Category: Mainstream Media

  • Consequences for not having a blogging policy

    All is not well at broadcaster CNN, if the story of Chez Pazienza is anything to go by. Pazienza, a producer on CNN’s American Morning TV show until last week, was fired for blogging. At least, that’s what it looked…

  • Ryanair’s PR disaster

    My post yesterday about Qtrax drew some comments disagreeing that it is the PR disaster I’d characterized it as. Whether it is or not (and I think it is), let’s try this one on for size. Today, budget Irish airline…

  • My week in media

    A meme started doing the rounds among some mainstream media types last August on what some people do and read online. I hadn’t seen it until a post by Drew Benvie included me among those he tagged. So in the…

  • Indicators of mobile web usage

    Some interesting posts and discussion on the BBC Internet blog centered around Linux and how open source the BBC is with regard to its sites and its content. What I found interesting are these stats included in Martin Bellam’s related…

  • Internet cat and mouse in Burma

    With a fast-moving current event such as what’s happening in Burma at the moment, real-time media such as TV and radio are the best way to keep up with events. Yet what’s happening as seen through the eyes of mainstream…