Many wonder why CPA (Certified Practising Accountants) the bean-counting body is considered "mainstream media" while Crikey is not ... Far be it for me to take someone else to task for defining mainstream rivers; but I found Josh’s take rather ironic and close to the bone:
I'm hoping you can help clarify precisely what constitutes a "mainstream" media outlet, as I'm confused about where to find the Treasury's exact definition...
Would you be so kind as to provide me with a definition of the mainstream media, using a mainstream mode of communication? As email is too obscure, may I suggest a scroll of parchment inscribed with nut-gall ink using a fine camel-hair brush, delivered to me by a caravan train of nomads riding a pace of finely groomed donkeys...
Josh Zepps
Now Let the Real Satire Begin
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Peter Himler & Publicity Club of New York
Public Relations is out of the closet.
Citizens are beginning to see the role it plays in shaping public opinion. This weblog will attempt to open the curtains even wider by periodically looking behind the headlines in politics, culture, media, business and sports. The term "flack" is a perjorative in PR circles, yet this is often how the lay public (and the media) view practitioners. It is the goal of this flack to shine a brighter light on PR's subtle influence over our lives.
• Ousiders In? [ Scott Matthews' RSS/Podcast/HTML in-page browser, seems like a good way to make Podcasting feeds accessable to browsers Bitty Browser ; 9th Annual Webby Awards Special Achievement Award Winners: "The Best Of The Web"? ]
• · Ethan Zuckerman, founder of Geekcorps, Berkman fellow, and all-around great guy Zuckerman on How to Blog Anonymously ; Ach, no one will read my emails now ;-) Employers that read workers' private emails may soon risk criminal charges with legal safeguards being introduced today by the NSW government. NSW bans email snooping
• · · Explore the World of Anonymous Communication Online ; Betsy Friedrich is writing her senior thesis on fictional blogs, and her blog is a wonderful collection of links to fictional blogs, links to articles about them, and her own ideas and analyses. A treasure trove! Fictional blogs
• · · · Microsoft recruits bloggers to preview Longhorn; BookFactory ; T-shirts are huge on the Internet.
• · · · · Jennifer Feikin: The plan is to allow content owners to charge for their video content. When you upload content you’re asked to specify a price for your content, and a sale results in a cut for Google Exclusive interview with Google’s Director of Video ; Via Television Archiving
• · · · · · Robert J. Ambrogi has an essay entitled Blogging and the Bottom Line: Why blogging and syndication are the hottest tools in legal marketing Blogging and the Bottom Line ; Like Robert's old boss once told him, to paraphrase, "if what you're doing isn't almost getting you fired, it's probably not that interesting." Not that the writer should be worried about Target suddenly turning evil. But nothing kills good writing faster than office politics; the paralytic fear of "not being right". Good blogs require taking risks. Get over it good blogs require taking risks. get over it