Section
Neutrality
The outlets that tried to stay in the middle, what it cost them, and the few that make it work.
Yahoo's blog search gambit and the quiet fracturing of Google's discovery monopoly
For over a decade, the phrase "blog search" has been nearly synonymous with one company: Google. The idea that a blogger's primary job was to optimize for a sin
WordPress quietly building a Windows Phone 7 app signals something bigger about platform allegiance
When a platform as dominant as WordPress begins quietly reserving subdomains and hiring developers for a new mobile operating system, the move rarely stays quie
When a browser plugin starts choosing your links, editorial autonomy quietly erodes
A browser plugin that suggests links, surfaces related content, and auto-generates contextual references sounds like a productivity upgrade. For a publisher wri
60 million blogs and counting: when the blogosphere's growth outpaces its capacity to transform anyone
Back in 2006, the blogosphere hit 60 million blogs. That number was celebrated as proof that something democratic and transformative was happening to media. Nea
The Photoshop scandal that forced news organizations to define authenticity
When a global wire service feels compelled to publish formal rules about what its photographers may and may not do with Photoshop, the issue has already moved w