MediaShift:
Here's the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week's edition, I look at the deep layoffs that are planned at AOL, the AP and BusinessWeek. In the case of AOL, the company plans to shed one-third of its workforce (Read More)
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Less than a month after the Washington Blade, known as “the gay paper of record,” celebrated its 40th Anniversary at a glitzy reception at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C., comes news that the paper will no (Read More)
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A: Ciao, come stai?B: Bene, grazie, e tu?A: Non c’è male…si lavora, si sta in famiglia, poi c’è questa cosa che mi prende un sacco…B: Quale cosa? Di che stai parlando?A: Come, non lo sai? Ho una passione: il cacio con le per (Read More)
Submitted by Motown_Terri
from blog:
Author : Ethan O. TannerThe best advertising, whether for a small business or large, is advertising that works The price a small business owner pays for advertising would not be an issue if the outcome of the ad was known O (Read More)
Submitted by stewbagz
from blog:
Youtube Recently Announced Youtube Direct Which They Call A New Tool That Allows Media Organizations To Request Review And Rebroadcast Youtu
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from blog:
YouTube recently announced YouTube Direct which they call “a new tool that allows media organizations to request, review and rebroadcast YouTube clips directly from YouTube users.”Here is a little video from YouTube talking (Read More)
Mashable!:
If you watch CNN, you’ve probably seen iReports – videos submitted by users around the world about news events via the company’s citizen journalism website. The site played a key role in helping the network obtain footage du (Read More)
All Things Digital:
By Andy Jordan, Editor and Producer, Tech Diary, The Wall Street JournalCurrent TV began with a promise to be the great democratizer of media. Some four years into the experiment, it has a new chief executive who is shifting (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Current TV began with a promise to be the great democratizer of media. Some four years into the experiment, it has a new chief executive who is shifting it away from short videos to more traditional cable programming.Current“ (Read More)
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from blog:
Love it or hate it, there's no doubt that "citizen journalism" — the trend where 'regular people' record video, snap photos, and tweet live from breaking news events — is quickly gaining steam... (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Love it or hate it, there’s no doubt that “citizen journalism” — the trend where ‘regular people’ record video, snap photos, and tweet live from breaking news events — is quickly gaining steam. One of the biggest catalysts (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Benjamin French was born with his right arm missing below the elbow. In his 12 years, he has been fitted with seven prostheses. His most recent replacement will cost nearly $30,000 and his doctor says he will soon grow out of (Read More)
MediaShift Idea Lab:
Low literacy environments, and multi-lingual areas, like Grahamstown, South Africa, face particular challenges when it comes to encouraging citizen journalism. More than 80 percent of the population speaks English as a second (Read More)
MediaShift Idea Lab:
Low literacy environments, and multi-lingual areas, like Grahamstown, South Africa, face particular challenges when it comes to encouraging citizen journalism. More than 80 percent of the population speaks English as a second (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Most people don't know it, but the fate of the world is at stake this December. The UN is holding a Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark where the world's leaders will decide whether there will be any framework at all on (Read More)
MediaShift Idea Lab:
Sergii Danylenko and Anna Prymakova asked me to speak about "changes in media over the past five years" at MediaCamp Kyiv last week. It's a pretty standard topic of discussion for me, but I felt that it would be more interest (Read More)
MediaShift Idea Lab:
(This story was written by Anne-Ryan Heatwole of MobileActive.org.) Mobile phones are the tool of choice for a new group of young reporters in Africa. Voices of Africa Media Foundation, a Netherlands-based non-profit, trains (Read More)
MediaShift Idea Lab:
I just returned from TED India, where I was one of the 100 TED Fellows invited to attend the event. My head is spinning with all the new ideas and my pockets are heavy with business cards. This was undoubtedly the best networ (Read More)
paidContent.org:
» Publishers are dropping the ball by not helping users find content via alerts. [Poynter]» Creditors will force MGM to find a buyer soon. [BusinessWeek]» Holiday shoppers ar (Read More)