links for 2006-11-14

I won’t join the assault on Peter Scheer’s wacky idea to keep news secret to protect newspapers — Mathew Ingram has already rounded up all the relevant abuse.

“When [Richard Desmond's newspapers, the Express and the Star] die I just hope no one suggests they are victims of the rise of the internet. Newspapers can still die because they are crap.”

“In the rush to the Internet is anyone thinking of how to make long form journalism even more appealing to audiences?”

Backfence chief exec Susan DeFife says the hyperlocal web site model is working. Ten per cent of people in its coverage areas have used the sites and 1 per cent have posted to them.

What are the legal implications, particularly for privacy, of the ubiquity of camera phones?

Blogs are built to capitalize on the power of the Long Tail. First, you need to focus your blog on the segment of the conversation you care passionately about – and stick to it.

Just as blogs are not a publishing strategy, the web is not just another edition of a traditional publication. The web is about being timely, useful, interactive and entertaining, says Steve Yelvington.