Monday, August 29, 2005
CBC XXXVII: Blog war notes August 29
Look what PBS announced
Management has decided on its message track on the podcasting now going on and the plans for the future podcasts and news site to come later this week. They're saying it doesn't matter. Me thinks they play down too much.
Podcasting doesn't matter, eh? Look what PBS has just announced (other blogs say the announcement was today but there is no date on the release.) It's called NerdTV.
Later on in the news release PBS says:
And who are the flexible people doing it here? Ahhh three guesses????
One pop from Poynter
After I posted my note last night asking why the Poynter Institute hadn't covered the lockout and especially the stories that emerged last week, there was one link today on their news page, on the right hand column, where the lesser stories go, linking to the Globe and Mail about the poll if people had missed the CBC.
I also received e-mail from people both in Canada and the United States saying they had e-mailed Jim Romensko about the lockout, the podcasting and the blogs. (I sent an e-mail the moment the CBC.ca story that we were going to be locked out was posted).
This is not a case of pressuring someone to cover a story. After all it is being covered elsewhere. I and the people who wrote to me are genuinely mystified why it is being ignored by an outfit like Poynter.
Breaching the wall and finding Doyle
I also recieved a number of e-mails from people who like to read John Doyle. Turns out that Google News breaches the Globe and Mail pay wall. Simply Google John Doyle and Globe and Mail. You go folks!
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8:29 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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Management has decided on its message track on the podcasting now going on and the plans for the future podcasts and news site to come later this week. They're saying it doesn't matter. Me thinks they play down too much.
Podcasting doesn't matter, eh? Look what PBS has just announced (other blogs say the announcement was today but there is no date on the release.) It's called NerdTV.
Beginning Sept. 6, PBS will make available - exclusively over the Internet - broadcast television's first entirely downloadable series, featuring PBS technology columnist and industry insider Robert X. Cringely's interviews with personalities from the ever-changing world of technology.
Later on in the news release PBS says:
Cringely noted, "With more than half of American homes with Internet access now using broadband, computer video - especially downloaded computer video - has become a viable but still little-used option for TV distribution. The strength of this new medium can be found in how it serves niche audiences. This is where Internet distribution shines.
And who are the flexible people doing it here? Ahhh three guesses????
One pop from Poynter
After I posted my note last night asking why the Poynter Institute hadn't covered the lockout and especially the stories that emerged last week, there was one link today on their news page, on the right hand column, where the lesser stories go, linking to the Globe and Mail about the poll if people had missed the CBC.
I also received e-mail from people both in Canada and the United States saying they had e-mailed Jim Romensko about the lockout, the podcasting and the blogs. (I sent an e-mail the moment the CBC.ca story that we were going to be locked out was posted).
This is not a case of pressuring someone to cover a story. After all it is being covered elsewhere. I and the people who wrote to me are genuinely mystified why it is being ignored by an outfit like Poynter.
Breaching the wall and finding Doyle
I also recieved a number of e-mails from people who like to read John Doyle. Turns out that Google News breaches the Globe and Mail pay wall. Simply Google John Doyle and Globe and Mail. You go folks!
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writing, journalism, CBC, blog, news, lockout
8:29 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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