links for 2007-08-20

“It seems obvious that “regional” is bigger than “local,” and “local” is bigger than “hyperlocal.” It’s not so clear where the lines are.”

Alan Rusbridger: “I don’t think either [iPhone or iRex] represents the iPod moment for newspapers. But it feels to me as if it won’t be too long before there is a relatively mass market device on which reading a newspaper (and watching it and listening to

“Just over a year ago, AOL unveiled a radical plan to remake itself into a business built on advertising from one driven by Internet access subscriptions. … A] precipitous slowdown in advertising growth has raised new questions about AOL’s transformat

Michael Wolff, the media columnist for Vanity Fair, landed an advance in the high six figures from Doubleday for a biography of Rupert Murdoch.

“Richard Cullen of SurfControl, an internet filtering company, estimates [Facebook] may be costing Australian businesses $5 billion a year.”

Michael Skube makes an arguement we’ve all heard before: “The hard-line opinions on weblogs are no substitute for the patient fact-finding of reporters.” Yawn.

Jay Rosen can’t take it anymore. He tells Michael Skube “Retire, man. I’m serious. You’re an embarrassment to my profession, to the university where you teach, and to the craft of reporting you claim to defend.” Wow.