vicious cycle. As audiences fragment, newsrooms are
] cut back, which further erodes public trust."
]
] Circulation of English-language daily newspapers has
] dropped 11 percent since 1990; network news ratings are
] down 34 percent since 1994; late night local TV news
] viewership fell 16 percent lower since 1997 and cable
] news viewership has been flat since late 2001.

The public viewing audience has flocked to either the 24 hour news networks or the Internet for their world view.

] Technology was driving many of the changes.
]
] "Journalism is in the midst of an epochal transformation,
] as momentous probably as the invention of the telegraph
] or television," the report said.

We get them all in the end. The audience and the journalists. Dialogue engines are the new medium revolution.

Yahoo! News - Report Sees Bleak Trend in U.S. News Media

] We often pride ourselves as bloggers for how we break
] news, dig deep, gain sources, carry the story and
] highlight the details of fast moving events. However,
] with complex unfolding news, I find myself turning to
] different outlets for different reasons. We aren't the
] best at coverage, we just have a special blend.
]
] Turn to Press for the official record, Blog for social
] context and Wiki for the public record.

These are the three elements I hope we can bring together within a meme in this system. I want to track path and revision of a meme. It should be possible for information to be annotated, edited, and shared in a way which reflects the views of multiple groups.

] Take your sources, excercise judgment, mix and morph
] your own media. Up until now, its all been in your head.
] Now its anywho, anywhat, anywhen, anywhere, anywhy
] and sometimes how you want it.

Yep.

BTW.. Ross Mayfield's blog, Many-to-Many, and Zephoria's blog should all be considered mandatory reading for anyone in the online communication space.

Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Press, Blog and Wiki Coverage

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