The Associated Press just struck a deal with NowPublic.com “designed to bring citizen content into AP newsgathering, and to explore ways to involve NowPublic’s on-the-ground network of news contributors in AP’s breaking news coverage.” “The goal of the effort is to expand the world’s access to news as it happens, the companies said.”
Author: Dan Blank
The State of the Virtual World
For anyone following the virtual world Second Life, they have released some interesting metrics: The Size of the Virtual World. January was another record month for Second Life in many ways. The size of the world, as measured by the virtual square kilometers of simulation, expanded 23% over December to 361 square kilometers. The Virtual… Continue reading The State of the Virtual World
Leveraging Social Networks
Liz Gannes of GigaOM looks at the social network landscape, and where the opportunities lie. “There is a difference between setting up yet another ‘meeting place for pet owners,’ or a network for people who work-out, or a ‘MySpace for old folks’, and waiting for them to arrive, versus using social tools to connect people… Continue reading Leveraging Social Networks
The Case for RSS
Sue Polinsky at DownloadSquad offers a compelling argument for and 101 overview of RSS feeds and readers. Personally, my RSS reader is my lifeline to keeping up with news online. With so many content streams and topics to stay on top of – it is a simple and powerful way to break into the information… Continue reading The Case for RSS
The Demise of Print Media
Rupert Murdoch reflects on print media’s changing place in our culture: “It scares me. Young readership is going down. The culture has changed. No one sits down and readers the paper with breakfast anymore. It’s a shame, because it gives you the opportunity to learn a great deal about the world. If you just read… Continue reading The Demise of Print Media
Surviving Web 2.0
As startups and large media companies pile-on with new web 2.0 sites and services, Read/Write Web looks at 6 lessons for survival online: Divide and Conquer, Differentiate or Die. Generally Speaking, the Smaller the Niche, the More Loyal the Users Become. Focus. No Small Market is Small Enough. Mind Numbingly Simple. Bubble Burps.
What is Ownership? A Debate for Media Companies to Watch
Apple CEO Steve Jobs released an open letter to the music industry, asking for the demise of Digital Rights Management, or DRM. Now, DRM is the layer of security that music publishers add to digital songs they sell online, to protect it from being copied a million times, and controlling how a consumer uses it.… Continue reading What is Ownership? A Debate for Media Companies to Watch
The Internet as LEGO’s. Yahoo! Launches Pipes
Yahoo! has released Pipes, which lets you “remix feeds and create new data mashups in a visual programming environment.” Tim O’Reilly describes Pipes this way: “They allow developers to use two websites in a way that their creators didn’t quite intend, which extends them and makes them more useful. But mashups have generally been limited… Continue reading The Internet as LEGO’s. Yahoo! Launches Pipes
The New Model for Publishing
BusinessWeek has a good overview on John Battelle’s Federated Media: a company that is forging a new model for publishing. “The Sausalito (Calif.) startup is signing up hundreds of the best [blogs] and selling their ad space to brand-name advertisers such as IBM (IBM ), Absolut, and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ ). Federated Media doesn’t own the… Continue reading The New Model for Publishing
Can You Earn a Living Through Blogging?
The Christian Science Monitor digs into the publishing revolution, and how easy it can be to earn money online through your writing, videos, or other media. Some excerpts: “The rise of what’s known as contextual advertising has created a 21st-century version of royalties that’s reaching deep into the ranks of amateurs and hobbyists. It points… Continue reading Can You Earn a Living Through Blogging?