Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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Of the 23 percent who got news on the internet yesterday, only a minority visited newspaper websites. Instead, websites that include quick updates of major headlines, such as MSNBC, Yahoo, and CNN, dominate the web-news landscape.(July 20, 2006, The Pew Center for the People and the Press: Online ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Ever since John edited my book proposal, I've been thinking about what he said: your thesis is that each medium has to operate in its native state.
When he said that to me, it was so glaringly obvious that I knew it had to be true. I've been trying to figure ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
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A few days back, Google introduced an open data portability protocol that would allow your personal information to be moved from site to site with little hassle.
The idea -- which Facebook and Myspace also introduced -- is to make it easier for people to move on the Web. ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
The Society of Professional Journalists honored the top college journalists with its Mark of Excellence Awards on May 19.
“I encourage media executives who are looking for the next wave of high-quality journalists to pay attention to the winners of SPJ’s Mark of Excellence Awards.” said Neil Ralston, SPJ’s Vice President ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Well, the traditional media has hyped the hell out of social networks, so that means it's about time to start tearing them down. The first salvo (that I've seen) comes on the heels of comScore numbers which suggest that fewer people are signing up for -- and using -- social ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Sunday's keynote address by Mark Zuckerberg kicks off in about 30 minutes. I'll be live-blogging the talk as I did yesterday with Henry Jenkins.
Zuckerberg founded Facebook, along with three other computer science students at Harvard, in February 2004. The service was rolled out from university to university during its initial ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Whoops. Seeding the Social Media sphere doesn't always work how you planned. In fact, you can be pretty sure it won't. That's the nature of social media.
Universal's marketing department is in a bit of trouble for posting excessively violent clips on Facebook, while promoting one of its upcoming movies (and ...
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