"MySpace declined to comment on where Reid is going or who will take over the role."

"Myna, a free online audio tool from the makers of reader favorite image editor Phoenix, lets pretty much anyone jump into recording, arranging, and mixing audio tracks for quickie soundtracks, or just for the fun of it."

"In 2008, the Oriella PR Network undertook a survey of over 350 journalists across Europe to determine what impact the advent of the Internet and widely-available broadband had had on the world of journalism. One year on, we looked to see if journalists have acclimatised further to their digital environments and whether they are under more or less pressure due to the current economic turbulence."

"We would shy away from stories that seemed to require a years-long familiarity with the news and incline instead toward ephemeral stories that didn’t take much background to understand—crime news, sports updates, celebrity gossip. This approach gave us plenty to talk about with friends, but I sensed it left us deprived of a broader understanding of a range of important issues that affect us without our knowing."

– Organize, monitor, follow and share over 100 social sites.
– Watch videos, pics and Tweets and other posts in a single interface.

"The as yet un-named digital production company will aim to combine the "traditional genre of television production with the reach, power and engagement of social media"."

News International has rebuffed an approach to buy its freesheet the London Paper, which publishes its final edition on Friday.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation last night announced that it was suing two of the firms in Silvio Berlusconi's media empire, accusing them of refusing to let satellite broadcaster Sky Italia advertise on the Italian prime minister's terrestrial network.

"Existing defamation law needs to be updated so it is fit for the modern age, and it is important we listen to views on the best way to achieve this", said Jack Straw, the secretary of state for justice. "Freedom to hold and express opinions is a right that is vital to democracy."

Basically, this is an industry in decline since the beginning of the 1990s. In terms of job loss, the newspaper industry looks remarkably like manufacturing.

"Somehow you goons have based an entire business on making people pay for —- they don’t want. Well done. Our business model is based on building the best ——- search engine on the planet so that people get what they do want. And you morons wonder why our business is booming and yours is going to hell."

"It will take years for media to figure out exactly the right digital business model. But the recession may have played its part in guiding the search."

"…the 2002-2004 recovery never reached the peak of two recoveries ago, in 1988, when real ad dollars hit $56.8 billion. Recall, this year ads are projected at just $31.6 billion—if they’re lucky—a 44 percent decline from twenty-one years ago.
That folks, is secular decline, and the vast majority of those dollars are not coming back."

I like his sentiment, but he has got his facts a little muddled.

"Their point was that by relying on community correspondents to cover grass roots parish pump news, you are cutting reporters off from the contacts they need to get to grips with their patch. My counter was that by enlisting people to write them themselves, they become colleagues rather than contacts, and surely that's an even more valuable relationship?"