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SXSW 2011: Music Apps Get Social; Streaming Battle Continues

by MediaShift on Mar 22, 2011 • No Comments

SXSW is easily the most chaotic experience in the music industry. For the 14,000 people that attend the music conference it provides opportunities to immerse themselves in the ecosystem that powers much of the global business. It is one ...

This Week in Review: The Times’ pay plan unveiled, a SXSW primer, and a closer look at NPR’s foes

by Mark Coddington on Mar 18, 2011 • No Comments

Every Friday, Mark Coddington sums up the week’s top stories about the future of news. This week: No shortage of reactions to The New York Times' new paywall; the annual gathering of the future-of-journalism tribe at SXSW; is bloggers vs. journalists really dead?; legislative reaction to the NPR tapes; Pew releases its annual State of...

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Oversharing, Overstimulated and Setting Boundaries at SXSW

by MediaShift on Mar 16, 2011 • No Comments

AUSTIN, TX -- By Day 3 of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, I find that the future's so bright, it kind of gives me a migraine.Inside the Austin Convention Center, where most of the conference was staged, pillars are baroquel...

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IMA + SXSW = Major Discussion on Future of Public Media

by MediaShift on Mar 14, 2011 • No Comments

Public media makers found a whole new crew to hang with at this year's Integrated Media Association (IMA) Conference on March 10 and 11.Fueling excitement was a new collaboration: The IMA preceded and then flowed into the interactive tra...

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Photo Essay: Location Apps Battle, Geeks Gather at SXSW

by MediaShift on Mar 25, 2010 • No Comments

Every March, the city of Austin, Texas, welcomes the world for its annual South by Southwest Festival, otherwise known as SXSW. The festival consists of three parts: SXSW Interactive, a four-day...

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SXSWi: Twitter Proved To Be More Than A Social Network

by Staci D. Kramer on Mar 23, 2010 • No Comments

I should have been at his party, the startup’s CEO told me. I knew I’d missed that invite. I tweeted it, he replied. It was South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) in real time. Blink, miss a tweet and you may miss a party or a surprise concert or wind up in a boring session.

We were...

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Media Frets About Its Own Future at SXSWi 2010

by Nisha Chittal on Mar 18, 2010 • No Comments

Ink-stained wretches, it's not just you! The social media and Twitter elite fret about the future of journalism too — and wonder how it will survive the digital revolution. At SXSWi, there was no shortage of panels obsessively deconstructing this topic (and tweeting about it, natch).

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Video @ SXSWi: Sean Lennon And Making Sure The World Doesn’t Suck

by Staci D. Kramer on Mar 16, 2010 • No Comments

I gave serendipity a chance today at SXSWi, opting to attend a session solely because the title caught my eye—Making Sure The World Doesn’t Suck: How Independent Content Can Save The Media. The payoff: a lively session, although the topic often felt like an umbrella that anything could fit under, and the brief...

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@ SxSWi: Spotify CEO Ek Says Spotify Passes 320,000 Paid Subs But Mum On U.S. Date

by Staci D. Kramer on Mar 16, 2010 • No Comments

If you were hoping that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek would use his South by Southwest Interactive keynote to announce a launch date for the U.S., no such luck (although Rafat has a source who says possibly end of May). Ek’s biggest bit of news: Spotify now has more than 320,000 paid subscribers, up from the...

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Updated: @ SxSWi: Twitter Tries For Maximum Value With Least Effort

by Staci D. Kramer on Mar 16, 2010 • No Comments

Watching Twitter CEO Ev Williams on stage at South by Southwest Interactive is a reminder that it’s still a work in progress—and watching people trying to cram into the overflow keynote was a reminder of just how much is expected. Ditto watching the steady stream leave as the interview by Umair Haque continued. The big...

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This Week in Review: The Times’ pay plan unveiled, a SXSW primer, and a closer look at NPR’s foes

IMA + SXSW = Major Discussion on Future of Public Media

Media Frets About Its Own Future at SXSWi 2010

Video @ SXSWi: Sean Lennon And Making Sure The World Doesn’t Suck

@ SxSWi: Spotify CEO Ek Says Spotify Passes 320,000 Paid Subs But Mum On U.S. Date

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