Journalism, Technology, History

SonicWALL update

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A bland infection

One reason papers are getting hammered is because they’re too bland and conservative in print. It appears that attitude has infected the part of the business in which they need to be innovating and leading. Evolve, for crying out loud–or...

Google for news

Lots of people chiming in on Google’s use today of full-text Associated Press stories instead of linking to AP member Web sites.

I wouldn't give you Jack for that

Naming rights for a person? That’s a new one. But Stan Oleynick, a 23-year-old Sacramento, CA., is taking bids on his Web site, holdmyrecord.com, to rename himself. It’s a ploy to raise money for his start up. The winner also...

Your mother's watching online vids

Advertiing Age has done online video study covering viewing habits this year: During the first half of 2007: 62% of consumers viewed news clips 38% viewed movie trailers 36% viewed music videos (sharply down from 2006).

Concert tweets

Now that Twitter has a search box, i discovered A.C. Entertainment Twitters.

Consortium desconstruction (or who bets against Google?)

A TV guy takes a long look at the newspaper-Yahoo! deal and finds no envy. TV New Media consultant Terry Heaton says the deal (known as the Yahoo! Newspaper Consortium) poses risks to newspapers’ ability to have a return on...

What Facebook is ...

I wish I had thought of this description: Facebook Is Viral Viagra
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