Thursday October 22, 2009
“It’s meant to squelch blogs.”
— Texas blogger Steve Southwell reacting to a narrow-minded new policy by the Lewisville school district that says officials may turn down an interview request “if official press credentials are not presented or available.” Says a district spokesperson, “This is a way of prioritizing how we communicate. It doesn’t mean we’re not communicating.”
Cory Bergman founded Lost Remote in 1999 with the slogan, "The TV Revolution is Coming. Are You Ready?" For years, Cory has urged media companies to lead the way on technology before someone else does it for them.A longtime journalist, Cory is the director of new product development at msnbc.com as well as the co-founder (with his wife Kate) of the hyperlocal news startup Next Door Media in Seattle. He's also on the advisory board for the University of Washington's innovative digital media program. In his personal time, Cory lays awake at night obsessing over new sustainable business models for local news on the web. Email him at cory[at]lostremote.com.
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