The Onion looks at the future of news: “CNN is widely credited with initiating the acceleration of the modern news cycle with the fall 2006 debut of its spin-off channel CNN:24, which provides a breaking news story, an update on that story, and a news recap all within 24 seconds. In addition to creating its… Continue reading The 24 Second News Cycle
Month: June 2007
YouTube Adds New Features to Embedded Video
Google/YouTube has launched an interesting new feature to its embedded video player. If you find a video on YouTube, and want to display it on your website, you can embed it there with a bit of code. So the video plays right on your site, even though YouTube is hosting it. Now, this video on… Continue reading YouTube Adds New Features to Embedded Video
The Growing Pains of Social Networks
The New York Times has an interesting article that looks at the barriers of social networks. The writer (an adult) joins Facebook, and tries to become friends with her teenager daughter, and her daughter’s friends. Besides it being a funny story, it is interesting to see the limits we place on our communities and our… Continue reading The Growing Pains of Social Networks
Drinking the iPhone Kool-Aid
True, I am an Apple fan. However, even trying to reserve my normal “I love Apple” enthusiasm just isn’t working with the upcoming launch of the iPhone. Carrying around a truly usable version of the web can have profound effects on how people consume media. Have you seen these commercials yet?! But the real test… Continue reading Drinking the iPhone Kool-Aid
New York Times Reporters: We Are Bloggers Now
Scott Karp reports on blogging going mainstream, with the New York Times live blogging the recent Democrat debate: “The New York Times, “newspaper of record,” now brings you the record within minutes after the event happens. This is truly a sea change, and evidence that the New York Times is indeed changing its editorial standards… Continue reading New York Times Reporters: We Are Bloggers Now
Social Networks for Kids are Growing
The New York Times profiles “interactive play sites,” in which kids play with their friends online, exploring virtual worlds, and dressing up virtual dolls: “Millions of children and adolescents are spending hours on these sites, which offer virtual versions of traditional play activities and cute animated worlds that encourage self-expression and safe communication. They are,… Continue reading Social Networks for Kids are Growing
All Media is Digital Media
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
Newspapers See 22% Increase in Online Ad Revenue
The Newspaper Association of America has new estimates that indicates: “US newspaper groups experienced a 22 per cent increase in online advertising revenues but the sharp rise was not enough to offset the decline in revenues from traditional print advertising.”
Media Changes, Yet Journalism Remains
Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley talks about how technology is changing media, but the purpose of journalism remains the same: “Technology may change how journalists work, but it has never changed what journalists do… The clear imperative today is that we have to go where the users are, and fit our content and… Continue reading Media Changes, Yet Journalism Remains
WSJ, NYT, CNN, TIME Add Aggregation to their Websites
Scott Karp reports that many traditional media brands are adding aggregated third-party content to their sites, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time and CNN. Scott’s reasoning: “Linking to other media companies’ content used to be unthinkable for traditional media brands, but attitudes have changed after Google made $10 billion in advertising by… Continue reading WSJ, NYT, CNN, TIME Add Aggregation to their Websites