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Reason enough for Murdoch’s takeover of BSkyB to be blocked
There has been no mention of the many victims of hacking who have started legal actions against its parent company, News International. via guardian.co.uk This straight-to-the-point piece by Roy Greenslade shows just how obviously the Murdoch bias runs through News International. He promised The Times would remain balance when he bought that. Now he’s promising…
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Neat app idea: product-specific offer subscriptions nearby
Having recently run out of my beloved Strongbow (yes, I do appreciate real cider too, don’t worry) I wondered if any of the six supermarkets in Lichfield had an offer on a big box of 24 (my preffered way of buying the ‘bow). Wouldn’t it be nice to scan one into my phone and subscribe…
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RSS feeds for everything with WordPress
Did you know that WordPress provides tons of RSS feeds? Just plonk /feed onto the end of any WordPress URL and you’ll get a RSS feed! Here’s some examples… There’s the main posts RSS of course: http://journallocal.co.uk/feed …and the comments feed: http://journallocal.co.uk/comments/feed/ Then you have per-category or per-tag feeds like so; http://journallocal.co.uk/category/events/feed http://journallocal.co.uk/tag/hyperlocal/feed Put /feed on…
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Business: stop forgetting your Twitter handle!
Twice this weekend I’ve been into restaurants that have proudly displayed Twitter and Facebook logos on their menus. What they failed to do was to include their Twitter handle or Facebook URL leaving me guessing when leaving positive reviews for my folllowers. A missed opportunity for both.
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National advertisers and hyperlocals could fit very well together but only if they both up their game
It may not be the most obvious fit but if national advertisers get smart they could potentially benefit from over 300 hundred highly targeted advertising environments, and if they want to become sustainable hyperlocals need to look to the likes of Sainsbury’s to help them achieve that. This is not new ground for me, if…
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Stop bashing the BBC!
Hooper: there’s a cloud over the BBC: has been too successful in too many areas, perhaps damaging local media industries #frontlineclub via twitter.com That’s a tweet from Heather Christie who was live-blogging the #frontlineclub last night. I wanted to point it out because I think Hooper is wrong to say the BBC has been “too…
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Video: Amateur photographer arrested & how we now have to arm ourselves against the Police
via guardian.co.uk This video demonstrates how easy it is to be arrested for doing something that most people would consider a completely innocent activity; that of taking photographs in public. It especially resonates with me having been on outings for The Lichfield Blog where either I or semi-professional photographer, Nick Brickett have taken photos of…
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Getting clever with digital advertising is they key to making online pay for local media…
BookArmy – though it avoids saying so – is an offshoot of Harper Collins. The two enterprises point in completely different directions. As it was explained to me, the point of BookArmy is to get as many avid book readers engaged as possible and learn as much as possible about their likes and dislikes. At…
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Great for @4iP! “The remit of Channel 4 will also be updated … including the web”
The remit of Channel 4 will also be updated so that it includes the provision of public service content on all media platforms, including the web via guardian.co.uk This was posted via web from Philip’s posterous