links for 2008-04-08

• Obama-ism Without Obama | The American Prospect
  Good stuff from Mark Schmitt.
  (tags: mark.schmiitt prospect democrats obama)
• The Great Unbundling: Newspapers & the Net -Britannica Blog
  Nicholas Carr presents the pessimistic case for media in the internet age. Unbundled articles stand unsubsidized by the rest of the paper, ad revenue is driven by content (rewarding work that brings high-value contextual ads on buying houses or electroni
  (tags: msm new.media blogging advertising finance internet newspaper nicholas.carr)
• What Newspapers and Journalism Need Now: Experimentation, Not Nostalgia -Britannica Blog
  Clay Shirky responds to Carr. Economics are more complicated, but get over it. Innovate, recognize the new possibilities offered by the flexibility of the medium. Look for new models of subsidization for investigative work.
  (tags: msm new.media blogging newspaper advertising clay.shirky)
• The Associated Press: MySpace Expanding Site for US Latinos
  Lou Dobbs is going to be mad!
  (tags: social.networking MySpace latinos demographics)
• Elizabeth Edwards Joins CAP as Senior Fellow
  Nice move.
  (tags: elizabeth.edwards CAP think.tanks health)
• techPresident – Truckers are Organizing Online: Is a Nationwide Shutdown Coming?
  Who says the internet is only facilitating a bourgeois revolt?
  (tags: organizing new.politics oil finance greed economics truck.drivers)
• Mapping The Iranian Blogosphere – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
  I love maps. LOVE
  (tags: mapping andrew.sullivan iran new.media blogging)