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Category Archives: Media
Book/Magazine Publishing 2.0
Is there such a thing as book or magazine publishing 2.0? Perhaps there is a need for it. A lot of smart people are trying – some smart ideas and some not so smart. Which is which? I guess only … Continue reading
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Broadcasting news, Manipur style
A great example of community news broadcasts comes to us from a little village in Manipur, where some villagers have got together to do a daily morning broadcast of news culled from local newspapers. No radio, no license. They simply … Continue reading
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TV as babysitter! How about 24 hour TV channel for babies?
As products proliferate marketers will research and find the smallest niche available. First videos, then Tv programming and now 24 hour channel dedicated to babies under 3. In-womb will be next! Or is it already out there? Fortunately there are … Continue reading
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Refusing to serve underage customers?
If you were running a bar, would you refuse to serve an underage customer? Would you make systems to prevent the serving of alcohol to children? How about if you sold cigarettes in your store? What about adult content – … Continue reading
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E-mail newsletter sold for $125 million?
Aimed at stylish women, Daily Candy is being bought by Comcast Corp for an estimated $125 million. According to Philly.com Daily Candy “delivers more than 2.5 million e-mail subscriptions through local editions in 12 key U.S. cities, including Philadelphia and … Continue reading
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Corporate websites: cater to media
It’s part of my job as the editor of an industry-specific magazine to visit corporate websites in search of company information, contacts, and images. Some companies are large multinational conglomerates with head offices in Europe or the USA; others are … Continue reading
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…until nearly all advertisements around the world are digital!
“There’s a chance to invest right now in China, India, Russia and Brazil, which will pay off big over the next five years… These economies are going to boom, and ads there are going to go directly to mobile and … Continue reading
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Online revenues?
Interesting times these! While the New York Times is poised to stop charging online users, Google is going to start charging. New York Times started charging for access in 2005 and has in 2007 decided to abandon the approach. Google … Continue reading
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Myspace keels over on safety concerns
There’s a raging debate out west about giving parents access to community sites frequently visited by kids, sites like myspace.com which has been described by some US attorneys as “a towering danger to kids.” As expected, commnunity sites are giving … Continue reading
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Giving a shot to Google Docs
In trying to use a new word processing program, such as Google Docs, it is typical to resist a new order of icons. Fingers follow muscle memory, and the mind, focused on the task of composing that perfect sentence, is … Continue reading →