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

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

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