Comment is free: Can links kill?

Dan Kennedy on how the dispute over online linking between New York Times and GateHouse Media could determine online journalism's future. "What makes this battle especially dangerous is that the Times and GateHouse are struggling not just for advantage, but for their very survival." Full story...

Tags: Dan Kennedy, GateHouse Media, New York Times, Online Journalism, online linking, the New York Times Co, The Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd

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Social Media Journalist: ‘social search seems like a solution in search of a problem’ Howard Owens, Gatehouse Media, US

Journalism.co.uk talks to journalists across the globe about social media and how they see it changing their industry.

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Tags: basic infrastructure, blogs, Fairport, GateHouse Media, google, Howard Owens, mobile-based social media tools, New York, online newspapers, Publishing, San Diego County, Scott Karp, social media, Social Media Journalist, social network, social search, social search solving, Twitter, United States, US Journalism.co.uk

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Howard Owens offers guide (and prize) for ‘non-wired’ journos

Howard Owens, director of digital publishing at US company Gatehouse Media, has laid down a personal gauntlet to ‘non-wired journalists’ to encourage them to be more active online.

Listing the full details on his personal blog, Owens is offering a $100 Amazon voucher (around £50) to the first journalist to complete his internet assault course. The currently unofficiated hack must, amongst other things satisfy the following criteria:

• Get a small digital camera and start uploading photos and making videos
• Join a social networking site
• Learn to Twitter
• Use social bookmarking
• Set-up a blog

Financial incentives aside, Owen’s ten-step plan is straightforward and low-cost - a simple way to nudge even the most reluctant editorial staff into action.

Tags: digital camera, GateHouse Media, GBP, Howard Owens, internet assault course, social networking site, United States, USD

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