Can 35,000 People Learn Anything from an Online Class?
This summer, Stanford University announced its plans to make three of its introductory computer science classes available for free to…
How Non-Profit, For-Profit Newsrooms Are Working Together
BERKELEY, CALIF. — As traditional newsrooms shrink and budgets tighten, media outlets have realized they can’t do as much investigative,…
What’s Your Feeling About Cutting the Cord to Cable TV?
No one likes the high price of cable TV, but then again, few people like to go without TV. Thanks…
How Spending Stories Spots Errors in Public Spending
This article was co-written by Martin Keegan, project lead for Spending Stories. How public funds should be spent is often…
Daily Must Reads, Dec. 2, 2011
The best stories across the web on media and technology 1. Google may step on Amazon’s turf (Bits Blog) 2. Twitter begins…
Mediatwits #29: Spot.us Acquired; Buffett Buys a Newspaper; Cord Cutters Rising
David Cohn Welcome to the 29th episode of “The Mediatwits,” the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift’s…
E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Dec. 1, 2011
The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self-publishing 1. Barnes & Noble invests in e-books,…
LocalWiki Launches First Pilot, Announces Major Software Release
Hey friends! We’ve got two extremely exciting announcements for you. Our first focus community, serving Denton, Texas, has launched. And…
Daily Must Reads, Dec. 1, 2011
The best stories across the web on media and technology 1. Cable companies consider Web usage fees to compete with Netflix,…
Copyright Infringement Defendants Turn the Table on Righthaven
Righthaven LLC, which still bills itself on its website as “the nation’s preeminent copyright enforcer” is now on its way…