Your Guide to the Anti-SOPA Protests
Today was an important day in the history of the Internet and activism. While the U.S. Congress expected to quickly pass two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), mounting opposition online has led them to rec...
Media Decoder Blog: Stores ‘Pop Up’ to Make a Big Impression, if Not Big Sales
Rather than simply selling merchandise, some of these temporary stores are meant to burnish a brand's image, whether magazines like Wired and Real Simple or online businesses like eBay.
"Music Everywhere": Spotify’s "New Direction"
Daniel Ek and the music labels take a cue from cable TV. An educated guess: We should hear about it at Wednesday's press conference.
“Consumers of Creative Commons licenses do not understand them”: A little more context to Wired’s use of CC
I noted yesterday that Wired was releasing its future staff-shot photos under a Creative Commons license. They're choosing a "noncommercial" license, but they specifically state that editorial use (by bloggers, websites, or even print publishers) doesn't count as commercial use in their eyes. What exactly constitutes commercial use is a controversial topic in Creative Commons...
Journalism Education Roundup, Nov. 8, 2011
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Daily Must Reads, Nov. 8, 2011
The best stories across the web on media and technology
1. New Nook is latest entry in tablet wars (New York Times)
2. NewsTransparency aims to hold journalists accountable, reveal bias (Center for Sustainable Journalism)
3. Wired offers original photography through Creative Commons (Wired)
4. Google+ pages now available to brands (Google Blog)
Wired releases images via Creative Commons, but reopens a debate on what “noncommercial” means
Wired.com today announced it would, from today forward, be releasing all of its staff-produced photos under a Creative Commons license. Creative Commons has been a force for good on the web, letting people share their work with others and making it easier to let them define the terms of that sharing. And getting Wired —...
Rachel Maddow Looks Into WorldNetDaily Author Using Anti-Islamic Ideas To Train FBI Officials
It turns out that a recent "birther" sign -- which also appeared at the recent Iowa debate in the form of a large billboard -- comes courtesy of the folks over at WorldNetDaily, who are not quite the greatest fans of Obama. Maddow described their mission as essentially "trying to make a buck off the...
Condé Nast’s Scott Dadich on reinventing mags for the iPad and why partnering with Apple matters
The magazine cover may be ascendant once again thanks in part to the debut of Apple’s Newsstand for iPad and iPhone. Combined with Apple’s subscription policy, the Newsstand could potentially be the bridge to the wider adoption of magazines on the iPad. And that, says Scott Dadich, the man tasked with giving new life to...
Mediatwits #10: Apple Backpedals on iPad Subs; GWU Study on Local News
Welcome to the tenth episode of "The Mediatwits," the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift's Mark Glaser and Dorian Benkoil, filling in for Rafat Ali. This week's show looks at the changes in Apple's subscrip...
Mediatwits #10: Apple Backpedals on iPad Subs; GWU Study on Local News
Welcome to the tenth episode of "The Mediatwits," the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift's Mark Glaser and Dorian Benkoil, filling in for Rafat Ali. This week's show looks at the changes in Apple's subscrip...
Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes: We Love Netflix! They Can Have All Our Old Stuff!
An olive branch, offered in a back-handed way, to Reed Hastings and company. Who seem glad to take it, by the way.
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