This week will be an exciting one, with cool parties to celebrate Hari Raya and gorge on delicious mooncakes and fresh Pacific Saury!
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- Grand Prix Season Singapore Contest! Your ticket to fast cars, exhilarating experiences and out of this world performances
- Green light for Bukit Gasing bungalows; China pilots faked CV; Meet the 106-year-old virgin!
- Introducing: Small Talk With The Moon
- TV3 apologises and withdraws Raya ad; Wayne Rooney caught in new sex scandal; Craiglist censors "adult services" section
- Interview: Shanon Shah on journalism, a new album, and leaving KL
- Updated: Arthur's Day 2010 brings you Timbaland, Mizz Nina, Pop Shuvit, and Sean Kingston!
- Hishamuddin: Special task force to monitor Internet; Genting bus crash leaves 18 injured; Fat keeps McDonald's food immortal
- Get a move on! The PlayStation Move is here!
- Malay Mail editor charged for satirical blog post; Ferrari recalls cars after fires; Airline to host first mile-high gay wedding
ISSUE #143
A new look, veteran journos talking about chasing terrorists, and our annual 20 Under 40 list! All that and more in our September 2010 issue!
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Buying into the Blogosphere
The musician-turned-technopreneur, Hardesh Singh (The Wknd, The Fairly Current Show, PopIN) is now dabbling in news aggregation. PopWire is dedicated to "finding the best bits of relevant news of the internets, by the internets, for the internets". Basically, it trawls blogs for interesting stuff, and distributes its findings through Twitter and Facebook. "The idea that journalism needs to be produced in a professionally-run news organisation in order for it to be useful is no longer true," Hardesh asserts. "Take a look at our links on any given day. You will be amazed by the range and quality of content being created - almost all by non-professionals."
What about veracity? "The onus is on bloggers to be able to defend their output," Hardesh says. "Our role is to create a valuable and informative channel - a marketplace of ideas and opinions." And, in a marketplace, one is allowed to haggle - or decide not buy something. Of course, pickiness is a prerequisite. "There needs to be an editorial process to separate the signals from the noise. And the blogosphere is a very noisy place."
PopWire, is currently edited by writer Grace Chin, and was developed with support from the Five Arts Centre. It's got a website; better yet, follow it on Twitter.
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