The Failure of We (the) Media
“The problem is that the hopes that Dan Gillmor raised for the media industry in his book — which kicked off this whole business — have largely failed.” Yea, that’s a real bummer. Nothing says ‘citizen media movement’ like holding a conference and charging $1,200 for it. Seriously, full time ‘social media consultants’ sometime seem like monorail salesman traveling from paper to paper.

Norwegian newspaper publisher finds the secret to profiting online (via viseds.com)
“‘Internet sites start without a lot of the legacy costs of papers,’ Dag Sletmo, an Oslo-based analyst at Kaupthing said. Schibsted can afford to lose some advertising from the print newspapers and still make more money, he said, simply because profit margins are much higher on the Internet. An online classified generates only about 30 percent as much revenue for Schibsted as the equivalent print ad, he estimates, but provides 65 percent higher profit.”

Newspapers moving to the same place
Robinson boils it down like only an editor can. “Newspapers moving to the same place Atlanta, Dayton, Knoxville, Gannett. We’re pretty much all doing the same things. Among them: * Putting readers — knowing them, interacting with them, learning from them — first in everything…” (Read more at his place)

Journawiki – A wiki about journalism
Ah-hah! I knew someone was bound to do this. I pitched the idea to Poynter back in September (I figured they would be around forever and could get it out in front of lots of journalists to make it a viable resource). This one’s not exactly what I was envisioning but it should be interesting to watch grow.

Restoring the Everglades
Interesting package from TBO.com with a floaty Flash nav. Nice detail on the alligator that blinks!
Why is local TV so far behind in video?
More on how newspapers are spanking TV in online video.

Fear Will Keep the Local Papers in Line
Check out this humorous, HUMONGOUS LA Times section from the SND contest judging going on in Syracuse this past weekend. More from SND’s 28th Best Newspaper Design competition in Syracuse, New York.

Live Earth: The Concert for a Climate in Distress
Cameron Diaz and Al Gore announce 24 hour concert in July for Climate Change or something… Gore must have sold his Google stock or is trying that rock-concert-for-re-election thing. I dunno how to feel about this… I support the cause, but … it’s hard to be progressive sometimes.