Daily Must Reads, April 13, 2015
1. Twitter is pushing celebrities and publishers to stop using Meerkat (Josh Constine & Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch) 2. Behind…
Your Guide to Cutting the Cord to Cable TV
This week MediaShift is doing a special in-depth report on cutting the cord to cable TV — who’s doing it, why,…
Nonprofit Journalism: A Model That’s Here to Stay — And Spread
Internationally, nonprofit journalism continues to gradually expand and grow. Direkt36 in Hungary launched earlier this year. A team of Brazilian…
The Line Blurs Between Web Series and TV Shows
Sit down. It’s time we had the talk. It’s a little embarrassing for both of us, so I’m just going…
Upcoming Events in Digital Media: April 13 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…
Daily Must Reads, April 10, 2015
1. Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron on journalism’s transition from print to digital (via Washington Post) 2. BuzzFeed blows…
Quick Meerkat Test Shows Potential for Journalists
I played around recently with Meerkat, a new live streaming app that’s built to integrate with Twitter. I thought I’d…
Mediatwits #155: Cord-Cutting Gets Real as Streaming TV Options Mushroom
As cable bills have soared, people have been considering how to cut the cord without losing access to the shows…
DBW E-Book Bestsellers: Prices Climb as Hawkins Holds No. 1
The average price of a bestseller inches up to $6.66 from $6.14 last week on the Digital Book World E-book Best-Seller…
Futures Lab Update #101: Combing Through Video and Images With Vhoto and Ditto
This week we see how two technologies automatically scan the content of video and images to deliver highlights and insights.…