Modern Voices

Web Trumphs TV for Palin Interview

"ABC News' Charlie Gibson landed the biggest get of this presidential cycle, but he didn't reap all the benefits on the Web. More people have watched clips of Gibson's interview on YouTube (2,821,305) than on ABCNews.com (600,000)."

-- Silicon Valley Insider story

Ordering Lunch Could be Top Secret

“A lot of things are not things that you would put on a traditional Web site. If someone directed a desk officer to create an article, it would not be about how to order lunch. That might seem trivial — but getting food into the main State Department building is not an easy task.”

-- Eric M. Johnson, U.S. State Department, Office of eDiplomacy
regarding Diplopedia, the department's internal wiki

AP Resetting Fair Use Rules?

“We are not trying to sue bloggers. That would be the rough equivalent of suing grandma and the kids for stealing music. That is not what we are trying to do.”

--Jim Kennedy, vice president and strategy director, The A.P.
referencing backlash from A.P.'s "heavy-handed" treatment of the Drudge Retort.  A.P.'s execs are rethinking it's policies.  Will someone hire them a consultant, please?

More Americans Using Internet in Political Process

Americans are using the Internet to partake in the political process:  11% forwarded or posted someone's commentary about the race; 5% posted their own analysis; 6% donated money to a candidate or campaign compared to 2% in 2004.

"No candidate in 2008 has benefited more from this upwelling of online activism--or done more to harness it--than Barack Obama. Simply put, Democrats and Obama backers are more in evidence on the Internet than backers of other candidates or parties."

-- The Internet and the 2008 Election, Pew Internet and American Life Project

The Internet Provides Unfiltered Campaign Info - Pew Study Finds

Nearly 40% of the population is turning to the Web to access "unfiltered" campaign materials, including video of candidate debates, speeches and announcements, and position papers and speech transcripts.

"In the pre-Internet days, the centerpiece of any campaign was press relations, and candidates depended on mainstream news reporters as gatekeepers. Now, they have a chance to have their story consumed unfiltered by people who are really into the campaign."

-- The Internet and the 2008 Election, Pew Internet and American Life Project

Not Getting Today's Media Environment Makes You a Silent Screen Stars

"It's like the Clintons, both of them, had sort of a 'Sunset Boulevard' thing going on. They were silent screen stars who couldn't make the transition to talkies."

-- Michael Cornfeld, professor and new media analyst, George Washington University

Time Should Have Broken Clinton RFK Comments

"Hillary Clinton's comments about RFK’s assassination should’ve been broken by Time magazine. She said it to Time already, but it was the [Sioux Falls] Argus Leader that had it on video."

-- Tammy Haddad, video producer, Newsweek

 

The Internet Success Formula for Magazine

"The Internet is a great contributor to TW's popularity and success. As the Internet helps to facilitate the voicing of thousands of diverse perspectives from all over the globe, TW's role as curator of these perspectives, in a concise package, becomes more and more vital to thought leaders."

--Jed Hartman, Publisher, The Week

(TW is a compilation of news from outside sources packaged and analyzed by founding U.S. editor-in-chief (2001) Bill Falk and his staff.)

Cutting Off People's Toes Not a Good Copyright Protection Plan

"We just generally didn't like the whole tenor of, 'Oh, my God, we need to cut off people's toes' if they commit copyright infringement"

--Gigi B. Sohn, president of Public Knowledge
reaction to anti piracy bill passed by US House, which Public Knowledge assisted in toning down draconian elements of bill.

Blogs Reconnecting Academics to Mainstream Discourse

"Self-publishing on the web, whether through blogs or by posting articles in web-journals, is rapidly eclipsing traditional academic venues in its ability to serve the public and popularize knowledge. For example, I have an impact on policy making in Washington and capitals across the globe through my blog, which has close to 2,000 readers a day. Many of my readers are from a blue-chip list of policy wonks who have email tags from the leading think tanks and government agencies. Moreover scores of journalists are reading my site every day. I speak to at least 10 journalists a week, who use me and my site for story ideas, background information, and contacts. I was quoted in over 1,000 articles last year while living in Damascus. Web-publishing and blogging is reconnecting academics to main-stream intellectual discourse."

--oshua Landis,assistant professor, University of Oklahoma

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