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yesterday Hugh McGuire introduced his new project - Collectik - to the world. I haven’t looked at it in detail yet, but what I have seen looks really great. Collectik is “like mixtapes for podcasts” as they say in their tagline.

is still a fascinating subject, though if anything the newspapers appear to be moving even further away from “getting it” than ever. Alan Rusbridger is the editor of The Guardian and has some important thoughts on the subject that he delivered in a speech on the 16th of March in London. Jeff Jarvis has posted a detailed summary with quotes on his blog, BuzzMachine.

on the table related to TopTenSources.com that is also very instructive in the context of copyright legalities and such. There is evidence of questionable faith on the part of the company (Newsilike Media Group) in that they do not seem to respect CC licenses. Considering their Original Bloggers page, I noted that they re-publish the feed from Matt Haughey’s blog, which is published under a CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. That license clearly states that “If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one.” Well, TopTenSources has done exactly that, but have not published the resulting work (the entire site) under the same license - they assert copyright.

I agree with John Palfrey and the other experts who write on this field that this is a critically important issue. But it’s never going to be solved when even companies like the Newsilike Media Group with such expert and well-regarded supporters as Palfrey don’t take it seriously. Actions speak louder than words. Or blog posts.

Update: You know this if you read the comments here, but if you don’t I think it bears mentioning on the index pages of this blog. John Palfrey noted the issue I raised in this post and asked the company to address it, and so they have done. I think that’s a good demonstration of the kind of leadership that will serve us all well as Web 2.0 is invented.

Craig Silverman has posted his year-end wrapup: Crunks ‘05 - The Year in Media Errors and Corrections. You can also listen to Craig on The Current today.

Evil Genius, deconstructs the ‘public will never go for amateur stuff’ argument that broadcasters (even public or community broadcasters) always trot out in response to citizen-originating media. The post responds to a guest piece by Stephen Hill in Steve Gillmor’s column.

has written an interesting post about the Video IPod and offering TV content for $2: How Bob Iger Saved Network TV. I think he’s right on the money with a lot of his analysis.

I think what people have to realize is that no single format can or will dominate - just as old media can and do coexist with new media, new formats don’t necessarily displace old formats. Rather, they all readjust to a new balance. DVD versions of TV seasons, for instance, won’t displace the syndication of TV series’ - I think they can easily co-exist. The target market for them is different. Until the Tivo, TV was always about scheduling AND serendipity - viewers who just happen upon a show. So the DVD addresses one market - people who know a series well enough to know all of the episodes and want to choose a specific one to watch in the future (a few months after the whole season has already aired). Syndication - that’s for people who just click through to see what’s on. VIpod clearly has a place - and a non-cannibalizing place - in the mix.