links for 2007-07-27

• From print to Web: The Washington Post goes digital - August 6, 2007
  "Newspapers are dying. At the Washington Post Co., CEO Donald Graham is banking on the Internet to save serious journalism. If he can't figure this out, nobody can."
  (tags: internet media newspapers newmedia business)
• How Madison Avenue Is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life
  "The Internet will eventually be full of such 3-D environments; Second Life might even be one of them. But in the meantime, it's just slurping up corporate dollars and delivering little in return."
  (tags: secondlife virtualworlds business)
• With Tools on Web, Amateurs Reshape Mapmaking - New York Times
  "companies have created the tools that are allowing people with minimal technical skills to do what only professional mapmakers were able to do before."
  (tags: maps tools google yahoo! googlemaps newmedia citizenmedia internet)
• Bad News Tests China's Propaganda Arm - washingtonpost.com
  "President Allows Some Criticism as Officials Scold Reporters Over Negative Stories"
  (tags: china propaganda freespeech journalism news censorship media regulation)
• Report warns against many Internet rules
  "It is important ... that 'governance' must not be allowed to become a code word for government regulation of Internet content"
  (tags: internet censorship freespeech oni europe netgovernance)