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Communications regulation and multinational companies

william perrin — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:34:35 +0000

It’s never easy to regulate big multinational companies. Governments are torn between attracting them to invest and trying to manage negative externalities that arise when

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Small data helping in your neighbourhood – anyone can do it

william perrin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:56 +0000

I do like open data but the recent talk of big data puts me off – implicit in the language, although often inadvertent is the

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Independent+ augmented reality content with Blippar – user review

william perrin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:20:23 +0000

It is good to see The Independent taking the plunge to be the first newspaper to try wholeheartedly to integrate augmented web content into their

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Leveson implementation – consultation meetings on smaller bloggers and hyperlocals

william perrin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:13:05 +0000

There have been some consultation meetings held, separately by DCMS and Hacked Off to discuss the impact of the current Leveson implementation proposals on ‘smaller

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Transparency and the BBC – an email from Tony Hall?

william perrin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:36:24 +0000

I have served on a number of public sector transparency bodies and have a long standing interest in media regulation. It’s always puzzled me just

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Tips and tools for hyperlocal coverage of the 2013 local elections

sarahhartley — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:51:49 +0000

The publication of election notices this week fires the starting gun on local election campaigns in many areas with hyperlocal sites often the go-to place

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How to do a website for your neighbourhood plan – a quick, cheap, simple approach for discussion

william perrin — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:32:23 +0000

Hundreds of communities will be drawing up neighbourhood plans over the next year. This means local people and sometimes local bureaucrats working together on a

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Will hyperlocals be hit by the post Leveson rules?

sarahhartley — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:05:34 +0000

Update at 11.30: There’s been more comment on this throughout the morning. The culture secretary Maria Miller is reported in this post on The Guardian to

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Hyperlocal sites and proposed Press Regulation after Leveson

Michael Rawlins — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:19:34 +0000

We have had a few people from Hyperlocal sites contacting us here at Talk About Local to ask about Hyperlocal sites and proposed Press Regulation and

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Hyperlocal innovation: Google hangout for council reporting

sarahhartley — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:01:01 +0000

Google hangout – the video conference style service available on the Google + platform – may well have changed the way you do team meetings

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