Kevin: A PriceWaterhouseCoopers survey finds news readers unlikely to pay for content online. Niche news readers are the exception with sports and financial news readers more willing to pay for content. "The PricewaterhouseCoopers survey on the outlook for newspapers in the digital age, Moving into multiple business models, found papers and online are likely to co-exist in the longer term. Yet despite the "huge potential" for online, print revenues would dominate 'for some time'."

Suw: Report into how associations (third sector etc) are using social technologies.

Suw: More details on Jeremiah Owyang's social media report.

Suw: The data's from last year but interesting nonetheless. Would like to see data like this from the UK.

Suw: Another Forrester report that looks interesting

Suw: This report could make for interesting reading, if I ever get to see a copy.

Suw: Jeremiah Owyang's ideas about how the social web might develop.

Suw: List of mainly US organisations using Twitter

Suw: Wiki collating US non-profits using social media

Suw: "Only a tiny fraction of the 179,000 nonprofits that have turned to Causes as an inexpensive and green way to seek donations have brought in even $1,000, according to data available on the Causes developers' site."

Suw: Is 'Facebook Causes' useful for charities and non-profits? It's certainly not much use for organisations outside North America, but could organisations do better in their use of social media?

Suw: Is cyberspace really filling up? Or is bandwidth increasing in step with demand? Where does this article come on your BS-o-meter?

Kevin: Reuters Global Community Editor Mark Jones says that journalists should look to the 'online footprint' of of those who submit user-generated content. It will help verify the agenda and background of contributors. Mark makes a great point and one often overlooked by journalists not familiar with establishing online identity. Mark goes on to say, "We have some fairly well-established instincts now." Social media journalists develop these instincts just as traditional journalists have with other cues to establish the veracity of statements made by sources.