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links for 2011-01-31

• The Future of the BBC World Service | Richard Sambrook The World At Large
  My take on the World Service : http://bit.ly/eEWrIG
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• BBC World Service | Radio Frequency Guide
  RT @BBCPhilippaT: Please RT @BBCNewshour: SW frequencies in the Middle East: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/in ...
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• BBC - Adam Curtis Blog
  Highly Recommended: BBC Documentary maker Adam Curtis's blog The Medium and the Message http://tinyurl.com/l7ew9n
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• BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: RUPERT MURDOCH - A PORTRAIT OF SATAN
  Adam Curtis traces rise of Murdoch through the BBC archive
  (tags: adamcurtis murdoch newscorp bbc sun fox)

links for 2011-01-30

• Dominic Lawson: The curse of the 24-hour news agenda - Dominic Lawson, Commentators - The Independent
  if you get the results right over the long term, you will earn the public's respect. If you don't, then no amount of ingratiation with the media will preserve you from the public's scorn.
  (tags: dlawson independent news journalism 24hour UK politics spin blair acampbell cameron brown)

links for 2011-01-29

• Generations 2010: What different generations do online | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
  An at-a-glace guide to different generations' online activities: http://pewrsr.ch/gC3sLd – Pew Internet (Pew_Internet) http://twitter.com/Pew_Internet/status/31069726528507904
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• foursquare
  I'm at Cameron & Swan http://4sq.com/faE2nS
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links for 2011-01-28

• Uganda: Gay Rights Activist Found Murdered · Global Voices
  RT @EthanZ: Reflections on slaying of gay man in Uganda from local, global community on @globalvoices: http://bit.ly/ft5hRH
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• A special post for Holocaust Memorial Day | Stefan Stern on Management
  Colleague @stefanstern on Holocaust Memorial Day: http://bit.ly/eoc2uS
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links for 2011-01-27

• Bill Keller on Wikileaks and the New York Times
  Exec Ed of New York Times tells the story behind their coverage of wikileaks
  (tags: NYT wikileaks guardian iraq transparency globalaffairs)
• Facebook and Twitter targeted by Egyptian authorities – George Brock Blog
  Social media, Egypt and verification http://bit.ly/emAD9d #egypt #tunisia #jan25 – George Brock (georgeprof) http://twitter.com/georgeprof/status/30308932165566464
  (tags: tunisia egypt via:packrati.us jan25)

links for 2011-01-26

• BBC World Service cuts will cost it 30m listeners worldwide | Media | guardian.co.uk
  Details of the WOrld Service cuts: http://tinyurl.com/679dwdx
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• The World Service can survive these cuts - Telegraph
  Mark Thompson in the Telegraph on World Service cuts: http://bit.ly/gBedcr
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links for 2011-01-25

• Andreas Whittam Smith: Cameron is guilty of moral blindness - Andreas Whittam Smith, Commentators - The Independent
  Searing piece on moral blindness over Murdoch by Andreas Whittam Smith http://ind.pn/eivIPc #coulson – alan rusbridger (arusbridger) http://twitter.com/arusbridger/status/29832937516040192
  (tags: coulson via:packrati.us)
• Jeremy Hunt's move to delay referral of Murdoch's Newscorp of BSkyB is a 'brave' decision? Where will it end? New blog: http://is.gd/OwPymi
  Jeremy Hunt's move to delay referral of Murdoch's Newscorp of BSkyB is a 'brave' decision? Where will it end? New blog: http://is.gd/OwPymi – Charlie Beckett (CharlieBeckett) http://twitter.com/CharlieBeckett/status/29837074894946304
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• BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Hollywood, The Sequel
  v interesting documentary on demise of Hollywood because of digital technologies (@bbcradio4): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xpnz4 – Aleks Krotoski (aleksk) http://twitter.com/aleksk/status/29830287579942914
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• BBC News - Hackers and hippies: The origins of social networking
  Hackers and hippies - the origins of social networking, from the BBC news website. http://fb.me/E8YNKD5p – Rory Cellan-Jones (ruskin147) http://twitter.com/ruskin147/status/29818226061877249
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• Ofcom | Public Interest Test
  RT @Ofcom: Ofcom’s public interest report into News Corp’s proposed acquisition of Sky is now published: http://tinyurl.com/6l3ykk9
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• FT.com / Global Economy - US public loses faith in business
  RT @citizenrobert: Getting ready to launch 2011 Edelman Trust Barometer http://tinyurl.com/6c6l8ha #Trust2011
  (tags: Trust2011 via:packrati.us)

links for 2011-01-24

• TwitLonger: RT @lucykellaway: I was sitting on a train coming back to London after a board meeting in Cardiff. L
  RT @lucykellaway: I was sitting on a train coming back to London after a board meeting in Cardiff. Life felt (cont) http://tl.gd/8be7sm
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links for 2011-01-21

• Steve Jobs: How to live before you die | Video on TED.com
  Steve Jobs on how to live before you die....
  (tags: apple stevejobs stanford ted)
• Chinese diplomacy | Richard Sambrook The World At Large
  Me and President Hu http://bit.ly/gzfWSl
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• Daniel Pearl - full report.
  Publicintegrity.org report into the Daniel Pearl kidnap and murder.
  (tags: danielpearl insi safety cpj WST pakistan journalist publicintegrity)

links for 2011-01-20

• The Social Side of the Internet | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
  The Social Side of the Internet | Pew Research Center http://bit.ly/flFXBX ... new data (US based) on an old chestnut – BBC CoJo (BBCCollege) http://twitter.com/BBCCollege/status/27455288244183040
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• MediaShift Idea Lab . Which Metrics Matter for Measuring User Engagement? | PBS
  MediaShift Idea Lab . Which Metrics Matter for Measuring User Engagement? | PBS http://to.pbs.org/eVDds4 – BBC CoJo (BBCCollege) http://twitter.com/BBCCollege/status/27459780670914560
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• A Special Report on the Media and the Tucson Shooting | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
  A Special Report on the Media and the Tucson Shooting | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) http://bit.ly/edLTqz – BBC CoJo (BBCCollege) http://twitter.com/BBCCollege/status/27854751823568898
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• BBC | BBC College of Journalism Blog - Finding the audience on Facebook
  New film: how BBC newsroom uses Facebook and other new media http://bbc.in/eNsHFs – BBC CoJo (BBCCollege) http://twitter.com/BBCCollege/status/28069453459619842
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• Log In - The New York Times
  WH dinner thrown by one Nobel laureate in honor of man who jailed the next. @NickKristof on China/US relationship. http://nyti.ms/dP8Xhe – Jon Williams (WilliamsJon) http://twitter.com/WilliamsJon/status/28032788405952512
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• The top-500-analysts Daily
  The top-500-analysts Daily is out! http://bit.ly/eQGqsz ▸ Top stories today by @rmogull @chris_gaun – Jonny Bentwood (JonnyBentwood) http://twitter.com/JonnyBentwood/status/28034769790963712
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• MediaShift Idea Lab . A Brief History of Newsgames: Combining News + Videogames | PBS
  The newsgames project, which this year won a News Challenge grant, began two and a half years ago with a single question: What is the relationship between videogames and journalism? With the help of the two dozen fellow students at Georgia Tech who've joined us over the past five semesters, we identified and explored seven categories of newsgames on our class blog and in our book, "Newsgames: Journalism at Play". 
  (tags: gamification games journalism culture news education digital media)
• MediaShift Idea Lab . How Can We 'Gamify' the News Experience? | PBS
  One of the biggest emerging conversations over the past year in Silicon Valley is around "gamification." Simply put, this is the idea of applying game mechanics, particularly those found in videogames, to all sorts of non-game experiences.
  (tags: gamification games digital media news)
• The FactCheck Blog - How big is the deficit, and the debt?
  The FactCheck Blog - How big is the deficit, and the debt? http://bit.ly/hoywnp – rhonaparry (rhonaparry) http://twitter.com/rhonaparry/status/24943064422293504
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