Musings on the new Internet
Posted in Beyond Web 2.0, Media, Social networking, Technology on Oct 20th, 2007
I don’t watch much TV other than news and a few sporting events but I am always amazed at the way different media continue to converge and be used in ways that were not even imaginable a couple of years ago.
The next episode of CSI:NY to be aired next Wednesday and known as CSI:NY does […]
Posted in Citizen journalism, Media, New media on Oct 8th, 2007
The citizen journalism startup Newsvine has been acquired by MSNBC for an undisclosed sum.
According to Newsvine CEO Mike Davidson the citizen journalism site will continue operating independently, just as it has been since launching in March of 2006.
Newsvine gets about 1.2 million unique visitors, 80,000 comments and 250,000 votes per month.
In explaining why Newsvine […]
Posted in Media, Minorities on Oct 4th, 2007
As media consolidation continues to grow, women and minority ownership of media has largely declined.
A new study by Free Press reports that
for every female-owned radio station in the country, the average market has 16 stations owned by white men. For each minority-owned station, the average market has eight stations owned by white men
This means that although 51 percent of […]
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Musings on the new Internet