Morisy dot com

The personal homepage of Michael Morisy, technology journalist.

Home

The latest blog post:

First they came for the bikinis ...

Or rather, the lack thereof. A major German publisher, presumably in Apple's ranks of the exempted (a "well-known company with previously published material available broadly in a well-accepted format," as they put it to the Times), is pushing back on Apple's suggestion that they tone down their racy content.

Bild, Germany's daily "picture newspaper" tabloid since 1952, has had their "shake the Bild girl app" shaken from the App store for showing areolas, and the International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) is considering a formal complaint, according to The Guardian.
Apple CensorshipThe app in question
The piece quotes Association of German Magazine Publishers chief executive Wolfgang Fuerstner by way of Der Spiegel*: "Publishers can't sell their soul just to get a few lousy pennies from Apple."

Nips are a no-no in most state-side tabloids and lad mags, but trying to export cultural standards elsewhere might be a dangerous game.

*I couldn't find this quote anywhere in the English-language Der Spiegel, so I'm taking it on the Guardian's word.

Continued

Pictures
My galleries

About Me

A professional web journalist with multimedia, web design, and social media experience, I write for TechTarget sites like SearchEnterpriseWAN.com and SearchTelecom.com. I've previously written for Business 2.0, the New York Daily News, and a variety of other national and local publications. I graduated with a degree in English from Cornell University in 2007. I'm an avid, if not altogether adequate, runner, and I currently volunteer with a some non-profit organizations including Spare Change News and the Seely Foundation. Feel free to get in touch, follow me on Twitter, or connect on LinkedIn.

More Writing

You can read my recent TechTarget articles. You can also read the front page editorial I wrote as a New York Daily News intern. I also shoot and edit video for Boston International, like these segments on Endeavor Global and the Acumen Fund, two microfinance organizations. Or here I'm previewing and unboxing an Android G1.

I guess "more writing" is more of a misnomer.

Instant History

My long-running blog on technology, news media, journalism, social networking and more, in a new, reduced-fat format. You can search for content, browse categories like Social Networking or Journalism.

Here are some recent posts:

comments © the poster. all else © Michael Morisy or as attributed.

Please request permission for more than fair usage.

What Michael's been up to elsewhere ...