links for 2007-03-25

• MediaShift . Doomsayers Debunked::Serious Journalism Won't Die as Newsprint Fades | PBS
  "Rather than looking at ways of trying to squeeze out more money by charging for content online or creating a consortium, journalists should start opening themselves up to new ways of newsgathering, hybrid pro-am efforts, and get readers involved. If they
  (tags: journalism newspapers journalism2.0 newmedia blogs blogging web2.0 news)
• Chinese Government Forbids Media Reporting of The "Nailhouse" Story（UPDATED） :: China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代
  "All domestic print press have received urgent notices from the State Council Information Office at 1:30 pm, March 24, no more reporting and commenting on the "nailhouse" event. "
  (tags: china internet chineseinternetresearch blogs blogging freespeech politics property propaganda censorship)
• Baidu.jp is so Naughty!
  Letters from China points out that Baidu's Japan service is uncensored, which probably explains why 70% of its traffic comes from China...
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch baidu search censorship freespeech)
• The War Against Google
  "Fearful of the growing dominance of Google, some of the country's most powerful media companies are seeking to rein in the digital giant." (hat tip to Roland)
  (tags: google copyright newmedia law)
• Will porn get Baidu Japan blocked in China?
  "The reason Baidu Japan has so many Chinese users can only be that they're looking for stuff they can't find on Baidu's Chinese site."
  (tags: baidu search internet chineseinternetresearch censorship freespeech)
• ICE: Internet Censorship Explorer » 30,000 Internet Police in China Myth, Please Not Again!
  "reporting rumor as fact is not the way to go about this. It doesn’t help people better understand what is really going on in China, but it does re-enforce a climate of self-censorship in China."
  (tags: china internet chineseinternetresearch censorship surveillance)