GMA News launches blog network?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief January 9, 2007 · 2 min read

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I didn’t notice this one until today. GMANews.tv has a blog network — says so on this page title here:

GMA News

First, I’d like to congratulate GMA 7 for such a bold move. From this post, looks like the relaunch and the blog went out on New Year’s eve although their archives are showing blank entries/pages from way back November 2006.

This will be the year when we will see how mainstream media handles the wild, wild world of blogging. A lot of issues and fine lines to be drawn:

Who’s accountable for the blog content? Just the journalist or the media company?
With accountability comes chain of command. Will the higher ups try to push the red button once in a while?
If you add a comment/trackback feature to a news column or editorial, does it become a blog?
Can the journalist-turned-blogger lower the the bar of journalistic standards now that they’re writing for a blog?
How about conflicts of interests? Can the blogger freely demonstrate complete control of their opinions & criticisms that will not spare anyone even the media organizations regular bigwig advertisers?
Will they freely link to a blog by a competing network?
Will they be paid on a per post basis? Imagine getting paid Php1,000 per post and writing 100 blog entries a month?
Will they get fired because they got caught blogging at work? (pun intended)

This one question is specific to GMA 7 — will you ever allow your Guest Bloggers to actually blog on your site and not just link to them? If not, let’s just call it a blogroll.

Well, Inquirer.net is also gearing up with their own blog network of sorts. Can I safely speculate that it’s their blog network ambitions that made the two go on separate ways? *jk*

My only disappointment actually is that they prefer using Serendipity instead of WordPress. ;)

Disclosure: I used to (emphasis on the past tense) work as consultant for Inquirer’s HIP network of blogs. Some of the journalist-bloggers on GMA Blog Network are former/current clients as well.

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29 Comments

jimmie · 17 years ago

I congradulate you on banning adam from your show. everyone was saying that his performance wasn’t all that bad, but it was. we have to take a stand somewhere. THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOURS.

leiner · 18 years ago

and let’s always remember that PRIDE is always bad,

PRIDE in a sense that is destroys everybody…everything…

always remember that PRIDE is always the root of all sins, the root of all misunderstanding…

leiner · 18 years ago

i’m hoping, even a little bit, may the GMA management pay attention to this wish of mine,

im hoping that you stop or if not, just limit the airing of that what you’re saying is just to protect you’re name,

ok, let’s say, you’re the number 1 station, fine, but will that title let your network be filled with pride, yes you’re protecting your network,
but is’nt it that ABS is also just protecting their name,

and you know actually, the issue here is your PRIDE!!!!your EGO!!!!

can’t you not humble yourselves? just because you’re number 1…pls. let the management here this…and let me see your reply…

thank you very much…

Marie · 19 years ago

This comment is for GMA 7 new show Marimar. Wag niyo nmn masyadong e twist/remake ang Marimar kasi hndi na nakakatuwa, nawawalan na kayo ng viewers. Everyone is looking forward sa pagbabago ni Marimar as Gustavo’s daughter.

aidster · 19 years ago

looking for a better gmanews vs inqurier blog? Check this blog out => http://www.inquirerbloggers.net/atplay/2007/03/05/gma-7-abc-5-reporters-and-tv-crew-at-inquirernet-office/

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 19 years ago

@ Obet

That’s one thing hindi ata kaya sikmurain ng MSM — mga R18 terminologies. And incidentally, your domain name is under their blacklist.

@ Jim

It’s been confirmed na tama yung speculations ko from people inside. They just denied it at the beginning so as not to spoil the broth. If you look at the press release, the “split” was even made up like a good development after all.

Jim · 19 years ago

Inquirer.net’s Joey Alarilla looks at the new development at a very positive light. As he pointed out in his blog. From what I understand, Inq7.net would still be active (redesigned?? but as of this writing the “unavailability” of the site “for a few hours” is taking days). This is a good development, I mean Inq7 would be an integrated site of the two sites and readers can choose to go to the sites of interest (more of becoming a “social network”/forwarding site for GMA TV News and Inquirer)–I was actually quite excited about it.

But what is intriguing is Joey’s comment on his column “Pagalingan na lang, dahil mga readers ang makikinabang kapag >maganda ang content sa INQ7.net. Readers already know what INQUIRER.net is capable of over the years, and we’re just getting started.”. hmmm…. Short to say, that you might be right about speculating about the split.

Obet · 19 years ago

It looks like GMA changed their trackbacks NOT to show the title of the referring blog.My trackback on http://www.gmanews.tv/blogs/malou-mangahas/archives/1-Crossing-over.html
no longer shows my blog title.