Two reports (from Jeremy Pepper and Eric Savitz) on the keynote from the New Media Summit: At the end of the day, every company is becoming a media company. Community is going to be the most strategic asset in how media gets created. Community is the center of everything. Instead of you finding content, content… Continue reading All Media is Digital Media
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D: All Things Digital
This week is the D: All Things Digital conference, which is organized by the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. The conference covers an array of topics in media and technology, and has some great guests. I am working my way through the videos, (still on the Steve Jobs & Bill Gates meeting),… Continue reading D: All Things Digital
Advice to Media Newbies: Learn How Google Works
Jeremiah Owyang shares an interesting video, in which a few prominent folks chat about the future of media. Robert Scoble’s advice for those just starting out in media & the web: learn how Google works, and how people will find your content.
Will Quality Journalism Come from Convergence of Media?
Mark Cuban sees huge opportunity in the news industry, calling for the convergance of news brands and organizations. “What I find interesting is how duplicative all their efforts are. Each of the above has a signifcant news departments with reporters out in the field looking to break stories or do a better job of reporting… Continue reading Will Quality Journalism Come from Convergence of Media?
Media Layoffs Up 93%
Money announces that media layoffs nearly doubled in the first quarter of 2007. A recent report indicates: “Media companies announced 4,391 layoffs during the first quarter of this year, up 93 percent from the 2,271 layoffs in the first three months of last year.” Some breakdowns: 12 percent from newspaper publishers. 6 percent from magazine… Continue reading Media Layoffs Up 93%
When Journalists’ Sources Have Direct Access to an Audience
There was a weird exchange between entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, and Wired magazine this week, that was picked up by quite a few blogs. (Read about it here, here, here, and here.) There was one piece of it that I found really interesting: some people feel they don’t need to talk to journalists in a way… Continue reading When Journalists’ Sources Have Direct Access to an Audience
Opportunity: Media Companies Losing Control of Their Content
Fred Wilson illustrates the loss of control that large media companies are experiencing. In his example, he uses the upcoming release of a song from one of his favorite bands, the Arctic Monkeys. An overview of his example: Someone, somewhere got a hold of an unreleased song from the album, and blogged about it, posting… Continue reading Opportunity: Media Companies Losing Control of Their Content
Cliffs Notes to the State of the News Media 2007 Report
Mark Glaser has a great recap of reactions to the recently released State of the News Media 2007 report. I refuse to do a recap of a recap, so you will have to check it out yourself.
Social Media the Key to Traditional Media’s Future
Barry Parr, an analyst for JupiterResearch, notes how social media can drive an audience to traditional media: “Bill Grueskin of WSJ.com shared an interesting anecdote about how Digg made a two-year-old column one of the most-read stories on a particular day. Interestingly, WSJ.com is getting tremendous lift from promoting their videos to bloggers. We’re all… Continue reading Social Media the Key to Traditional Media’s Future
Lost in a Sea of Information
Read/Write Web gives a phenomenal overview of the attention economy. The crux of their focus: There has been an explosion of new types of information. People no longer read, they skim. News that used to last a day now lasts just a few hours, simply because we need to pay attention to the new news.… Continue reading Lost in a Sea of Information