Links for July 14th: Spotify is HERE; Betsy is in LOVE

July 14, 2011

I’ve tagged these links for possible show topics/background notes on July 14th. And after 10 minutes with Spotify? I’ve canceled my Rdio account, for starters…: The Next Web: Happy days. Spotify to launch in the US tomorrow today (Thu) – Yep, Spotify is HERE! Spotify: Hello America. Spotify here. – From the site: The award-winning [...]

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Links for July 14th: Murdoch & The News of the World roundup

July 14, 2011

I’ve tagged these links for possible show topics/background notes on July 14th: The Guardian: How Twitter tracked the News of the World scandal – if you haven’t been paying attention, but want to catch up? Take 5 minutes to look at the Twitter timeline. See Rupert’s head get bigger…and bigger…and bigger… The Atlantic: How Britain’s [...]

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Links for July 14th: Aggregation is EVIL. Or is it?

July 14, 2011

I’ve tagged these links for possible show topics/background notes on July 14th: WWeek: The Oregonian News Network – this week’s Rogue of the Week – Paid content accidentally sucked in and aggregated as 'news' – oh, what a scandal! True – or just a clerical error? Ad Age: What It’s Like to Get Used and [...]

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Episode 55: Google+, Twitter for Newsrooms, Myspace &, um, Newsweek?

July 1, 2011

Let’s review the (ahem) media entities* in the news this week: Dead, dead, dead (no matter how hard you try to revive them): Newsweek, Princess Diana Mostly dead: Myspace (even with Justin Timberlake’s endorsement/investment) Alive & kicking: Twitter (NBC’s Chuck Todd now calls it his ‘primary source’ for breaking news Just born? Google+. Both Betsy [...]

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More links for 6/30: Out with the old (Myspace), in with the new (Google +)

June 30, 2011

More links in advance of today’s show… AllThingsD: Exclusive: Myspace to Be Sold to Specific Media for $35 Million How the mighty have fallen. Down from a $580 million sale price to News Corp in 2005 to this….? Kara Swisher has the story, excerpt here: “Closing another chapter on one of the Internet’s most iconic [...]

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Links for June 30th: Why won’t Diana stay dead already?

June 30, 2011

I’ve tagged these links for possible show topics/background notes on June 30th: Newsweek: What Princess Diana’s Life Might Look Like Now This cutline is enough to let you know if you want to read this fantasy piece by Diana's biggest fan, Tina Brown. Isn't it? "Chilling with the Middletons. Tweeting from Davos. And still the [...]

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More links for June 29th: Google +? Want. WANT NOW.

June 29, 2011

Yep, I’ve been critical of Google’s attempts to ‘get’ the social web (Buzz? Wave? I barely used you, didn’t love you.) And I’ve been curious about just what Chris Messina and Will Norris were working on now at Google – I’ve followed both for a while & like the way they think. Now we know [...]

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Links for June 29th: *Everyone* should be on Twitter…

June 29, 2011

I’ve tagged these links for possible show topics/background notes on June 29th: TfN: Twitter for Newsrooms From the introduction: "We know you come from different generations. Some are native to the pilcrow, others native to the hashtag. You began your careers in different media: radio, print, broadcast, online and mobile. But you share a common [...]

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Redoing Media – Episode 54: Talking media literacy with Jon Mitchell

June 17, 2011

NewsTrust managing editor Jon Mitchell joined Robert & Betsy to talk media literacy, personal responsibility (or lack thereof, as evidenced by the Vancouver riots) & 1 more round of Weiner jokes…

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In response to the Vancouver riots – a letter from my friend T

June 16, 2011

I’ve known T (not her full name, of course) for over 14 years now – we’re both members of an online mailing list first designed to help women expecting a child in a given month (July, 1998 in our case) connect to share pregnancy information. Over the years, we’ve evolved into a community of mothers [...]

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