Myers, S. (2009, January 27). What Apple’s iPad means for journalism design, multimedia & business. PoynterOnline. Retrieved January 28, 2010, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=176756 Myers surveys his Poynter colleagues for their thoughts.
Archive for January, 2010
Poynter.org: what iPad means for journalism
Posted in InfoTech, Journalism on January 28, 2010 | Comments Off
Chronicle: Howard Zinn dies at 87
Posted in Indymedia on January 28, 2010 | Comments Off
Howard Zinn, Historian and Activist, Dies at 87. (2009, January 28). Chronicle of Higher Eduction / The Ticker. Retrieved January 28, 2010, from http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Howard-Zinn-Historian-and/20893/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en R.I.P. to Howard Zinn. Remembrance by Rory O’Connor (mediachannel.org)
Ithacappella – Pants On The Ground
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on January 28, 2010 | Comments Off
One of the reasons I.C. rocks! I’ll be watching American Idol. Here is the Tweet alert. more about “Ithacappella – Pants On The Ground“, posted with vodpod
Ragan.com: How PR professionals find journalists on Twitter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Journalism, Public Relations on January 27, 2010 | Comments Off
Porter, J. (2010, January 27). How to identify journalists who are active on Twitter | Article | Homepage articles. Ragan.com. Retrieved January 27, 2010, from http://www.ragan.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=5AA50C55146B4C8C98F903986BC02C56&tier=4&id=02E83C63AF3E42788B5EE31C48471003&AudID=3FF14703FD8C4AE98B9B4365B978201A Mentions: MediaonTwitter, Muck Rack, Journalist Tweets, Twellow, and WeFollow, JustTweetIt, etc.
paidContent: media measurement consortium update
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on January 27, 2010 | Comments Off
Kaplan, D. (2010, January 26). Media Measurement Consortium Adds Microsoft, Gannett, Hearst | paidContent. paidContet. Retrieved January 27, 2010, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-media-measurement-consortiums-membership-drive-continues-microsoft-gann/ Update in CIMM: Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement.
Forbes.com: Apple’s tablet and advertisers
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations on January 27, 2010 | Comments Off
Burkitt, L. (2009, January 26). Apple’s Tablet: A Big Opportunity For Advertisers – Forbes.com. Forbes.com. Retrieved January 27, 2010, from http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/26/apple-tablet-advertising-steve-jobs-cmo-network-tablet-ads.html The return of ad dollars will hopefully assist newspapers and magazines. Here’s a quote: Forms of advertising that have become stale, such as catalogs and circulars, may experience a comeback, says David Berkowitz, senior [...]
PoynterOnline: Couric and coverage with a POV
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Indymedia, Journalism on January 26, 2010 | Comments Off
Tenore,, M. J. (2010, January 26). Couric: ‘People want Coverage that has a POV’. PoynterOnline. Retrieved January 26, 2010, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=176570 Great interview by Tenore of Couric on interviewing, audience expectations, and other lessons on being a journalist today.
HBR / Justin Fox: Sup Ct ruling: what would Friedman say?
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Legal Studies on January 26, 2010 | Comments Off
Fox, J. (2010, January 25). The Supreme Court’s Ruling: What Would Milton Friedman Say?. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved January 26, 2010, from http://blogs.hbr.org/fox/2010/01/the-supreme-courts-ruling-what.html Here is an excerpt: The ideal for-profit corporation, on the other hand, is out to do nothing but make as much money as it can “within the rules of the game.” It [...]
Media Ed Lab: Digital Workshops
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Media Literacy on January 26, 2010 | Comments Off
From Renee Hobbs, Prof., Media Education Lab, Temple U: Digital Workshops for the Digital Nation Parents and teachers can now develop more confidence in understanding the complex digital culture that children and young people are growing up with, thanks to the Digital Workshops, a new initiative developed by Renee Hobbs and her colleagues at the [...]
Journalism.org: A study of the News Ecosystem
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on January 25, 2010 | Comments Off
How News Happens | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ). (2010, January 11). . Retrieved January 25, 2010, from http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/how_news_happens What is the news ecosystem? Does print, tv or radio report the most new information? What sector produced the most content overall? Fascinating new study by the PEJ.
Independent Lens: Copyright Criminals
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Television on January 22, 2010 | Comments Off
Darn. I’m behind in my emails and apparently missed the local airing of Copyright Criminals on PBS this week. The DVD is not available for purchase. Thought I’d post a link to it & check to see if it is available later on. A clip is available on the site.
Vocus: State of the Media white paper
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations on January 22, 2010 | Comments Off
VOCUS is offering a white paper, “State of the Media: An analysis of the changing media landscape by the Vocus Media Research Team” if you fill out contact information. I did this; the report is 12 pages in pdf form.
LA Times: Hulu from free to fee
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Television on January 22, 2010 | Comments Off
Chmielewski, D. C., & Pham, A. (2010, January 21). At Hulu, ‘free’ may soon turn into ‘fee’. LATimes.com. Retrieved January 22, 2010, from http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-newhulu21-2010jan21,0,1871796.story Other companies moving to a pay / metered model — such as the NYT — are discussed. No date for a Hulu switch; here is a clue: Many media analysts expect [...]
Air America goes silent
Posted in Indymedia, Radio on January 22, 2010 | Comments Off
Here is the news from the Air America site.
Ad Age: Sup Ct on campaign finance
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on January 21, 2010 | Comments Off
Teinowitz, I. (2010, January 21). Obama Condemns Supreme Court Ruling : Corporate Speech, technology, media industry factor in decision. Ad Age. Retrieved January 21, 2010, from http://adage.com/article?article_id=141633 From the lede: WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision dealt a major blow to campaign finance limits today, potentially opening the [...]
Amazon/Kindle, YouTube/video rental, Apple/Tablet
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Journalism, Library News, Public Relations on January 21, 2010 | Comments Off
Kaplan, D. (2010, January 20). Amazon Unveils New Kindle Royalty Option; Incentive To Keep E-Book Prices Down. paidContent. Retrieved January 21, 2010, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-amazon-unveils-new-kindle-royality-option-incentive-to-keep-e-book-pric/ Vascellaro, J. E. (2010, January 20). YouTube to Test Video Rental – WSJ.com. WSJ.com. Retrieved January 21, 2010, from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704320104575015512198189490.html?mod=dist_smartbrief Kane, Y. I., & Smith, E. (2010, January 21). With Tablet, [...]
Variety: NBC, O’Brien agree to $45 mil exit deal
Posted in Television on January 21, 2010 | Comments Off
Schneider, M. (2010, January 21). NBC, O’Brien agree $45 mil exit deal: Leno will return to ‘Tonight’ on March 1. Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2010, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118014097.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 His final appearance is said to be January 22nd; he can “pursue other opportunities after September 1, 2010.”
paidContent: NYT will charge in 2011
Posted in Journalism on January 21, 2010 | Comments Off
Kramer, S. D. (2010, January 20). Updated: It’s Official: New York Times Will Adopt Online Meter—But Not Until 2011. paidContent. Retrieved January 21, 2010, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-its-official-new-york-times-will-adopt-online-meter-but-not-until-2011/ A lot of buzz on this. I’m not surprised by it.
CMLP: Political commentary gets takedown notice
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Legal Studies on January 21, 2010 | Comments Off
O’Brien, D. (2010, January 14). Commentary on Obama/Palin Image Generates Questionable DMCA Takedown Notice | Citizen Media Law Project. Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved January 21, 2010, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2010/commentary-obamapalin-image-generates-questionable-dmca-takedown-notice O’Brien actually includes the text of the takedown notice. Frey was commenting on it so will not take it down.
ResourceShelf: Resources for journalists / covering Haiti
Posted in Journalism, Radio, Television on January 21, 2010 | Comments Off
From: ResourceShelf; original source: Poynter Online “Al’s Morning Meeting” “Resources for Covering Haiti Earthquake Devastation”