“He is almost single-handedly destroying the American newspaper industry through this tool which is something called ‘Craig’s List’…. “The people really terrified of Craig Newmark are the New York Times.“
So says Alan Rusbridger, Editor of The Guardian, in his lecture Newspapers in the Age of Blogs, delivered March 16, 2006 in London. Here is the pdf of the lecture. About halfway through the lecture, Rusbridger talks about blogs, social websites, aggregators, crawlers, news sites and more.
Here is the Guardian’s answer to the blogosphere: CommentIsFree
This very interesting talk was recorded on University Channel, a website run by Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs. Participating universities worldwide contribute video and audio recordings of lectures by academics and professionals on topics which include Media, Politics, Economy, Health, Science, Society and more. We recommend a visit to the site.
A great feature of this website is you can download & listen to the audio or just read the text of the talk via pdf. (You can also scan the pdf to see if it’s worth “ear time”).
Enjoy!
