The Guardian media is one of the most forward-looking news organisations in the UK, trying hard to adapt to a digital age. Briefing staff about the planned changes, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said progress was in part hampered by an “old media mentality”. By this, he meant that the company was still run in three silos – the daily Guardian newspaper, the Sunday offering The Observer, and its collection of

The future of advertising on the BBC’s international news website hangs in the balance as the BBC Trust waits for clarification, “particularly around how advertising would be reinvested in BBC Global News and the BBC’s UK public services for the benefit of licence fee payers”. The idea of ads on the BBC’s flagship news website is opposed by many staff as well as the site’s corporation’s commercial rivals. The news

This is either a sign of a desperate corporation facing a declining audience, or of a forward-looking broadcast organisation seeking to adapt to the 21st century. CBC has become the latest big media to set up shop in Second Life. The people behind the hip chat show, The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos, have built a garage in Second Life. It doesn’t look like much yet and if anyone has any

The decision by Canadian media conglomerate CanWest to move its Canada.com e-mail services to an American provider has raised a few eyebrows. The headline over at Canadian Journalist sums it up: “Canada.com now …AMERICAN???” Registered users should not notice any difference to their e-mail, apart from one detail – their personal information is now stored on the US servers of a company called Velocity Services Inc. From Canada.com’s help files: