Posts from March 12, 2008

David Card | March 12, 2008, 10:01 PM
So That's Journalism...
In a 1,100 word story about the alleged prostitute who brought down NY governor Eliot Spitzer, the NY Times' two bylined reporters (with help from three others) spend about 250 words on an interview with the subject and 425 quoting from her MySpace page. Three photos accompanying the story are...( more )

Michael Gartenberg | March 12, 2008, 08:12 PM
Twitter is not a chat room... or does it just feel that way some times
Dave Winer - "Twitter is not a chatroom." And yet, it sure feels like that at times. I've been twittering now for a few weeks and being part of that conversation has been a good experience and i plan to continue. But, there are times when it feels more like...( more )

Thomas Husson | March 12, 2008, 04:26 PM
"Litcast" ?!
This is the first time I come across this neologism. A 'litcast' is a short story written especially for mobile phones. "We are opening up new ways of distributing good literature," says Svein Henning Kirkeng, Division Director in Telenor. According to Telenor, "The First Time I Died" is the first...( more )

Doug Williams | March 12, 2008, 03:01 PM
Marketing Telco TV
Yesterday, Light Reading reported that AT&T claims 90 percent broadband penetration of its U-verse TV subscribers. This statistic highlights an important difference between how AT&T and Verizon are attacking the TV market with their new fiber-enhanced services. AT&T is focusing on acquiring the TV subscriber first and foremost, and hoping...( more )

Michael Gartenberg | March 12, 2008, 12:16 PM
100k iPhone SDKs already out there? Impressive
Impressive news from Apple, there are already more than 100,000 iPhone SDKs downloaded. This is super important because if even just a fraction of those downloads yield product, there's going to be a pretty complete catalog of applications available come June. Considering that iPhone wasn't a software platform as recently...( more )