After stirring up their own country, the German blogger elite has launched an international version of their Internet Manifesto in English. Fifteen authors of Germany’s most popular blogs have signed a declaration about How journalism works today. The 17 articles run down from statements like “the Internet is different” and “the Internet improves journalism” to sideswipes like “tradition is not a business model” and “the web constitutes an infrastructure for social exchange superior to that of 20th century mass media”. The manifesto is causing a lot of interest and briefly took the site out at one stage.
It’s pretty much an onslaught on old-school media and a reaction to German publishing heavyweights who feel “sneakingly expropriated” by the Internet. At least that’s how Hubert Burda, publisher of more than 250 print magazines and President of the Association of German Magazine Publishers, puts it. Especially when he demands his share of advertising revenues that search engines like Google make from his content. More...
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