I've just got back from a trip to Brussels. My head's abuzz with ideas. There was a lot of catching up to do on Google Reader when I got back though.
So what's been happening? Well - Rebooting the News has got itself a domain name http://rebootnews.com/. As I've said before, it's well worth a listen; challenging, engaging and entertaining.
There's also been a meeting of newspaper execs in the US, with the aim of how to start making online content pay. Good piece about it in The Atlantic here: http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/james_warren/2009/05/shhhh_newspap...
Here's Murdoch's take on it:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_con...
These folk are mad in my opinion. How are they going to persuade people to pay for access to their products, when there are new freely-available news sources like Facebook and especially Twitter? I'd like to see them try it though because I think it will hasten their bankruptcy, clearing the way for a news reboot.