Source: Adage.com, “Chicago Sun-Times’ Parent Company Files for Chapter 11: Sun-Times Media Group, Owner of 59 Papers, to Shed Assets,” by Jeremy Mullman, 3/31/09. The Chicago media group joins the Tribune Co. (Chicago Tribune) and others in filing for bankruptcy protection.
Archive for March, 2009
Adage: Sun-Times Media Group files for Chapter 11
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies on March 31, 2009 | Comments Off
Newser.com: Murdoch to buy Twitter?
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications on March 31, 2009 | Comments Off
Saw this on Ragan’s PR Daily. Source: Newser.com / Off the Grid, “Here’s Rupert’s last Hurrah: Twitter,” by Michael Wolff. Wolff, a writer at Vanity Fair.com & Newser founder, makes a reasoned argument at why this may happen. The move hinges on a key player: Jon Miller.
Mediaweek: CBS launches ‘live read’ on streaming radio
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Integrated Marketing Communications, Radio on March 31, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: Mediaweek, “CBS launches ‘live read’ spots on streaming radio,” by Katy Bachman, 3/3/0/09. The live reads are expected to boost radio stations’ revenue.
OnlineMediaDaily: wireless operaters set marketing guidelines
Posted in InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications on March 31, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: OnlineMediaDaily, “Wireless Operators to Standardize Marketing Guidelines,” by Mark Walsh, 3/30/09. Cites guidelines in conjunction with the Mobile Marketing Association. MMA Press Release,”Mobile Marketing Association Brokers Industry’s First Cross-Carrier Best Practices with Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mo.” Also of interest from MediaPost’s Marketing Daily: “Market Research Much Get Real, Not Ideal, Social Scientists [...]
Variety: Disney cuts deal with YouTube
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Television on March 31, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: Variety.com, “Disney/ABC deals with YouTube: Short-form agreement also involves ESPN,” by Michael Schneider, 3/30/09. From the 2nd paragraph: Under the pact, YouTube will launch several channels featuring shortform programming from both ESPN and Disney/ABC. Disney Media Networks will sell its own advertising inventory on the channels in a revenue-sharing arrangement with YouTube parent Google. [...]
Indie Lens: Recycle & free docs like Still Life w/Animated Dogs
Posted in Culture and Communications, Gaming, Television on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Coming up on [i]ndependent lens: From the site: “RECYCLEPremiere Date: March 31, 2009Ride shotgun with ex-Mujahideen fighter Abu Amar through the chaotic streets of Zarqa, Jordan — birthplace of the infamous al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (1:47)” BTW: SOME INDIE LENS FILMS ARE AVAILABLE FULL LENGTH ON HULU, SNAGFILMS, ZUNE, OR XBOX I can’t wait [...]
FLEFF: Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off
FLEFF BEGINS TODAY! March 30- April 5th Content streams: Spice, Syncopation, Toxins & Trade Check out: Films Multimedia Concerts Downtown Screenings Silent Films/Live Music Galas and Gatherings FLEFF homepage
paidContent: Disney on Hulu?
Posted in Culture and Communications, Television on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: paidContent, “Could Disney join Hulu? Sources say talks are serious,” by Staci Kramer, 3/27/09. Wow, the online distribution wars are playing out. This would be big news if the deal goes through. A personal source provided paidContent with the scoop. Kramer asks the “why now” question.
Park Scholars &FLIC screen film to raise disability rights
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off
I hope readers can find time to attend this event! Kudos to the Park Scholars and Teri Reinemann for organizing the event. From the news release: Contact: Daniel Haack Park Scholar Program Tel: 608-445-7957 E-mail: dhaack1@ithaca.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PARK SCHOOL AND FLIC TEAM UP TO TRAVEL DOWN THE “YELLOW BRICK ROAD” Documentary Screening To [...]
Source: NPR / Weekend Edition Sunday, “OnLive Gaming Heats up Gamer Conference,” by Laura Sydell, 3/29/09. One development in the works is gaming without a console. Streaming audio. The Game Developers Conference took place from March 23-27, 2009 in San Francisco. see also: paidContent also covered the GDC (see the headers with @GDC).
MediaPost: Brandweek’s future; Local TV; marketing news; FTC &DRM
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Television on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Of interest from MediaPost, 3/30/09: For CMD / PR majors: “Nielsen May Close ‘Brandweek’, ‘Hollywood Reporter’ Imperiled?,” by Eric Sass. To be clear, it may fold into Adweek or Mediaweek. For Journalism / TVR majors: “Local TV News Drops Revenue, Ratings,” by Wayne Friedman. Cites the Pew Research Center for Project for Excellence in Journalism [...]
RCN: Sup Ct on Hillary: The Movie
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Television on March 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, “Supreme Court hears Political documentaries case,” 3/24/09. The following links are provided by RCFP: oral arguments Citizens United v. FEC At odds: Is the film Hillary: The movie (a documentary that is critical of then Sen. Hillary Clinton during her White House bid) “electioneering communications” subject to [...]
paidContent: Blockbuster + TiVo
Posted in Television on March 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: paidContent, “Blockbuster to rent and sell movies through TiVo,” by Rory Maher, 3/25/09. Maher notes this competitive edge, “Blockbuster will offer movies two to four weeks after they hit rental stores, while Netflix has to wait until the movies are offered on pay-per-view, which occurs after the movies have been available as rentals for [...]
E&P: highest news readership
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on March 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Alert from PR Daily. Source: Editor & Publisher, “The top city for newspaper readership: It’s not where you think,” by Jennifer Saba, 3/25/09. Based on Scarborough Research it is: ROCHESTER, NEW YORK!
HULU has docs
Posted in Indymedia, Television on March 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Alert from: ResourceShelf newsletter no. 401. Hulu now has documentaries. How did I miss that? Guess I haven’t been streaming enough tv. CONNECT TO HULU DOCUMENTARIES Featured in the Hulu banner We are Wizards I am Because We Are (Madonna) Super Size Me Buena Vista Social Club Confessions of a Superhero Dig! (need to sign [...]
More news on news
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies on March 25, 2009 | Comments Off
3 briefs: paidContent.org, “Former WSJ.com Editor: What papers can–and can’t–charge for,” by Rory Maher, 3/24/09. Cites the Relections of a Newsosaur blog (Alan D. Mutter). I’ll have to add that to my roll. MediaDailyNews, “Senator Proposes Newspaper Tax Break,” by Erik Sass, 3/25/09. AdAge.com,“Senator Proposes Bill to allow Newspapers to go Nonprofit,” by Nat Ives, [...]
WSJ Blogs: Generation F?
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications on March 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: WSJ Blogs / Gary Hamel’s Management 2.o,“The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500,” by Gary Hamel, 3/24/09. Can’t say I’m crazy about the new tag of “Generation F” but the “12 work-relevant charactistics of online life” compiled by Hamel are worth noting.
Current TV/ SuperNews: Trouble with Twitter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Public Relations, Television on March 25, 2009 | Comments Off
I really really enjoyed this. Really. I saw it on PR Junkie. It is from Current TV; it part of their SuperNews animated series. NOTE: The video plays fine on my computer but not so fine on others. Here is a direct link more about “PR junkie/LePostfr: Trouble with Twit…“, posted with vodpod
Variety: Documentaries thrive in tough times
Posted in Indymedia, Television on March 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: Variety, “Documentaries thrive in tough time: Beaten-down broadcasters focused on reality,” by Steve Clarke, 3/20/09. Rory Kennedy, who was one of the first PCIM speakers, is quoted as saying, “In difficult times, documentaries are more popular…People look to them for a reality check.” She’ll be delivering the closing keynote at Mipdoc on, “Social Change [...]
The Nation: Nichols and McChesney on the news biz
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies on March 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: The Nation, “The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers,” by Nichols and McChesney, 3/18/09. This article came to my attention from the NCA listserv by Prof. McChesney & also on ECREA by a friend of the other author Nichols. Here is the blurb on them from The Nation: John Nichols and Robert W. [...]
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