Tag archives for Media

Facebook Open Graph: Washington Post and Future of Social News

What would happen if you owned a newspaper but you asked your readers to do the distribution for you? The Washington Post has implemented the Social Graph from Facebook: Use your Facebook network on the Post Web site Note to readers: Today you will find a new home page feature, at the top right, that [...]

Journoggers – Journalists that blog

As more trained journalists move into the amateur blogging space, what are the fundamental differences in the blogging style between the two? While some journalists adapt to the new writing style well, understanding the media shifts and blogging well as part of the blogosphere, other journalists that blog – let’s call them journoggers – stand [...]

Freemium Revenues: Social Media Business Podcast

We look at Freemium revenue in social networks and online communities including asking that: if freemium is the business model of giving it all (or most) of the services away for free, how can you then charge for it? And what is free stuff anyway – marketing? advertising? A mugs game?  If you offer some [...]

Journalists: Bloggers give a helping hand?

Journalists are starting to receive grants to learn social media technologies like SEO. Should we hold a Media and Career Expo where bloggers donate knowledge and expertise to help Journalists adjust?

TypePad Journalist Bailout Program

Sacked journalists take to blogging? I was on Twitter’s party line for the Monday night (USA time) chats on journalism #journchat, and was a little taken aback to see the number of journalists tweeting about losing their job, papers closing, and so on. Then this one caught my eye. @Machione: @amyvernon I’m a journalist whose [...]

Film: Ashton Kutcher on Qik and Twitter

Ashton Kutcher and social media marketing campaign for 24 hours at Sundance involving twitter, qik, delicious, blogs, and twitpics.

Eulogy: Mainstream Media Memorial

How fitting that Ray Martin will deliver the eulogy tonight: Martin accuses proprietors of abandoning serious journalism In the annual Andrew Olle lecture, long-time Nine Network journalist Ray Martin last night slammed owners of media companies for “dropping the ball” on serious journalism. “Would the last journo out please turn off the studio lights?” he [...]

Australia: BandT Awards

The fish are: Media Salesmanius, Marketus Directus, Startup Emergius, Peeyarus Agencis, Pitchus Winnus and others on the PDF. BandT have an awards night coming up Which species are you? B&T is looking for the best of breed – entries are now open for the B&T Awards. Go to www.bandt.com.au/awards to download an entry form. The [...]