More on the LA Times' Wikitorial
Last night I expressed my doubts about the LA Times new concept of wiki-fied editorials or "wikitorials" (Wikitorials: A Dubious Idea from the LA Times). I'm not saying they won't work, only that I...
View ArticleForbes.com Doing Very Well Under Free Model
AdAge (reg. req.) notes that Forbes.com is thriving under a free on the internet model (Forbes.com's Internet Audience-Building Secret and How it Outdistanced NYTimes.com and WSJ.com).Responding to an...
View ArticleLA Times Wikitorial Experiment Begins
The LA Times "wikitorial" experiment has begun (Welcome to the LA Times Wikitorial Page).This is an experiment in using wiki, a relatively new form of Internet interactivity, to bring readers into the...
View ArticleMore on Wikitorials
Citizen Paine has a few more thoughts about the LA Times' wikitorial (LA Times Launches the Wikitorial and A Different Take on the LA Times 'Wikitorial'). So far, the experiment is pretty chaotic with...
View ArticleLA Times Wikitorials - One Day Later
Well, its has been more that 24 hours since the LA Times Wikitorial went live. Has it been a success? The answer is a resounding "Yes!" That is, if you're interested in left-wing banalities. The...
View ArticleLA Times Wikitorial Has Left the Building (For Now)
So I decided to see how the LA Times'"wikitorial" experiment was going this morning, but currently the only thing on the website is: "The Los Angeles Times Wiki is currently closed" (LAT Wiki)....
View ArticleWikitorial Post Mortem
The LA Times's 'wikitorial' experiment lasted but a few short hours. It was launched Friday morning (LA Times Wikitorial Experiment Begins). Was quite active for about two days (LA Times Wikitorials -...
View ArticleSF Gate Starts 'Culture Blog'
Citizen Paine notes that the SF Gate has started a 'Culture Blog' (SFGate Launches 'Culture Blog' ... No Comment(s) ... Yet). The mission for the blog? Culture Blog: The Skew on Arts and Culture from...
View ArticleA Loss of Order
Terry Heaton has another great essay on his Donata Communications website about the future of news journalism (TV News in a Postmodern World).There is one group who could slow this down, of course....
View ArticleA Handful of Wikitorial Posts
I've already done the Wikitorial Post Mortem. But here are a few more posts that might be of interest: Poynter : Screening Citizen Photos: How Careful Must We Be? JD on MX : LAT, Wikis, Trolls,...
View ArticleGive Michael Kinsley YOUR Answers
Radio Open Source will be interviewing LA Times Editorial and Opinion Editor Michael Kinsley this coming Wednesday, June 29 (Wikitorials). Among the topics, natch, will be wikitorials and Radio Open...
View ArticleOpen(x2) Letter to the Editors of the LA Times on Wikitorials
Ross Mayfield is sending an open letter to Michael Kinsley and the other editors of the LA Times tomorrow (Open Letter on Wikitorials). Bonus: the letter is open in more than one way. It will be...
View ArticleWKRN-TV Gets It, They Really Get It
Lostremote is reporting from Gnomedex about the future of media and Terry Heaton talks about what WKRN in Nashville is doing (The WKRN-TV 'Breakthrough'). Read the whole thing, but this really caught...
View ArticleTime Magazine: Then and Now
CJR Daily has a telling look at traditional journalism then and now (Abe Lincoln, a Terrorist in Training and, Yes, Jennifer Wilbanks):In the dog days of summer, newsmags are wont to turn to old news...
View ArticleExperiments in Newspaper/Blog Hybrids
The New York Times has a good summary of the many changes that are ongoing and coming up at the News & Record daily newspaper (Why Newspapers Are Betting on Audience Participation). In this world,...
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