China Detentions Update
This email arrived Sunday, regarding the detention of Alive in Baghdad’s Brian Conley in China .
“We just got word that Brian and friends are on a plane to Los Angeles, arriving Monday morning. He was released with 7 other US citizen detainees[...]
They have been released 6 days early, largely (we believe) because of political pressure and media attention that forced the US Embassy to take action.“
Also today we learn that UK Tibet protestor Mandy McKeown has been deported home. Background to her detention here
CPB: Brian Conley Arrested
The Committee to Protect Bloggers reports that Brian Conley of Alive in Baghdad and four other bloggers, have been arrested in Beijing. More here
Miss Wagstaff considered
Matt Wardman, often heard on the Britblog Roundup on Pods and Blogs, has been on BBC Radio Wales talking about Miss Wagstaff and a Welsh Facebook controversy. It’s well worth a listen.
Bloggers versus the Print Media: Comparative Market Shares
Robin Goad of Hitwise published some figures for the market share of blogs and newspaper websites that have not been remarked upon.
I think that a comparison between blogs and the websites of Print media is of interest, as both are basically written forms of communication - albeit with an increasing use of multimedia.
The growth of blogs over 3 years is startling, and together this data shows the increasing use of the internet as a news source more recently.
