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Are You Part of the 2% (of People Who Get Campaign News From Twitter)?

Many of you are, like me, among the proverbial "99%" when it comes to economics and income. But if you regularly learn about the 2012 campaign from those you follow on Twitter, as I do, you're in an elite class of a different...

Daily Must Reads, Feb. 8, 2012

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.

1. Amazon and Viacom nearing web-video deal (Reuters)



2. Sky News clamps down on Twitter use (Guardian)



3. Le Huffington Post Québec launches (FishbowlNY)


Spoiler Alert! Tech Is Changing the Way We Even Talk About TV

(Spoiler alert! The following post includes things that happened on "Downton Abbey," "The Sopranos" and "Dallas.")The post to Facebook on a late Monday morning was simple enough. A photo of actor Thomas Howes as his character William fro...

Journalism and Digital Education Roundup, Feb. 7, 2012

The best stories across the web on journalism and digital education


1. Digital, print textbooks to compete for college audience (U.S. News & World Report)



2. Rice U. to offer free online physics textbook (Inside Higher Ed)



3. Is the iPad...

Daily Must Reads, Feb. 7, 2012

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.

1. AP beats Google for Nevada caucus results (Poynter)



2. Netflix competes with pay cable with its first original series (paidContent)



3. Disney's ABC, Univision in talks...

Daily Must Reads, Feb. 7, 2012

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.

1. AP beats Google for Nevada caucus results (Poynter)



2. Netflix competes with pay cable with its first original series (paidContent)



3. Disney's ABC, Univision in talks...

How Apps Are Making the ‘Third Screen’ a Primary Screen for Historical TV

On the last day of the History Makers International conference, a three-day event consisting of award presentations, panel discussions, and master classes for producers and broadcasters, a particular tweet caught my eye: "At third screen p...

How Apps Are Making the ‘Third Screen’ a Primary Screen for Historical TV

On the last day of the History Makers International conference, a three-day event consisting of award presentations, panel discussions, and master classes for producers and broadcasters, a particular tweet caught my eye: "At third screen p...

Daily Must Reads, Feb. 6, 2012

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.

1. Twitter: In last 3 minutes of Super Bowl, there were 10,000 tweets per second (TechCrunch)



2. First streaming of Super Bowl a success, but left a lot to be desired (TechCrunch)

Epistemic Games Are the Future of Learning, Letting Students Role-Play Professions

Imagine you're a senior manager at a leading videogame company. Your job is to devise the company's competitive strategy in a rapidly growing and dynamic industry. What prices will you set for the consoles? How many games will be available...

Poll: What Will Facebook Be Worth in 5 Years?

They say that history repeats itself, but that's so easy to forget. It was only as recently as 2006 that analysts were saying that MySpace was likely worth $15 billion (and I was spoofing that conclusion). And you can go back to older...

Daily Must Reads, Feb. 3, 2012

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.

1. Netflix and WaPo bought a combined $8M in Facebook ads last year, IPO says (All Facebook)



2. Analysis: A sobering look at Facebook (Reuters)



3. How...