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November 15, 2005

Open Source Media at OSM.ORG?

This AP story does not say, but that's the URL they are using. If you go there and click on the forgot your password link you get a message telling you that you can contact some one at pajamasmedia.com. It also looks like they are using Zope to run the site. Here is what you get if you leave off the www and type http://osm.org:

Zope Quick Start

Welcome to Zope, a high-performance object-oriented platform for building dynamic Web applications.

Let's just say I am skeptical of how bi-partisan this will be, considering that it was founded by Roger L. Simon and Charles Johnson. The long list of liberal bloggers included as contributors seem to consists of David Corn and.... David Corn.

Anyway, here is the story:

A media Web site scheduled to debut Wednesday will seek to blend traditional journalism with the freeform commentary developed through the emerging Web format known as blogs.

Some 70 Web journalists, including Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds and David Corn, Washington editor of the Nation magazine, have agreed to participate in OSM — short for Open Source Media.

OSM will link to individual blog postings and highlight the best contributions, chosen by OSM editors, in a special section. Bloggers will be paid undisclosed sums based on traffic they generate.

The ad-supported OSM site will also carry news feeds from Newstex, which in turn receives stories from The Associated Press, Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service and other traditional media organizations.

The URL is apparently still secret, but it was not very hard to guess. You can preview the site here.

Here is a post by Kos about Pajamas Media:

I have no opinion on that Pajamas Media project by a bunch of mostly conservative bloggers. It's hard to have an opinion on something that is so utterly undefined as their new blog venture. No one knows what the heck it's supposed to be. Weblogs Inc just sold to AOL for $25 million, so there's money to be made with these things if done correctly. Whether the Pajamas folks have a winning formula remains to be seen.

But seriously, if it's true that Judy Miller is keynoting their big announcement gala, it's not exactly the most auspicious beginning.

The Poorman had a great post on PJ last week, too.

Also see this post by Atrios:

PJ Media's name gets worse.

Don't anyone tell Chris Lydon. Something tells me his Open Source Media, Inc., isn't the same one...

Here is an interesting post, too:

I’ve received a number of emails asking me for details about what happened to Luke Ford. As many of you know, I wrote a post yesterday questioning the wisdom of Pajamas Media bringing Ford on as a contributor given his associations with the pornography industry. Well, I can confirm the fact that Luke is no longer part of Pajamas Media. And as I don’t want speculation to rule the day on this particular subject, I’m going to share what I know.

Posted by Mike at November 15, 2005 04:50 PM

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