Fans of the increasingly popular social news website Digg were treated too a glimpse at the all new website this week at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Texas. Chief executive of Digg, Jay Adelson, addressed the fans at the aptly named “Bigg Digg Shindigg” at the SXSW interactive conference. (more…)

As any media student learns early on, Australian news magnate, Rupert Murdoch has been one of the most the most fundamental influences on how we view and use information over the last 20 + years. His revolutionary, and often deeply unpopular, innovations have forced the newspaper and television industries to evolve, often in the face of fierce opposition, and it looks like he’s at it again, with a plan to charge for online news content. (more…)

Through a statement from their director of communications, the Wikipedia foundation, who run the hugely successful online encyclopaedia, have categorically stated that founder Jimmy Wales is not out of a job. There had been reports over the weekend, initially from popular Silicon Valley blog ‘Valleywag,’ that Wales had ceased to be a member of the board, though according to Wikipedia, “There’s nothing to it.”
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