On The Media -January 7, 2005

On The Media -January 7, 2005: "In the wake of the tsunami, a tidal wave of information. Also, the legal storm over age discrimination allegations at the Weather Channel and more harsh accusations about the New York Times. All that plus a nice chat with Mr. Magazine on the first-ever podcast edition of NPR’s On the Media." (Via On The Media from NPR/WNYC.)

This week's On The Media has several interesting conversations regarding the South Asia Tsunami and how the Internet was used to share information and to reach out for donations. Also discussions about the democratization of media... The show includes discussions with Ester Dyson, Jeff Jarvis and Tod Maffin of CBC Radio. Maffin does a nice job explaining the recent phenomena of Podcasting and how it is being used by people to time shift content. He also tries to explain why he likes to listen to The Dawn and Drew Show...