June 2009
4 posts
Is Twitter The CNN Of The New Media Generation? →
excerpt: “As “now” media continues to mature, its impact is clear and incontestable. The takeaway for traditional and new media producers alike is whether or not we can listen, follow, and communicate with people where they are already communicating. The opportunity for social media and its inherent benefits lies in our ability to build a two-way information bridge between the point of our...
#mediaearthquake - weekend edition - tasty links...
#CNNfail: Twitter Blasts CNN Over Iran Election (via Mashable)
Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter For News About Iran (via ReadWriteWeb)
Nanomedia (via avc.com)
What the Movie Industry Needs to Do to Win (via Mashable)
USA Today Regrets Making iPhone App Free (via Moconews)
Sorry, There’s No Way To Save The TV Business (via Business Insider)
David Simon on the Future of Journalism →
David Simon, journalist and creator of the popular HBO drama, The Wire, spoke about the future of professional journalism. Among the topics he addressed were his own experiences as a beat reporter for the Baltimore Sun, the state of the newspaper industry, and media ethics.
Simon, in testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet on May 6, said he...
June 4 links
How Much Will You Pay To Read Your News Online? (via allthingsd.com)
Why The New York Times Doesn’t Call Its Readers ‘Readers’ (via adage.com)
Stephen Colbert Takes Over Newsweek (via adage.com)
Showtime Taps Amazon’s Kindle To Promote ‘Nurse Jackie’ (via adage.com)
TV Industry Watches You Watch TV, Says You Watch More TV Than You Think (via...
May 2009
1 post
May 6 links
Disney’s Iger On Hulu, YouTube: ‘New Media Isn’t Going Away’; Planning Movie Subscription Product
Report: Murdoch Planning News Corp-Wide Paid Content Program
NYT’s Heekin-Canedy: Times Is ‘Not A Newspaper, But A News Provider’
French:
Pourquoi le modèle économique de TF1 est ébranlé
Téléchargement illégal: les eurodéputés votent contre la coupure Internet en cas de téléchargements...
March 2009
1 post
January 2009
1 post
Trust, the fuel of the digital economy
Spurred by excellent posts by Mike Lazerow and others I follow, I’m diving back into more long-form blogging to share and gain your insights.
A number of great bloggers have been putting together a compelling macro thread for what should and will lie ahead : Fred Wilson’s two recent posts Bits of Destruction , Putting the Band Back Together and Roger Ehrenberg’s post on the current inflection...
December 2008
0 posts
What is social media ?
On my way to @jeffpulver’s social media breakfast in Manhattan, a few quick reflections on what social media means to me:
- WE are all connected ie our digital IDs help us connect from online to offline as we produce/comment text/video.
- all media is now or on its way to become shareable/mash-able -> viral. Traditional media has started to embrace this in a big way eg with Hulu embeds,...