Notts Indymedia announces new collaboration
Notts IMC | 01.04.2010 07:34 | Indymedia
Notts Indymedia is pleased to announce a new era of collaboration with the Northcliffe Group, owners of the Evening Post.
The agreement will see content taken from the Indymedia newswire appearing in the Post, opening up the radical message of Indymedia to a larger audience than ever before. In return Indymedia will be able to use images collected by the Post's team of roving cameramen.
Editor of the Post Malcolm Pheby said, "This is great. It will allow us to inform our readers about a part of the city we've historically covered poorly if at all".
It is a controversial decision but the majority of the Notts Indymedia collective think that it is a move in the right direction. "Some people will accuse us of selling out," said one collective member, "but the increased exposure we'll get will be worth it."
The agreement will see content taken from the Indymedia newswire appearing in the Post, opening up the radical message of Indymedia to a larger audience than ever before. In return Indymedia will be able to use images collected by the Post's team of roving cameramen.
Editor of the Post Malcolm Pheby said, "This is great. It will allow us to inform our readers about a part of the city we've historically covered poorly if at all".
It is a controversial decision but the majority of the Notts Indymedia collective think that it is a move in the right direction. "Some people will accuse us of selling out," said one collective member, "but the increased exposure we'll get will be worth it."
However, some members of the collective are said to be unhappy with the collaboration and a storm of muttering is hanging over the Sumac Centre. X, a founder member of the Notts collective, who wishes to remain anonymous, said "This is the nail in the coffin for Notts Indymedia. This will open the floodgates to the plagiarism of Indymedia by the Post that has been going on behind the scenes for years."
The decision was forced through by a slim majority vote after what is being described as a "coup" by new collective member Jon Collins. Collins recently installed himself as Chair of Notts Indymedia after numbers at the collective meetings dwindled to a small handful.
Collins is said to be upset at the way he has been portrayed by the site and expressed his wish to "install a new regime at Notts Indymedia; one that will show all of the great things the City Council is doing for Nottingham rather than focussing on throwing muck around."
According to X, "Jon Collins is a tin pot dictator and first class muppet. If only we'd had more user involvement this could have been avoided."
"Don't hate the media. Be the media!"
The decision was forced through by a slim majority vote after what is being described as a "coup" by new collective member Jon Collins. Collins recently installed himself as Chair of Notts Indymedia after numbers at the collective meetings dwindled to a small handful.
Collins is said to be upset at the way he has been portrayed by the site and expressed his wish to "install a new regime at Notts Indymedia; one that will show all of the great things the City Council is doing for Nottingham rather than focussing on throwing muck around."
According to X, "Jon Collins is a tin pot dictator and first class muppet. If only we'd had more user involvement this could have been avoided."
"Don't hate the media. Be the media!"
Notts IMC
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props
01.04.2010 11:07
Evey
Doubters
02.04.2010 13:59
Ricky
Advantage of Indymedia
02.04.2010 16:25
To be honest, I would be pleased if an article I had posted on Indymedia was then picked up by the NEP, as it would mean it was reaching a wider audience.
"This will open the floodgates to the plagiarism of Indymedia by the Post that has been going on behind the scenes for years."
Once a news item has been made available to the public (through a newspaper, TV, website, or whatever) then repeating that story for the purpose of reporting current events is classed as fair dealing under copyright law.
Different media feed off each other, that's the way the media works.
However, the NEP wouldn't legally be able to report much of what is reported on Indymedia. That's the advantage of an independent news website - it's less likely to be sued for defamation than a big newspaper company.
Caroline