links for 2008-01-24
By William M. Hartnett on Jan 24, 2008 in daily links
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“Automattic, the commercial arm of the WordPress blog platform, has received $29.5 million in financing from four companies, including The New York Times Company.” Interesting. The NYT is really committing to open source.
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Others have said it, but I like this concise summary: “The departure of Jim O’Shea from the L.A. Times shouldn’t be construed as fighting the gallant battle for journalism. It was the battle for status quo and business as usual.”
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Three “local internet/hyperlocal web app ideas,” two seemingly quite easy, one theoretically not that much more difficult.
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Knight News Challenge grant winner EveryBlock launches in Chicago, New York and San Francisco. Will be interesting to watch, though I wonder how well the concept would work in a horizontal, suburban area like you see across most of Florida.
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“Salil Tripathi writes on the SAJA Forum that the Times of India - the largest English-language newspaper in the world - is taking equity stakes in some of its advertisers.” Sure, no ethical problems with that.
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“Stefan Krause, BMW’s boss of sales and marketing, has finally gone on record to confirm the rumours. The German carmaker thinks it might need a new ‘green’ brand.” Ha! How about a ‘green’ M3 that gets 35 mpg, generates 400 hp and costs under $30K?
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The Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville is looking for a new capital bureau chief.
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“English Premier League club Fulham announced Wednesday that it signed the 23-year-old forward following a hearing to obtain Johnson’s European work permit.” That makes five Americans for Fulham. If only they weren’t so terrible.
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“In the interests of saving as many jobs and as much quality journalism as possible, it’s time for journalists … to stop whining about the glories of yesteryear and start thinking of creative ways to make or save more money.”
