December 2009
15 posts
“We must do everything in our power to uphold the value of our content against...”
– Reidy: Industry at a “Defining Moment” - Pesky marketplace (via iamdanw)
The Use of Twitter by America’s Newspapers - The... →
shaneguiter:
We were able to find multiple Twitter accounts for all of the top 100 newspapers using common sense searching techniques. However, only 62% of the newspapers included links to at least one of their accounts from their website. In many cases these links were buried on the site and difficult to track down. In addition, this means 38% of the newspapers are actively using Twitter, but...
As Online Music Falters, Pandora Doubled To 40... →
itsthemusicpeople:
infoneernet:
Online music services have had a bad few weeks. Imeem got bought by MySpace for next to nothing, Lala got bought by Apple for something ranging from a little to not-very-much. Spotify continues to be a no-show in the U.S. But at least one service, Pandora, appears to be doing quite well for itself.
The service has announced that it surpassed 40 million...
merlin:
Dishwashers, and How Google Eats Its Own Tail
Google has become a snake that too readily consumes its own keyword tail. Identify some words that show up in profitable searches — from appliances, to mesothelioma suits, to kayak lessons — churn out content cheaply and regularly, and you’re done. On the web, no-one knows you’re a content-grinder. […] Something has to give, but I wonder...
You Can't Make Word of Mouth Viral →
christinebeardsell:
aweissman:
“Virality is something that has to be engineered from the beginning…and it’s harder to create virality than it is to create a good product. That’s why we often see good products with poor …
BRANDS OF THE FUTURE
wolffolinsblog:
Many brands today are not equipped to live online. There is a discrepancy in how they are presented and how they work in the real world.
Steve Rubel’s summary of the Le Web conference accounts for this change:
“One of the great untold stories is just how much Facebook and Twitter are growing off-site. Facebook announced they reach 60 million through Facebook Connect....
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Commodification in the Information Age
newleft:
The images and theme come from the popular YouTube video Did You Know? 3.0
The focus of videos like these on the quantitative aspects of information (measured in bytes) rather than the qualitative demonstrates the treatment of information as a commodity. This focus presents a view of information with value intrinsic to itself rather than use value in relation to other commodities. In...
New York Times Launches Times Skimmer: A New Way... →
shaneguiter:
The New York Times just launched a new way to read the paper’s stories online. With Times Skimmer, which first launched as a prototype application earlier this year, the New York Times is trying to bring the feeling and serendipity of reading the physical newspaper to its online presence. Users can choose from seven different layouts. Most of these are based on a grid-based design,...
Tiger Woods, No Logo and the impossible existence...
criticalculture:
A few Saturdays ago, the Toronto Star ran an article on whether or not No Logo remains relevant. The article dwelled on the anti-globalization movement of the early nineties, the ascent of which is often misattributed to the book, and liberal misinterpretations of the book and Klein’s thesis, rather considering what the book is actually about — the branding of everything.
In...
Lawsuit Seeks Information on How Government Uses... →
tsparks:
From: securitymanagement.com By Matthew Harwood 12/02/2009 -
A prominent hi-tech civil liberties organization filed suit in federal court yesterday to impel a half-dozen government agencies to disclose the policies and procedures that govern how they access, collect, and store information from social networking Web sites. The 8-page lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier...
Google's response to Murdoch. First click is free,... →
soupsoup:
We love helping publishers make their content available to large groups of readers, and working on ways to make the world’s information useful and accessible through our search results. At the same time, we’re also aware of the fact that creating high-quality content is not easy and, in many cases, expensive. This is one of the reasons why we initially launched First Click Free...