Andrew Golis

Josh Levy of Change.org and Bertha Lewis of ACORN discuss the future of community organizing.  This is such a vital conversation and Josh and Lewis are a great combo and contrast to hash it out.

Run don’t walk to read David Remnick’s post-election piece on Obama, race and the ’08 campaign.  Or just click here.

• BBC Pledges to Link Out More, but Holds Back the Google Juice
  Let's the hybrid news battles begin!
  (tags: hybrid.news.orgs hyperlinks new.media bbc)

We’re 8!  Hard to believe, I know, but it’s true.

Just when I thought she couldn’t get any better.

SWOON.

Via ThinkProgress.

• Wired.com fires 12, a quarter of its staff
  Wow.
  (tags: wired labor new.media magazines valleywag finance)
• Current TV cuts 32 or more
  Bummer.
  (tags: current labor finance television new.media)
• Public Intellectual 2.0
  Drezner comes back to an argument he makes well: that the internet has been great for public intellectualism.
  (tags: new.media dan.drezner chronicle.of.higher.ed intellectual.history blogging)

• Web 2.0 or Web 2.No?
  Time to get real about problems and cash. The fun is over.
  (tags: web2.0 new.media bbc finance tech)
• Changes at Six Apart
  6apart makes its move to be a platform for professional blogging, beefs up development and client services while cutting back it's free offerings.
  (tags: new.media six.apart blogging finance)
• Blogging grows up | Oh, grow up | The Economist
  The "blogging is dead because now people get paid" argument is more and more prevalent and increasingly irritating.
  (tags: blogging economist new.deal finance)
• Lab Book Club: Interview with Jeff Howe, Part 1
  Interesting discussion of crowdsourcing. Porn for new media heads.
  (tags: new.media crowd.sourcing nieman.journalism.lab video)
• 'Atlantic' Raids 'Wired' for New Web Czar
  Interesting, and a reveal on The Atlantic's October #s.
  (tags: new.media magazines theatlantic portfolio wired metrics)
• The XX Factor : Announcing Double X, a New Magazine
  Slate launches a new site for women. Will Mickey Kaus blog there?
  (tags: slate feminism gender new.media magazines)

• Change.gov and the Contradiction of the Postmodern Left Netroots
  Good pt on translating MyBo into governance.
  (tags: new.deal my.bo organization obama 08)
• Amanda Michel: Thank You
  Amanda wraps up Off the Bus.
  (tags: off.the.bus blogging new.deal huffpo amanda.michel)

• What Next for My.BarackObama.com?
  VERY important to watch.
  (tags: new.media my.bo pdf obama social.networking organizing)

Hilarious piece from The Onion with a great TPM shoutout at minute 1:40 in the footer.