Very suddenly, Twitter is on its way to monetization with two announcements this week culminating in its owns plan to incorporate paid-for search advertisements in the tweet stream, replicating the Google AdSense formula, and users are making their voices heard.

With talk about selling out, spam as well as the acknowledgement that the microblogging service needs to make cash. Read More »

Gordon Brown is having a bit of fun and he is having it at Rupert Murdoch’s expense. In an interview with the BBC’s Radio Times magazine the PM has expressed his doubts over the future of paywalls ahead of the Murdoch owned Times charging readers.

Murdoch’s empire as we all know famously ditched the Labour Party ahead of Brown’s keynote conference speech in October. And Brown has now taken this opportunity to hit back at Murdoch where it hurts the media baron most – in his pocket. Read More »

How valuable is online anonymity? Newspapers like the Washington Post and New York Times will be weighing that question over the next few months in an effort to wipe out some of the bigoted and hateful comments left by anonymous users on their websites.

Despite anonymity being the law of the land online, many websites are rethinking their commenting policies. The Washington Post, for example, wants to give greater prominence to commenters using their real names. Read More »