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media This page deals with the media, convergence and journalism.  Information about individual media groups is available in our media profiles and the print profile. The economy guide offers a view of the media industries in the age of the internet.      journalism The Online Journalism Review (OJR), Editor & Publisher (EP), Journal of Media Economics and Prometheus: The Journal of Issues In Technological Change, Innovation, Information Economics, Communication & Science Policy offer insights into industry developments, although Australia doesn't appear on their maps Among hardcopy we graze the US Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) and the British Journalism Review (BJR). Europemedia deals with the new media in the European Union.  A characteristically brash take on the US media - online and otherwise - is provided by Brill's Content, self-styled "independent voice of the information age" and recently joined by Steve Brill's "content portal" Contentville.com.   Brill's alas shrill and heading at full steam towards 60 Minutes territory.  Greater insight was offered by Newswatch, an offshoot of the US Center for Media & Public Affairs.      publishing and convergence Guides on this site highlight print and electronic publications of importance for particular issues, eg the excellent Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP). The Harvard Journal of Convergence (HJC), launched in February 2001, promises to be a major resource for regulatory policy, economic and technological issues regarding the contentious topic of convergence.      advertising and online PR  For those tracking the persuasion industry there's useful information online at the US online Advertising Age (AAge), Media Week (MWeek), Media Channel (Media Channel), the Poynter Organisation's MediaNews (MediaNews) and Page Six (Page Six). Variety (Variety) remains on a classic source, not just because of its tradition of headlines such as "Wall Street Lays An Egg".      gateway sites [Under development] The Online Journalism Review (OJR) site and the Virtual Institute of Information (VII) at Columbia University offer pointers to offshore resources. The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) and the European Institute for the Media (EIM) are more restricted gateways    next page  (networks)