links for 2007-04-01

• The Blog | Arianna Huffington: News 2.0: the Hybrid Future is Kicking Down the Door | The Huffington Post
  “Those papers that wake up in time will become a journalistic hybrid combining the best aspects of traditional print newspapers with the best of what the Web brings to the table.”
  (tags: internet newspapers journalism convergence mediafuture)
• howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » Newspapers well positioned to benefit from amateur contributions
  The challenges from user-generated content in the newspaper business compared to the music business: “News, being disposable, must constantly be replaced. There’s a harder pace for the amateur newshound to keep up.”
  (tags: internet newspapers participatory journalism citizenmedia music business free trends)
• Gumtree gets marketing push | Advertising | MediaGuardian.co.uk
  “Gumtree.com, the online classified ad website owned by auction company eBay, has launched its first major marketing campaign in the UK.” UK uniques grew from 1.1 million to 2.5 million iduring year to February 2007.
  (tags: internet advertising classifieds p2p free audience stats gumtree)
• AOP: AOP research identifies four digital mega-trends
  “four emerging mega-trends in the way we consume content: Participation, On-demand, Mobility and Personalisation.”
  (tags: internet trends mediafuture aop)
• Free Papers on the Web » The Bivings Report
  Stats on interactive and multimedia features at 28 free newspapers in the US. Classifieds, article comments and RSS were widespread; while only a few titles had blogs, video and podcasts.
  (tags: internet newspapers free newspapersites multimedia blogging)
• Reuters Blogs: Where New Media Touches the Wire ¦ Online Media Cultist
  “One reason why Reuters Blogs seems to be less frequented and updated than it might be is because its blogs are not integrated with the rest of the site and its torrent of up-to-the-minute wire story reports.”
  (tags: internet news blogging reuters)