Archive for November 2007

links for 2007-11-30

YouTube Disables Wael Abbas’s Account | MetaFilter Wael Abbas is an Egyptian blogger and anti-torture activist who recently won a journalism award for his documenting police brutality in Egypt, which led to the conviction of two police officers. (tags: egypt blogging free+speech youtube)

links for 2007-11-29

F..king idiot!: Gyngell explodes over Spiteri slur Nine Network boss David Gyngell has called his own news boss “a f…ing idiot” for telling dumped reporter Christine Spiteri she would be better off at SBS. (tags: australia tv+news) Future looking brighter Future Publishing returned to the black at the full-year after the magazine publisher jettisoned 50 [...]

links for 2007-11-28

The Top 20 Ways to Come Up With Amazing Ideas Coming up with ideas is a skill, actually, something that’s become easier with practice. (tags: advice blogging productivity inspiration)

links for 2007-11-24

Journo hit me: Newhouse Politcial fighting turned physical yesterday when journalist Caroline Overington was accused of punching Labor candidate George Newhouse in the head. (tags: journalism australia election)

links for 2007-11-23

Is Rupert Murdoch eyeing LinkedIn? Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is rumoured to be in takeover talks with LinkedIn, the professional networking site founded by Reid Hoffman. (tags: rupert+murdoch news+international myspace) The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos Have you ever watched a video with 100,000 views on YouTube and thought to yourself: “How the hell [...]