Dan Gillmor / Mediactive:
The Only ‘Journalism’ Subsidy We Need is in Bandwidth  —  Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols believe that “journalists deserve subsidies, too.”  They argue that America is “nearing a point where we will no longer have more than minimal resources (relative to the nation’s size) dedicated to reporting the news.”

Todd Zeigler / The Bivings Report:
Using Twitter Lists to Judge Influence  —  If you’ve used Twitter for awhile, you know that judging the influence of a Twitter user by their number of followers is a dicey proposition.  Lots of Twitter users are obsessed with their number of followers, and work to inflate their stats […]

Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid  —  If hype were to be believed, the Motorola DROID is the pièce de résistance of the mobile world; the conclusive creation sent down by the Great Smartphone in the sky to rid us of our woes.  It would prepare your breakfast …

Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games  —  What’s former MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe up to these days?  He wants to be the next big name in the social-gaming craze, we hear.  —  In late July, TechCrunch floated a report that DeWolfe was hitting up big private equity outlets […]

Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games  —  What’s former MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe up to these days?  He wants to be the next big name in the social gaming craze, we hear.  —  In late July, TechCrunch floated a report that DeWolfe was hitting up big private equity […]

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Motorola DROID review  —  It’s hard to look at the DROID without looking at the company which brought the device to life.  Motorola: for years the name has been synonymous with… well, disappointment.  While the industry-stalwart made cellphones sexy with the RAZR, the days which followed …