Terry Heaton, before going on to analyze the move: "WRAL-TV, owned by Capitol Broadcasting in Raleigh, has been pioneering new innovations in Media 1.0 distribution for decades. Capitol president and CEO Jim Goodmon prides himself in being first to market with any innovation that will further enhance the business reach of his company. It's a gonzo station that delivers news in high definition and is widely recognized as a leader in the world of broadcasting... That's why the industry is all atwitter over last week's announcement by Mr. Goodmon and Jack Perry, CEO of Decisionmark Corporation, that the two companies will work together to provide WRAL programming via the internet..."

An article, pointed to by Mark Hamilton, on a discussion hosted by Reuters which pondered whether and how news organizations might compensate citizens for their contributions, i.e. video footage. Says Mark: "I think it’s incumbent on newspapers to treat members of the public fairly when dealing with exclusive content, both in terms of paying and in respecting the continuing rights of members of the public. We can’t expect the person on the street to know the ins-and-outs of copyright and reproduction rights. We shouldn’t expect newspapers to exploit that."

Jay Small on Google's new tips for placing ads on weblogs and "creeping ad-unit disease" in general: "My head hurts when I try to imagine a blog page that provides a respectable customer experience when designed as Google suggests..." (For consistent coverage of contextual advertising see JenSense by Jennifer Slegg.)

Tom Abate: "During dinner Friday, blogger Tom (SiliconValleyWatcher) Foremski offered me the best reason why news writers can't easily charge for content -- because they lload the essence of every story into the headline and first paragraph. Journalism is skewered by its inverted pyramid..."