As the creators of South Park are inking a new deal with Viacom to distribute their creation online, they are proving that content creators hold the upper hand over traditional media distributors. “In a joint venture that involves millions in up-front cash and a 50-50 split of ad revenues, the network and the two creative… Continue reading Content Creators: More Options for Distribution
Month: August 2007
Can You Make Money by Blogging?
Fred Wilson tries to answer the age old question: can you making money by blogging? The focus of his answer, is that you shouldn’t look for a one-to-one correlation between blog posts written, and dollars rolling through the door. The most successful bloggers leverage the exposure that their blog gives them to launch related businesses.… Continue reading Can You Make Money by Blogging?
92% of Largest Newspapers Offer Online Video
A new report from the Bivings Group shows widespread adoption of video on the websites of newspapers: “The study said 92 percent of the largest 100 U.S. newspaper sites are offering video, a 31 percent jump from last year. Thirty-nine papers offer original video content, 26 use video streams from the Associated Press, 13 offer… Continue reading 92% of Largest Newspapers Offer Online Video
How the Change in Media is Affecting Journalists
I Want Media interviews author Mark Deuze, who looks at how the lives of journalists and anyone working in media is changing: “What is changing is an acceleration of things that have been happening for a while — media convergence and integration coupled with disintegration, disruptive technological change, continuous market fragmentation.” “This is being brought… Continue reading How the Change in Media is Affecting Journalists
Splitting Your Personality Across Social Networks
Increasingly, individuals are using several different social networks to interact with others online, and to share their thoughts and experiences. For Steve Rubel, he seems to have found a solution with a service called Tumblr: “Over the last few months I have really changed how and where I create content. For a long time all of… Continue reading Splitting Your Personality Across Social Networks
Live Reporting with Interactive Data & Maps
TechCrunch pointed to a really simple, and really amazing thing that happened last week. This guy took a drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles. In doing so, he also displayed it online via webcam, and kept an updated Google map of his progress. Imagine how much more data and interaction will soon be built… Continue reading Live Reporting with Interactive Data & Maps
Journalism as Living Document
As the New York Times and other brands put more of their archived content online, it seems that it is causing trouble for some: “But if the Times is using search-engine-optimization techniques to push articles toward the top of search-engine results, does it have any ethical obligation to ensure that old errors, distortions, or omissions… Continue reading Journalism as Living Document
Journalism School Rethinks What it Means to be a Journalist
Chicago Magazine takes a look at radical upheavals in the curriculum at the Medill School of Journalism, at NorthWestern University. With a greater focus on multimedia, and listening to the needs of readers, some students and faculties are crying foul. Highly recommended article on where journalism is going, and its implications. (thanks to Rod Sutton… Continue reading Journalism School Rethinks What it Means to be a Journalist
Rumor Alert: A Phone from Google that Could Change Everything
There is a swarm of rumors around an upcoming mobile phone from Google, that could be similar to Apple’s iPhone, without the hefty price and AT&T contract lock-in: “Google could sit tight and count its pennies, not unlike what Microsoft did during its heyday, or it could push forward, beyond the desktop and into the… Continue reading Rumor Alert: A Phone from Google that Could Change Everything
Yahoo Looking for New Direction, Via ReOrg
Yahoo is reorganizing, amid slow growth compared to competitors. “The latest in a string of internal shake-ups will bring together Yahoo’s sales operations with the company’s publisher network, corporate partnerships and HotJobs to form a “global partner solutions” division.” “…the company has struggled with lackluster growth and its unsatisfactory showing against Google and other competitors.… Continue reading Yahoo Looking for New Direction, Via ReOrg