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The Stars Will Align For New Media In 2010

The Stars Will Align For New Media In 2010

The landscape for media globally in 2009 has never in recent history been in a more state of flux. The rise of the internet, coupled with old media asleep at the wheel even before they were hit ... continue
Unlike their competitors the NPR rolls with change

Unlike their competitors the NPR rolls with change

Earlier today I wrote a post wondering if radio and newspapers joining forces could save them each from oblivion and now I just spotted this post at the New York Times about the NPR, ... continue
Would someone please give the AP the facepalm

Would someone please give the AP the facepalm

Even within archaic systems and services there are some that are even more out of touch with reality and do everything they can to perpetuate old and outdated ways of doing things. The Associated ... continue
Newspapers really need to learn to share

Newspapers really need to learn to share

Generally when blogs talk condescendingly about the newspapers moving online we like to point out how they never link out to blogs that they mention or one’s that they quote. To a point I ... continue
Myth: Reporting the news is what makes it news

Myth: Reporting the news is what makes it news

If journalists don’t write about it does that mean that news doesn’t happen and if they do does that mean they have some sort of copyright over the reporting of that news? For ... continue
Comic publishers living in one of their imaginary worlds

Comic publishers living in one of their imaginary worlds

We hear a lot about the newspaper industry saying silly things about blogs and social media services like Twitter. From Associated Press wanting money for people using quotes of AP stories if the quotes ... continue
Associated Press thinking about locking up its content

Associated Press thinking about locking up its content

As the newspaper world continues to crumble around itself it is amazing to read that a major provider of news thinks that its salvation lies in returning everything behind a paywall. Such is the case ... continue
News is free – packaging it isn’t

News is free – packaging it isn’t

It’s a simple inescapable fact – news is free. It will happen at any time of the day and at any point in the world. It use to be that distance is what made ... continue
Major League Baseball Gets New Media and Piracy

Major League Baseball Gets New Media and Piracy

Newsweek has an interesting article up talking about the growing issue of companies using the Slingbox to resell television feeds to people outside of local markets. One of the primary uses cited in the article is for sport: ... continue
Foremski gets it right – Foremski gets it wrong

Foremski gets it right – Foremski gets it wrong

Hand wringing is almost becoming a watchable sport when it comes to the nose diving that was once the unshakeable world of old media. Every where we turn lately we are hearing dire prognostications of the ... continue
Forget MSM or Old Media, Heritage Media is the term

Forget MSM or Old Media, Heritage Media is the term

I was on a panel at the start of Frocomm's excellent New Media Summit in Melbourne Monday night, and Laurel Papworth introduced me to a new term: Heritage Media. Heritage Media describes the mainstream media, or old ... continue