links for 2007-05-14

• Veteran of British newspaper wars bets on smaller, local newspapers – International Herald Tribune
  Mirror editor builds pan-European publishing company around local news.
• Joel Postman: Advising firms about blogging – Examiner.com
  Importance of ‘emerging media’ in p.r. practice seen by Bay Area agency.
• Micro Persuasion: Bringing Editorial Calendars Into the Social Sphere
  Steve Rubel on the accessibility of EdCals … why they are so un-social?
• a shel of my former self: Walled gardens or fenced commons?
  On the open-ness and useful-ness of social networking sites.
• Tilting at a Digital Future – New York Times
  Another episode in the gripping saga, “Murdoch and the Bancrofts.”