links for 2007-07-29

“KOS … plans to use WAP technology so people can have news sent straight to their mobile phones.”

Press Gazette web story sparks Jon Stewart item on New Zealand.

“I despise the internet. It’s irresponsible and, often, a net of hate. And I don’t have time for Blogopops. But here’s a tale of two gutless newspapers which explains why more and more people are Googling rather than turning pages.”

“Google hopes technology will be in place in September to stop the posting of copyright-infringing videos on its YouTube site…”

“Ofcom, the communications regulator, is preparing to auction three key pieces of the UK airwaves that will be left vacant after television’s digital switchover. At least two of those could be used for wireless broadband.”</p>

“Right, so now let’s take a look at the “citizen journalism” going on in the UK about the flooding…:” Not much, it seems…

Ryan Sholin says journalists are getting the Internet: “One problem. We forgot to bring the advertising department to the party.”

“Advertising in traditional media, whether newspapers, magazines, or TV, is all about selling a scare resource — space. The problem is that on the web there’s a nearly infinite amount of space.”

“This Saturday, I am setting off on a two-week long trip across the United States with a simple goal in mind: to only speak Spanish during the journey.”

“The Intelligence and Security Committee Report on Rendition was completed and sent to Brown in late June. On Wednesday, the prime minister sent it to Parliament, and it thus became a public document, but has been largely overlooked by the media.”

“Journalists aboard the helicopter of a local Fox channel, KSAZ, said the two aircraft had been flying below two others from Channel 12 News and KPHO, a CBS affiliate, when they collided.”

“It seems like there is an uncommonly high number of computer-assisted job openings at newspapers these days. (And by “uncommonly high” I mean “more than one.” It is a relatively small field, after all.)”

“the British national papers most likely to let weakness be their eventual newsprint demise are also the most vestigial when it comes to net presence…. “