Interesting discovery: Muti – a social news site for South Africa. Romenensko asks: “Taking its cue from Digg, Muti focuses on news from South Africa and lets users vote the best stories to the top of the page,” says Business 2.0 That made me think: Maybe you could start a local version of Digg/Muti for your town, city, metro area, or state?” Answer: Very good idea.
Tags: Internet, Journalism, News
According to a report by the British regulator Ofcom, the ‘networked generation’ is driving a radical shift in media consumption. Sixteen to 24 year olds, it reports, spend nearly three hours on the net each week. They are spurning television, radio and newspapers in favour of online services, says the regulator’s study.Seventy percent (compared to 41% of the general population) have used some kind of social networking site, such as My Space, and one in five have their own website or blog. Half of the group owns a games console and/or an MP3 player. The reduced consumption of other media, such as newspapers, magazines and radio, amongst this age-group compared to the general population, has also thought to have been driven by the net.
It’s always interesting to check out this list and see which are the Wordpress.com blogs of the day.
