In case anyone missed the past year, the reflections are starting to pour in. Read/Write Web has a great overview on the state of the online world, covering topics such as: Social networks RSS Web 2.0 Google VC money Localization Widgets Online video Blogs …and so much more. I was surprised the word “aggregation” didn’t… Continue reading The Year of User-Generated Content & Web 2.0
Blogs Influence Still Growing
Steve Rubel looks at the numbers concluding: “blogging may be peaking.” However, this does not tell the whole story for a medium that is still maturing, and growing in influence: “To me it says that we might be at the point where every individual who wants to publish a blog actively may already have one.… Continue reading Blogs Influence Still Growing
Online Services a Boon to Traditional Media
Business 2.0 looks at how YouTube may is helping traditional media gain marketshare online, and regular TV as well. “An experimental “brand channel” YouTube launched in mid-October for CBS (Charts) in the hopes that it would become the model for other old media partnerships.” “In return, the media company gets to sniff around YouTube for… Continue reading Online Services a Boon to Traditional Media
New York Times Gets Social
The New York Times has embraced social media, by adding submission links to Digg, Facebook ,and Newsvine within their stories. “…the capability to do it directly from the story means that The Times is paying attention to where its stories are shared, who reads them, and, more importantly, what they are saying about them.” Of… Continue reading New York Times Gets Social
Are Media Companies Leaders, or Followers?
Week after week, I link to articles that profile the massive changes going on within media and journalism. Each illustrates companies and people who are coping with a change in their industry that they are forced to endure. Perhaps these changes are discussed as “opportunities” in some articles; in others, but in many, they are… Continue reading Are Media Companies Leaders, or Followers?
Social Media Turning into Commercial Media
Scott Karp discusses how online communities may be gamed by some, in order to unlock their traffic driving potential: “…we just need to remember how quickly “social” can become “commercial” and managing the “community” can become managing the “marketplace.”
Ad Spending Moving Online, Away from Traditional Media
Several anaylysts and organizations are sharing their predictions for advertising in 2007. All seem to agree that next year will be: “…challenging year ahead for the traditional media along with substantial growth for all things online.” The cause: “Television, radio and newspapers will “experience slow growth and ongoing audience declines,” according to the report, “and… Continue reading Ad Spending Moving Online, Away from Traditional Media
Evolution of Trust & the Competive Landscape Online
Fred Wilson muses on what Yahoo! should do with its strategy, and touches on some key points about the evolution of the Internet, and how the relationship of trust has evolved: “Back in the first Internet era, it was all about amassing as large an audience as you could on your website… But the first… Continue reading Evolution of Trust & the Competive Landscape Online
Evolution of Trust & the Competive Landscape Online
Fred Wilson muses on what Yahoo! should do with its strategy, and touches on some key points about the evolution of the Internet, and how the relationship of trust has evolved: “Back in the first Internet era, it was all about amassing as large an audience as you could on your website… But the first… Continue reading Evolution of Trust & the Competive Landscape Online
Media Blending into One, via Search
Microsoft has is releasing its book search, competing with Google Book Search. While this idea is not new, the ways that we be experiencing it are just surfacing: “As we move out of beta, what you will see is that book content integrated with the Web content (search results on Windows Live Search). What we… Continue reading Media Blending into One, via Search