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Hello News Media, Why do you do this everytime?

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:13:26 +0000

There was an instablog newslink that loudly announced “Indian American jailed for stealing 9/11 funds” and the link lead to the original news item from thaindian.com which had as its RSS feed for comments as “on Indian American...

iPhone 3G to be in very short supply for weeks carrier Register Hardware

Mark Taylor — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:10:26 +0000

O2 has blamed Apple for the “disappointing and frustrating experience” many would-be iPhone 3G owners had to put up with when the carrier began taking advance orders for the handset this...

First Reviews Of The Apple iPhone 3G Podcasting News

Mark Taylor — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:59:59 +0000

First reviews of Apple’s iPhone 3G are getting published by Apple’s traditional press partners, and they are, to no surprise, generally favourable:

India ranked 120 in Worldwide Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters without Borders.

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:03:54 +0000

Is there any basis for this low rank ? India is shown way below Iceland (1), Lithuania (23), Bosnia and Herzegovina (34), UAE (48) and Lebanon (98). The article is as below: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007 Eritrea comes last,...

Is Associated Press justified in protecting free use of its content by New Media?

View Point — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:43:34 +0000

The Associated Press has revived the Old Media-New Media fight by trying to draw a line between reference and reproduction. The 162-year-old news service created ripples, not for the first time, last week by legally demanding the Drudge Retort...

Blogging New Media Workshop, India Habitat Centre(2830 June ‘08)

Ashish — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:16:22 +0000

The Indian Blog & New Media Society invites you for a 3 day blogging & new media workshop in Delhi. Follow the link to learn more..

New Media: Are we difference makers just by accident?

Sameer Kumar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:18:00 +0000

Is the modern media really a difference maker or is it just another profession, which is claiming a moral high ground that does not exist? I have seen in the last month issues ranging from Tibet to Indian Hockey right here on Insta and also else...

Is New Media poised to take over the entertainment industry?

Pankaj — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:19:22 +0000

# Ongoing Writers’ strike over their share of potential profits from programming on the Internet and other new media is acting as a catalyst in the shift of live action television and films to New Media. # Tech has facilitated artists to...

Tapping Citizen Journalists through Instablogs Newsroom

Vikas Shekhawat — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:40:28 +0000

One of the main advantages of the digital age is that there are tools available, which facilitate the collaboration of thoughts, opinion and promote discussion at all levels and on various platforms. Many organizations are doing and have done...

Citizen journalism at crosshairs: Bans, lockups rising, need of an own organization questioned

Vikas Shekhawat — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:49:55 +0000

The latest hypocritical law passed by French Constitutional Council criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists in the name of curbing the phenomenon of ‘happy slapping’. In...