A bittersweet end of an era arrived today for those of us who recall the salad days of the CyberWire Dispatch, a periodic no-holds-barred, occasionally gonzo-journalism-style email missive that took aim at the political establishment and corporate powers that be. The muckraking CWD reached its zenith in the mid- to late ’90s, accumulating a readership […]
The top year-end lists
The Christian Science Monitor serves up the most interesting websites of 2003. And for the ultimate aggregation of 2003 lists, Fimoculous.com has gathered more than 300 year-enders into 23 categories and placed them all on a single page. Entries include: • Independent Press Awards from Utne Reader • The P.U.-Litzer Prizes for 2003 from AlterNet.org […]
Auletta looks inside the business of news
Penguin Group USA has a Q&A with the profoundly wise Ken Auletta, author of the new book Backstory: Inside the Business of News. He says, “Increasingly, journalistic divisions are part of giant companies who demand profit margins … that often war with good journalism.” He’s right. Thanks to IWantMedia for the pointer.
Wi-fi hotspots will blossom in ’04
Glenn F. looks back at the highlights of 2003 and offers some predictions for the new year in his Wi-Fi Networking News blog, which I’ve finally blogrolled (under Tech) at the left. “What will 2004 bring? More security, higher cell data rates, and the final blossoming of hotspots in public spaces.”
101 ways to save the Internet
Paul Boutin offers 101 ways to save the Internet in the January 2004 issue of Wired magazine.