Marketers Grapple with Giving Teens More Control Online
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Co-Founder Potts Shares Lessons Learned from Backfence Bust
Mark Potts We asked Mark Potts, the co-founder of startup company Backfence, to try to set the record straight about…
Why My Smartphone Is Dumb About the Net
I’ve got a problem: I hate using the Internet — on my phone, that is. I am one of those…
How Would You Build a Newsroom From Scratch?
A lot of the brightest minds in journalism have been thinking for some time about how the newsroom of the…
Top 5 Week Seventy-One
Backfence down Citizen media startup folds, but why? Citizen real estate Zillow offers community features, forums China rising Will have…
Topix Capitalizes on Forums, Reaches Rural Areas
When local news aggregator Topix decided to set up online forums last December for every city and small town in…
Social Media Runs on ‘Friend’ Power
friend n. 1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. 2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance. 3.…
10 Reasons There’s a Bright Future for Journalism
There’s been a lot of debate lately about the future of newspapers, the future of TV, the future of radio…
Top 5 Week Seventy
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Your Guide to Online Advertising
From time to time, I’ll give an overview of one broad MediaShift topic, annotated with online resources and plenty of…