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Charging online readers for news content ready for extensive trial

donal brown February 4, 2010

More news outlets are ready to charge for online content now that software has been developed to expedite the process. Newsday, The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times already charge online readers. -db The New York Times February 2, 2010 By Richard Pérez-Peña Extracting payment from online readers has been called everything from the next great folly of print journalism to its salvation, but to get a glimpse of how it really looks, head

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China trip: Obama’s call for greater Internet freedom gets mixed reception

donal brown November 17, 2009

Chinese citizens were glad to hear U.S. President Barack Obama’s support for greater Internet freedom in China but were skeptical about the impact of his comments. The Chinese government censored the comments on the official news agency and deleted them from Web sites. -DB Radio Free Asia November 17, 2009 SHANGHAI — Chinese Internet users gave mixed reactions to calls from visiting U.S. President Barack Obama for freedom of information online during a town-hall meeting

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Free speech concerns arise with new guidelines on disclosing gifts from manufacturers to their internet bloggers

donal brown October 8, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission approved new guidelines this week requiring manufacturers and bloggers on their payroll to disclose exchanges of free merchandise. The guidelines do not apply to journalists. There are concerns that extending the guidelines to the social media may have undesirable effects in restricting free speech. -DB Media and Communications Law Society Suffolk University Law School Opinion October 8, 2009 By Denise Ouellet The Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday that it will now require

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Hard truth: Traditional journalism must innovate to survive in changing information climate

donal brown September 10, 2009

A fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society argues that the internet has killed off the mass media with many important benefits to a thriving democratic society. -DB Center for Internet and Society Commentary September 8, 2009 By Sarah Hinchliff Pearson Sometimes changes are so basic and world-changing that they can be difficult to recognize. Having just finished Losing the News by Alex S. Jones, I was reminded again just how difficult it seems

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