Year: 2004

Independent redesigns it’s site

The Independent newspaper has redesigned it’s web site. In a “statement”:http://news.independent.co.uk/media/story.jsp?story=575993 on the site today, the newspaper explained that out of all the media, it is even more important for web sites to “evolve to match changing news flows and expectations.” It’s an interesting redesign, very “clean” and slightly reminds me of the International Herald Tribune. As the Guardian is rumoured to be in the early stages of planning a

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US voters used net, cable and talk radio to inform their choice

Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee who runs the instapundit US political blog says: “Thanks to the internet, cable news channels and talk radio, media bias is easier to spot and easier for people to bypass. This not only changes views, but prevents the formation of a phoney consensus – what experts call “preference falsification” – resulting from widespread, and unified, media bias. “It’s because of

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Media catches up with online

Everywhere new media appears to be having an effect which the old media doesn’t seem capable of keeping up with. Blogs Send Stocks Into Reverse was a headline today on Reuters, after the markets suddenly realised that “chatter on the Internet speculated that early exit polls had Sen. John Kerry leading the presidential election in key swing states.” As Nick Denton notes: “In an internet era, it’s impossible to maintain

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Dotcom-era analyst hypes blogs. Be afraid.

“If there are hundreds or thousands of thought leaders and motivated, interested parties on the Internet with the ability to publish news or insights into any number of local or global issues, then it is safe to say that these blogs often become both the first source of news, a vital proving ground for authors and a source of potential community for other interested parties. For example, you’re probably going

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