Comments on: Apple, Gizmodo & Free Press http://globalneighbourhoods.net/2010/06/apple-gizmodo-free-press.html Following mobile and social wherever they take me Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Storytelling Business Social Media Marketing PR & Technology Curated Stories June 17, 2010 http://globalneighbourhoods.net/2010/06/apple-gizmodo-free-press.html#comment-16013 Storytelling Business Social Media Marketing PR & Technology Curated Stories June 17, 2010 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:57:43 +0000 http://globalneighbourhoods.net/?p=2760#comment-16013 [...] Apple, Gizmodo & Free Press Published: June 16, 2010 Source: Global Neighbourhoods Shortly before I decided to put book-writing aside and return to consulting, I very seriously thought of writing a book called iPhoneGate. While the book would walk through the often unexciting saga of Gizmod… [...] [...] Apple, Gizmodo & Free Press Published: June 16, 2010 Source: Global Neighbourhoods Shortly before I decided to put book-writing aside and return to consulting, I very seriously thought of writing a book called iPhoneGate. While the book would walk through the often unexciting saga of Gizmod… [...]

]]> By: Ian Greenleigh http://globalneighbourhoods.net/2010/06/apple-gizmodo-free-press.html#comment-15959 Ian Greenleigh Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:25:44 +0000 http://globalneighbourhoods.net/?p=2760#comment-15959 Shel- I didn't expect answers from this post, and the questions you shared were spot-on. I've always loved the free market of ideas, and the merit-based allocation of attention, although neither has truly been a reality. Still, they are goals we should always strive toward. I worry that credentialing will become more official, more bureaucratic and more arbitrary if the "everyone's a journalist" meme continues, though I have no problem with it. Shel-

I didn’t expect answers from this post, and the questions you shared were spot-on. I’ve always loved the free market of ideas, and the merit-based allocation of attention, although neither has truly been a reality. Still, they are goals we should always strive toward.

I worry that credentialing will become more official, more bureaucratic and more arbitrary if the “everyone’s a journalist” meme continues, though I have no problem with it.

]]> By: Trip http://globalneighbourhoods.net/2010/06/apple-gizmodo-free-press.html#comment-15957 Trip Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:22:30 +0000 http://globalneighbourhoods.net/?p=2760#comment-15957 Thought provoking article. I totally agree that freedom must extend even to the "scoundrels" if it's going to be worth very much. However, I question the comparison you draw between Steve Jobs (or Apple) barring Gizmodo / Gawker from the iPhone 4 launch and President Obama barring legitimate news organizations from the White House press corp. While It might be different if it were a BP press conference, given the enormous public impact of the Gulf disaster, but I don't think the product launch of a private (sector) company raises to the same level. This of course brings to mind Job's comments at D8 about "descending into a nation of bloggers". In the world of citizen journalism the line has become blurred, but there's still a line. I'd guess the courts will ultimately weigh in to make the line more defined. @tripkucera Thought provoking article. I totally agree that freedom must extend even to the “scoundrels” if it’s going to be worth very much. However, I question the comparison you draw between Steve Jobs (or Apple) barring Gizmodo / Gawker from the iPhone 4 launch and President Obama barring legitimate news organizations from the White House press corp. While It might be different if it were a BP press conference, given the enormous public impact of the Gulf disaster, but I don’t think the product launch of a private (sector) company raises to the same level.

This of course brings to mind Job’s comments at D8 about “descending into a nation of bloggers”. In the world of citizen journalism the line has become blurred, but there’s still a line. I’d guess the courts will ultimately weigh in to make the line more defined.

@tripkucera

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