April, 2009 Archive

April 29th

Collaboration can’t cure #swineflu, but it can fight filter failure

by Ryan Sholin  |   View Comments

Perhaps you’ve noticed a bit of activity online the last few days related to a certain not-quite-pandemic bug that’s going around.
Swine Flu.
Or, to put it in microblogging terms, #swineflu.
The wonderful thing about the ease of communication online is that anyone can start a discussion, carry it on, pass along information, retweet it, forward an e-mail, [...]

April 23rd

Joining Publish2: Ryan Sholin, Greg Linch and Howard Weaver

by Scott Karp  |   View Comments

Today we’re announcing three major additions to the Publish2 team — journalists whose stellar reputations speak for themselves:

Ryan Sholin joins us next week as Director of News Innovation.
Greg Linch is the winner of the Publish2 Future of Journalism Contest and will join us in the fall as our Producer.
Howard Weaver has joined our Board of [...]

April 11th

How Google Stole Control Over Content Distribution By Stealing Links

by Scott Karp  |   View Comments

There is so much misunderstanding flying around about the economics of content on the web and the role of Google in the web’s content economy that it’s making my head hurt. So let’s see if we can straighten things out.
Google isn’t stealing content from newspapers and other media companies. It’s stealing their control over distribution, [...]

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