The picture has nothing to do with anything, I just thought it was funny. Latest Joost press release in all it’s glory: Advertising innovators embrace Joost™ Thirty-two blue-chip advertisers on board for launch New York – April 26, 2007 – Joost™, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service, today announced that it has signed 32 leading companies from around the world as advertising launch partners. “The industry response to Joost has been overwhelming, as is evidenced by the caliber of our launch partners,” said Nick Loria, senior vice president of global advertising, Joost. “Online video distribution is becoming an increasingly Continue Reading…
The times, they are a-changin’: Amazon may offer DRM-free music from major labelsAmazon seems set to open a mainstream online music store as early as next month, and aims to follow the new EMI/Apple model of offering tracks unencumbered with DRM.The company already sells music from a number of independent labels, but has reportedly approached the majors with a proposal to offer unprotected MP3 tracks from their catalogues. EMI has already indicated a willingness to provide unprotected tracks in any format a retailer cares to sell, so it would be surprising if a EMI/Amazon deal wasn’t imminent. One card Amazon Continue Reading…
Update: Michelle’s new site.My friend from Massey University in New Zealand is Michelle Mars. Today she was interviewed by Kate O’Toole at Triple J’s hack program about, of all things, designer vaginas. Have a listen to her recorded interview – it’s an intriguing phenomenon. If you’re a major fan of the Brazillian… you’ll wanna know about this! 2 academics at MASSEY University in New Zealand reckon that the designer vagina has inflitrated pop culture – so much so – that there’s not alot of room for full bush anymore. Are we really such sheep? It reminds me of Snow Crash Continue Reading…
This is too sad for me to go into the details. Read the Sydney Morning Herald coverage here. AT JUST 16 Jodie Gater and Stephanie Gestier appear to have made an unimaginable pact. On her MySpace web page Jodie had written: “let Steph and me b free.” Yesterday, a week after they disappeared, the bodies of the two girls were found in bushland on the outskirts of Melbourne. It is understood Jodie and Stephanie had hanged themselves, after first posting apparent farewell messages on the internet. But I do want to ask – if you were to come across a Continue Reading…
Laurel has been creating and managing virtual communities for 20 years, teaching social media for the last 5 years and was named Industry Head, Social Media by Marketing Magazine (Australia) in 2010.
Forbes Magazine named her in the 50 Most Powerful Social Media Influencers in 2012 and she is also listed in the 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter, as well as Number #12 AdAge Marketing and Media blog (Australia). More on the About page if interested.
I'm running small, one-day computer based social media classes in September 2011 - Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. If you know someone who would like to do a more advanced class, please let them know! Laurel Papworth @SilkCharm