Snowden on German Public Television

Hamburg based NDR-TV broadcast an interview on Jan 26th with Edward Snowden made in Moscow. Although it got a lot of coverage inside Germany, I'm not sure that those outside the country realise a full version in English is sitting in at archive.org. Glad someone kept this interview. I see its been downloaded 26,000 times, so someone has found it.

Andrew Keen in conversation with Jon Miller

I like Andrew Keen. Keep bumping into his work at conferences. I'm actually a fan of his interview style:thoughtful and sharp without being confrontational. He was at the DLD conference in Munich, Germany in January. The conference organisers are gradually uploading the interviews that happened backstage. Frankly, many of them are far more interesting than the main stage sessions. Unfortunately, because DLD doesn't label them, they are doomed to have 23 views because no-one knows their worth.

And who is Jon Miller? He was the digital strategy guy at Newscorp. Now that he's left, he is working on a media startup of his own. I think he's understood completely what's ailing publishers and broadcasters. They are still obsessed with filling their channels. Whereas the audience is increasingly wanting to engage with the content. No money in content - no audience - and therefore no hope of building a revenue stream. A great 9 minutes.

Germany turns good ideas into action

I see that the German government has renewed its campaign - Germany, Land of Ideas. Some of the early productions were rather dry. But someone has pumped new energy into the project. To a point where it's become rather good. Berlin is certainly moving much further ahead that many cities I know. It has the advantage of plenty of cheap space - and a growing international community of creatives.