Journalism
LeWeb: Ben Huh on why old media can't do new formats
What can publisher learn from the memes of I Can Has Cheezburger? More than you think, according to CEO Ban Huh.
copyright
YouTube celebs: the consumer mags of the future?
A music label is suing YouTube star Michelle Phan [http://michellephan.com] for using its music [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28418449]: > The label and its publishing arm claim she has used about 50 of their songs without permission in her YouTube videos and on her own website.
new media
Press Gazette's double standards
Noted in an otherwise positive story about Matt Hill crowdfunding a rebooted Media Talk podcast [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/axed-guardian-media-talk-podcast-producer-takes-less-month-gather-year-long-funding] : > Asked by Press Gazette last month whether The Guardian’s decision to axe Media Talk was an indication that podcasts have had their day, Hill said: “Actually I
Brighton
Brighton's digerati: understanding the media continuum
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/01/brighton-digital-observer-3469.html] It was lovely to see the Brighton digital sector highlighted in The Observer [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/12/brighton-leading-tech-startups] a week ago. With all the fuss about Tech City, interesting online stuff happening elsewhere is all-too-often
B2B
The New Media Survival Guide for Journalists
A quick book recommendation for you. [John Bethune](http://www.b2bmemes.com/) has recently published his New-Media Survival Guide for Journalists. It’s a short, focused and useful read for any journalist still in the process of transitioning from the traditional print or online skill sets, to ones more suited
new media
Another (useful) media metaphor
A predictably insightful and inspiring post from Mr Mayfield [http://www.antonymayfield.com/2011/09/15/media-industry-needs-its-architects/]: > It occurs to me that media and marketing businesses are like the master craftsmen of old. Master masons in the middle ages created cathedrals and castles of staggering scale and beauty. >
new media
Media: Old, New & Social
A neat quote that encapsulates where the divide between new and social media lies: > Adriana says: “I divide between old and new media on the one hand and social media on the other hand. New media is just digitalised old media. Social media are tools like blogs, tagging, podcasts,
bloggers
It's Change Or Die Time For Media Companies
When publishers first went online, and when new online publishers set up, they basically recreated magazines and newspapers online – they didn’t create anything that was fundementally tailored to the new medium. In fact, it’s much like the early days of the printing press, when many of the first
Journalism
NUJ Multimedia Working Report Out, Union Still Clueless on Blogging
The NUJ’s Shaping the Future report on multi-media working [http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=605] is out this morning. Martin Stabe has some intial thoughts [http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2007/12/06/the-nuj-commission-on-multimedia-working-reading-the-report/] about it over on the Press Gazette blog. The NUJ has
elections
The Wikipedia Hustings
The battle for the next general election is already being fought – on Wikipedia [http://www.recessmonkey.com/2007/07/06/wiki-wars/]: > Dawn Butler (Lab – Brent South) and Sarah Teather (LD – Brent East) will be fighting it out for the re-drawn seat of Brent Central at the next election, but
1980s cartoons
I'm Smurfing New Smurf Media!
Winning at New Media with 1980s cartoon heroes. [http://danblank.com/blog/2007/06/28/1980s-cartoons-and-online-success/] Brilliant. (But I’m a little concerned at how much Dan knows about My Little Pony.)