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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Clay Shirky

1. February 14, 2011 11:40 AM

   “Information Wars” on Al Jazeera English

   An all-star panel discusses social media and political revolution

   By Lauren Kirchner

   On Friday morning, the television in the CJR office was tuned to CNN—and our laptops were tuned to Al Jazeera English—and we watched the jubilant crowds in Cairo following President Mubarak’s announcement that he would step down. President Obama gave a statement comparing the day’s events to the tumbling of the Berlin Wall, Gandhi’s nonviolent protests for Indian independence, and...

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2. November 14, 2011 01:16 PM

   Debating Starkman’s “Confidence Game”

   Rounding up responses

   By Alysia Santo

   Dean Starkman’s critique of future-of-news gurus Jeff Jarvis, Clay Shirky, and Jay Rosen, among others, made a bit of splash, as these things go. C.W. Anderson, an assistant professor of media culture at CUNY’s College of Staten Island, tweeted this shortly after the publication: @Chanders: In honesty: actually curious to see if @deanstarkman's piece can lead to a real debate...

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3. June 19, 2012 02:45 PM

   He said, she said

   Anyone can spread gossip with an iPhone, rather than depend on dishy columns

   By Kira Goldenberg

   Gossip, according to longtime New York Post columnist Earl Wilson, is hearing something you like about someone you don’t. I have no attachment to the celebrities whose tidbits were shared at a panel on gossip Monday night. But I’m not going to spill. I think people are allowed private lives, even though being in the know makes me a (momentary)...

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4. January 17, 2012 01:21 PM

   Paywalls: Maybe Not So Complicated After All

   Thinking over Clay Shirky's piece on the success of the NYT model

   By Ryan Chittum

   Clay Shirky, a leading paywall skeptic, deserves credit for grappling with what is now generally conceded to be the clear success of The New York Times's digital pay model. Shirky makes the counterintuitive argument that NYT’s success, coupled with the supposed failure of the Times of London own paywall, "are a blow to the idea that online news can be...

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5. June 1, 2012 01:31 PM

   Responding to Shirky on the Washington Post

   Transformation is required, and transformation takes investment

   By Ryan Chittum

   Thanks to Clay Shirky for responding to my piece on the financialization of the Washington Post Company, which during the financial crisis has handed more than a billion dollars back to shareholders via dividends and share buybacks while its newspaper crumbles. I've got a couple of thoughts in response. First, it's seriously good news to see an Internet thinker like...

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6. December 21, 2011 11:00 AM

   The Hole In FON Theory

   Continuing the discussion about the future of news with Clay Shirky

   By Dean Starkman

   I thank Clay Shirky and other posters for their responses to “Confidence Game: the limited vision of the news gurus.” Since Clay and I are going to differ on a few things, I’ll start with a sentiment worthy of a faculty club cocktail hour, namely, that I’m pleased with how the debate has unfolded. I appreciate Shirky’s straight-from-the-shoulder tone—it’s...

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7. May 31, 2012 06:50 AM

   WaPo must transform to survive

   Clay Shirky disputes The Audit's take on the Washington Post's financial future

   By Clay Shirky

   Ryan Chittum's "The Washington Post Co.'s Self-Destructive Course" is a blistering attack on the paper's management of its journalistic mission and its economic viability. Chittum examines the financial structure of both the The Washington Post and its parent, the Washington Post Company, most of whose revenue (and all of whose profits) come from Kaplan, the test prep service. Chittum notes...

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