Search = Content? A Case for Google as a Media Company
With recent reports that Google is in the running to buy video site Hulu, it’s getting harder to make the…
Clean Slate
Location: New York City CleanSlate 2011: Marketing and Media in the Tablet Economy, is a 1-day thought provoking BtoB conference…
Top 5, July 19, 2011
Murdoch denies knowledge of phone hacking Also gets pie in face from live-tweeting comedian Borders closes all remaining stores 399…
Wikipedia Taps College ‘Ambassadors’ to Broaden Editor Base
From what I can tell, most of my fellow educators spend more time criticizing Wikipedia than engaging with it. The…
OpenCourt’s Balancing Act: Redacting Sensitive Info vs. First Amendment
OpenCourt, our Knight Foundation-funded project devised to help make courts more transparent, is facing a legal challenge soon to be…
Social Media Plays Major Role in Motivating Malaysian Protesters
More than a week after Malaysian police fired teargas and water cannons at thousands of demonstrators seeking reform of the…
Mediatwits #13: Smartphone Ownership Booms; This Week in Rupert
Jack Shafer Welcome to the 13th episode of “The Mediatwits,” the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift’s…
Top 5, July 14, 2011
Netflix hikes rates, splits streaming, DVDs Will users defect to other, more affordable services? Spotify launches freemium music service in…
Social Media and Satire Fuel Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt
Political satire is, historically, a great propeller of social movements. As Srdja Popovic, a leader of Optor, the Serbian resistance…
How Social Networking Can Help Neighbors During Disasters
Can social-networking sites be used by neighbors to help each other during disasters, as well as with more pedestrian issues…