Einar Thorsen

Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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Books on WikiLeaks

31 January, 2011 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

The Guardian has published a book on WikiLeaks today, with The New York Times and Der Speigel also presenting their version of events in book format – perhaps they’re all just trying to get in before Julian Assange publishes his chronicle?

I will update this post with order details and other books as they become available. If you come across any that are not listed, please do let me know.

The Guardian:
Wikileaks, by David Leigh & Luke Harding, £6.99

Inside Wikileaks, by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, £7.99

WikiLeaks Versus the World [Hardback], by Julian Assange, £16.00

The New York Times:
Open Secrets: Wikileaks, War and American Diplomacy [ebook], by Alexander Star (ed) Bill Keller (intro), £4.30

Der Spiegel:
WikiLeaks: Public Enemy No. 1, by Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark [not found link to translated version yet]

Bloggers:
The Age of Wikileaks: From Collateral Murder to Cablegate (and Beyond), By Greg Mitchell, £7.61

Filed Under: Blog, Citizen Journalism, Journalism Tagged With: Bill Keller, David Leigh, Der Spiegel, Greg Mitchell, guardian, Holger Stark, Julian Assange, Luke Harding, Marcel Rosenbach, New York Times, NYT, Wikileaks

Centre for Korean-American Peace threatens nuclear war

23 November, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

Tania Branigan emailed this gem from Beijing to the Guardian about
North Korea’s attack on South Korea. Note the place where the guy works 😉

“We repeatedly warned South Korea to stop its dangerous war games. If the South continues its dangerous behaviour, Seoul will be the next target. It will be a sea of fire. Nuclear war could start at any point,” said Kim Myong-chol, executive director of the Centre for Korean-American Peace. He said it was fair to describe him as speaking on behalf of the North’s government.

Courtesy of David Curran.

Filed Under: Blog, Links Tagged With: guardian, northkorea, southkorea, taniabranigan, war, warreporting

Why Twitter matters for media organisations

19 November, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

Alan Rusbridger claims saying that Twitter has got nothing to do with the news business is about as misguided as you could be and explains why Twitter matters for media organisations:

1. It’s an amazing form of distribution
2. It’s where things happen first
3. As a search engine, it rivals Google
4. It’s a formidable aggregation tool
5. It’s a great reporting tool
6. It’s a fantastic form of marketing
7. It’s a series of common conversations. Or it can be
8. It’s more diverse
9. It changes the tone of writing
10. It’s a level playing field
11. It has different news values
12. It has a long attention span
13. It creates communities
14. It changes notions of authority
15. It is an agent of change

Well worth a read for how he explains each point in turn, and then concludes that:

Increasingly, social media will challenge conventional politics and, for instance, the laws relating to expression and speech. […] we can be sure that the motivating idea behind these forms of open media isn’t going away and that, if we are blind to their capabilities, we will be making a very serious mistake, both in terms of our journalism and the economics of our business.

Filed Under: Blog, Journalism, Links Tagged With: alanrusbridger, futureofjournalism, guardian, news, twitter

Guardian digital revenue down slightly

14 June, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

Leah McBride Mensching:

In the year ending March 28, GNM's revenue fell by £32.6 million. However, as long as revenues stabilise, the group stated that continuing cost reductions will reduce operating losses for the current financial year, 2010-2011.

"The recession has driven steep declines in advertising revenues across the media industry, and has been a real test for all our businesses. These unprecedented and very challenging market conditions have gone hand-in-hand with continued structural change, in particular the ongoing transition of readers and advertisers from print to online media. This made 2009/10 a tough year for GMG and many of its businesses," CEO Carolyn McCall stated in her "CEO's review of operations."

External link

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: figures, gnm, guardian, revenue

Ad-funded Guardian could switch off presses by 2015

28 May, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

Alan Rusbridger:

We are earning tens of millions of pounds and it’s increasing at about 100 percent a year at the moment

[…]

Let’s say we’re earning about £40m at the moment in digital revenue.

Peter Kirwan:

Now these are important numbers. Among other things, they suggest that Guardian News & Media (GNM) might yet succeed in building a fully-digital future without any help from paywalls, even if Wapping does meet with success.

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Filed Under: Links Tagged With: alanrusbridger, future, guardian, Journalism, newspapers, online, paywall, peterkirwan

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