Comments on: Open Source (Pajamas) Media: An Early Assessment

By: California Conservative

California Conservative — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:31:12 +0000

PajamaGate: OSM vs MSM — Will The Blogosphere Go Corporate?

We’ve always wanted to use “gate” in something.
This morning, Glenn “Instapundit” Reynolds cheerfully reports: GET IT RIGHT THE SECOND TIME: OSM is going back to “Pajamas Media.”
“About time: I liked ...

By: JunkYardBlog

JunkYardBlog — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:00:53 +0000

Open Source Media

This will probably be my one and only post about OSM. Mainly, I have fould the Pajamas Media slash Open Source Media thing a bit mystifying. I see I’m not alone. When the first announcements went around, I emailed Roger...

By: The Young Curmudgeon

The Young Curmudgeon — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:53:34 +0000

Big Roundup Post on OSM/Open Source Media/Open Sores Media/Pajamas Media/Name to be Announced Media Problems and Controversies

Woooh doggies! So that whole have-a-splashy-launch-to-create-good-buzz-early thing didn't go too well, huh? Unless you've been living under a rock, or getting your news entirely from Roger L. Simon, Charles Johnson, and Jeff Goldstein, (which is to s...

By: nickpicker

nickpicker — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 05:31:54 +0000

Officially, and no doubt partially, this was for technical reasons. This change was associated with the departure of the founder most associated with the advertising and technical aspects.

Just lately I had a brief conversation with Roger where I pointed out a major security risk in the way OSM wants to maintain communication within the staff. Roger responded that he "talked to his tech-guy, and they see no problem in this."

Now it makes sense.

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:56:43 +0000

OSM/Open Source Media

Roger Simon turned on the OSM/Open Source Media machine Wednesday. From what I've gleened the company's business model reads something...

By: aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south.

aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south. — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:21:17 +0000

OxyMORONS

I'm not paying much attention to Pajama Media's new moniker, Open Source Media, or OSM, but - as The Talent Show pointed out on announcement day Wednesday - this is still the copyright notice included in their Privacy Policy found...

By: Right Wing News

Right Wing News — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:48:43 +0000

Daily News For November 18, 2005

Domestic Senators Threaten to Hold Up Patriot Act Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) And Tom Harkin (D-IA) Tried To Name Buildings...

By: Sissy Willis

Sissy Willis — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:41:11 +0000

I hate the vagaries of trackbacks. The big mistake was dropping trou

By: Sissy Willis

Sissy Willis — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:46:48 +0000

Nobody asked me -- even though my buddies at PJM profiled me early on -- but in my view the big mistake was dropping trou (PJ bottoms) and going with the generic-sounding OSM. It's poetry vs. bureaucracy. I'm still in the blogroll and glad to be, but it's too bad they forgot that the iconic magic of words is where it's at.

By: bryan

bryan — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:16:46 +0000

Just for the historical record, I want to again state that Dean Esmay and I had the original idea well before the OSM folks, as I detailed here: How we almost came up with the next big thing. Our idea was much more along the lines of syndication, providing traffic back to the blogs who put their content on our site, but with the emphasis on original reporting and a modicum of editorial oversight. This whole business about "making blogs legitimate" is going to be the part that kills it for me.

By: Never Yet Melted » Reaction to Open Source Media

Never Yet Melted » Reaction to Open Source Media — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:50:33 +0000

[...] James Joyner at Outside the Beltway supplies a very informative collection of reactions and opinions on the launch of the new bloggers’ consortium. By Administrator Feedbacks on this entry via RSS 2.0 Please leave a Comment or discuss via Trackback! Comments Please Leave a Comment! [...]

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:19:14 +0000

Don't take it for granted. I'm far from sold and I can't figure out what the orgy fest is really for? I'm sorry. I've read everything that everyone has written and I just think it's another stupid thing. I'm just not buying into it. Sorry.

By: The Moderate Voice

The Moderate Voice — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:50:54 +0000

The OSM (nee Pajamas Media) business plan...

...has confused many, but perhaps the secret underlying it has been discovered.

By: Jim Kukral

Jim Kukral — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:50:25 +0000

Great summary here, thank you. I'm still confused though, what does that mean? :)

By: The Daily Brief: A Military Blog Written With Intelligence And Purpose » An Inauspicious Beginning

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:30:40 +0000

[...] Update: Jon Henke at QandO Blog and James Joyner at Outside the Beltway have roundups of the mixed reactions, both inside and outside of the OSM organization, to the roll-out, as well as the site itself. And John Burke at The Editor’s Weblog is highly skeptical: Despite the fact that bloggers and mainstream media are under one roof on the site, as of now there is no synergy between the two. To make OSM a successful project, the news stories it cites should be linked to the bloggers that comment on the same subject, thus creating an easily navigable package that combines the original reporting with blogger opinion. [...]