Joshua Young: 2012 will be the year we focus, again, on the writer
We’re wrapping up 2011 by asking some of the smartest people in journalism what the new year will bring. Here’s Josh Young, currently the VP of editorial and expert operations at Sulia and formerly the social news editor at The Huffington Post.
Vadim Lavrusik: Curation and amplification will become much more sophisticated in 2012
We’re wrapping up 2011 by asking some of the smartest people in journalism what the new year will bring.
Next up is Vadim Lavrusik, Journalist Program Manager at Facebook.
10 Big Ideas for the Future of Film
Alfred Hitchcock said a film is made three times: when you write it, when you shoot it, and when you edit it. Today there's a fourth: when you distribute it. With all the new technologies and D.I.Y. opportunities available to reach people ......
The Advantages of Middleman Services for Self-Published e-Books
Business content on MediaShift is sponsored by the weekend MA in Public Communication at American University. Designed for working professionals, the program is suited to career changers and public relations or social marketing professi...
Japan: When public broadcasting meets limited access
On the long list of things I know nothing about are (a) the Japanese language, (b) the state of fair use in Japanese media law, and (c) the legal structure of Japanese public broadcaster NHK. But an article in Nihon Keizai Shimbun seems to hit on a lot of the same issues we see in...
Pablo Boczkowski: The gap between what reporters write and readers read threatens news orgs’ future
We've written several times about Pablo Boczkowski, the Northwestern professor who studies news production and how it is changing in a digital environment. So when I was invited to serve as respondent to a presentation of some of Pablo's new research at the MIT Communications Forum a couple weeks ago, I was very happy to.
You’ve Got Labor Problems, Again! AOL’s HuffPo Gripe Seems Very Familiar.
The good news for angry HuffPo bloggers who want to get paid for their unpaid work: AOL volunteers made the same argument during Bubble 1.0 and ended up winning! The bad news: It took a lawsuit, and more than a decade, to extract the cash. (And the HuffPo writers may not have a case, anyway.)...
One Down: Spotify Signs Sony to U.S. Deal
This doesn't get them into the States, but it gets them a lot closer: Music service Spotify has finally signed with Sony for a U.S. distribution deal. Multiple sources tell me the deal, which has been very close since last fall, is now closed.
Applying analytics to magazine sales at Hearst
It's safe to say that analytics are no longer online news' equivalent of fantasy baseball circa 1998: relegated only to the geekiest corners of the operation. News editors and executives not only know what kind of hourly, daily, and monthly traffic their sites get, but they can tell you who's their best referrer and...
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