links for 2007-02-12

• Global Neighbourhoods: WeMedia: Dinosaurs & elephants
  Shel Israel on traditional news organizations and what ails them: "they are in love with the wrong aspects of their organization. "
  (tags: news journalism media blogs blogging wemedia)
• 香港獨立媒體: sina 侵犯國內 bloggers 的人權和言論自由
  你是 sina 用戶嗎? 也許是時候搬家了?!
  (tags: 言論自由 freespeech china censorship sina trust)
• John Battelle's Searchblog: Packaged Goods Media vs. Conversational Media, Part One (Updated)
  John Battelle explains the difference between "packaged goods media" and "conversational media" in the context of the media and news business. Important and thought-provoking post.
  (tags: journalism media news internet web2.0 newmedia innovation business)
• John Battelle's Searchblog: Packaged Goods Media v. Conversational Media: Part Two
  "The point is that people find the process of engaging in Conversational Media fulfilling in its own right. "
  (tags: newmedia web2.0 journalism news media ideas)
• Professor Yochai Benkler: The Wealth of Netwokrs: How U.S. Internet Policies Are Undermining Both Freedom and Growth.
  Transcript of a lecture given last year.
  (tags: internet law u.s.a. IP copyright benkler)
• Internet Archive: Details: Yochai Benkler: The Wealth of Networks
  Download video with slides from Benkler's talk here.
  (tags: benkler internet law ip copyright u.s.a. freespeech)
• …My heart’s in Accra » Pitchfork media, Tunisia, Tatooine and me
  Ethan asks: "is there more information availble in the sexy, Web 2.0 corners of the web about virtual worlds than there is about corners of the real world? ...I find it deeply odd that journalism is expanding into these illusory spaces while it’s shrink
  (tags: international journalism media web2.0 virtualworlds globalvoices)