Reader Tom Kelley forwarded what sounds like good news for auto journalists. It is Erik Sherman’s BNet report that Google is going to tag content creators – a way to identify content with who created it. Sherman notes that as authors become known and attract followings, it could change the balance of power between those… Continue Reading
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Road Signs: Behind The Numbers
Behind The Numbers Edmunds.com points to the past decade’s uptick in traffic deaths involving older drivers as a concern to be addressed at its national safety conference in Washington DC. May 24. Sean Kane disagrees and defends his “auto safety” territory in The Safety Report Blog. It may also keep senior drivers free of unwarranted… Continue Reading
Involuntary Content Personalization, Dangerous?
The Newspaper Guild is calling on unpaid writers of The Huffington Post to withhold their work in support of a strike launched by Visual Art Source in response to the company’s unfair labor practices. In addition, the Guild is asking its members and all supporters of fair and equitable compensation for journalists to join in… Continue Reading
Information Everywhere, What About Innovation?
“Every night around the world, Google ruins countless dinner parties,” David Koretz observes in opening his MediaPost column titled, “I Has Seen the Future – And We Is Dumb.” He asks, in a world “where every argument is a Google search away from being finished,” “you can’t get lost,” “you don’t have to remember phone… Continue Reading
Are Bandwidth Costs Eliminating Print to Digital Savings?
All those paper, ink and distribution costs saved by digital apps disappear before they reach a magazine publisher’s pocket, according to David Link, creative director of a design firm, The Wonderfactory. Jeff Bercovi, writing for Forbes, reports that Link told him the problem is bandwidth. And, even when bandwidth costs come down, app-based publishing, like… Continue Reading