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November 18, 2005
Open Source Media: Yet Another Blog Network
Posted by Stowe Boyd
I was supposed to attend the kick-off for Open Source Media (OSM)-- the relaunch/rebranding of PJ Media -- this week in NYC, but events conspired against that. But they managed the launch (and a swanky party at the W) without me, it seems, and flew into storm of controversy.
First of all, it seems like the name Open Source Media belongs to some other group:
[from Open Source Media group met with harsh criticism | News.blog | CNET News.com by Jennifer Guevin]
But for all the work OSM is putting toward supporting the blogging movement, the group hasn't exactly won over the hearts of the blogging community. Of course, anytime a "best of" list of bloggers gets put together, there are bound to be complaints about who got in and who was left out. OSM's list of invitees is no exception. And OSM has some added trouble related to its new name. The group is now involved in a trademark dispute over the name "Open Source Media," which is already owned by a non-profit production company. In short, most of the complaints surrounding OSM's launch come down to a question of how much respect the group actually has for independent Web publishers and what they stand for.
I think the 'non-profit production company' is OurMedia, so I will ask JD Lasica what's up on that front.
Second of all, I looked at the new OSM portal, and it's sort of silly. The 70 blogs in the network are listed on a page a few levels down, but mostly it seems like they are posting news from the newswires, and not even aggregating the blogs there. I looked at Little Green Footballs -- one of the blogs in the network -- and there's no indication of that blog's involvement in the network there. Strange.
I guess there'll be more to follow, but now it just seems a yawnfest. Of course, as a competitor, I am strongly biased.
[Update: JD Lasica emailed to clarify:
Hi Stowe! Nope, it's not Ourmedia. It's Chris Lydon's Open Source
Radio/Open Source Media program. Brendan Greeley has the skinny here.
]
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