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Global journalism and new media

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Global happenings and developments in the fields of journalism and new media

• Added on: Oct 7th, 2009
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: Andy Soloman
• Listed in: Journalists Social Networking
• Tags: news publishing journalism new media social media b2b

Recent Posts

• VIDEO — $5 an hour to read online news (as seen in a 1981 TV report)

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 07:26 in news, United States, video, san francisco, newspaper, California, online revenue, san francisco chronicle, business and economy, san francisco bay area, online news, metro areas

  It’s always good to look back so we can understand just how far we have come. This 1981 TV news report was broadcast on KRON in the San Francisco Bay Area and showed how early home computer adopters were willing to pay $5 an hour (yes, $5 a hou...

• eBay founder Pierre Omidyar dropping Twitter project for local news service

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 06:48 in news, business, ebay, blogging, media, publishing, journalism, Editor, hawaii, newspaper, newspapers, online revenue

  Pierre Omidyar, Image via CrunchBase Billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar has announced that he’s abandoning Ginx, his Twitter client project, in favour of developing a new online local news service in Hawaii where he lives. Peer News...

• Associated Press job losses update — AP layoff list

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 11:42 in news, United States, business, media, publishing, journalism, jobs, Government, employment, newspaper, us, Associated Press

  Further to my posting earlier on job losses at US wire agency the Associated Press, Gawker has been keeping a running total of job losses in both the United States and in news bureaux elsewhere in the world. The list is being constantly updated as mo...

• VIDEO — Socialnomics presents compelling evidence of the power of Social Media

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 05:48 in video, youtube, media, social network, social media, online revenue, social networks, erik qualman, socialnomics

  If you needed any convincing, this latest video “Social Media ROI: Socialnomics” by Socialnomics author Erik Qualman paints a convincing case. Memo to all companies and businesses everywhere: Ignore at your peril. As Qualman says on his ...

• Associated Press lays off news staff as cost cutting hits home

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 04:31 in news, google, United States, Microsoft, publishing, journalism, jobs, newspaper, newspapers, us, online revenue, Associated Press

  Image via Wikipedia The Associated Press has laid off “dozens” of news staff as part of the agency’s bid to reduce staffing costs by 10% this year. The moves come as the 163-year-old cooperative wire agency has grappled with ...

• Rock’n\'roller Josh Tyrangiel to leave Time.com, pogo over to lead BusinessWeek

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 11:55 in news, media, publishing, Editor, magazines, us, Bloomberg, bruce springsteen, george clooney, dixie chicks, time warner, warren buffet

  Rock’n'roller Tyrangiel to head BusinessWeek Michael Bloomberg’s new play thing, the top (but loss-making) BusinessWeek magazine will have 37-year-old Josh Tyrangiel as its new editor, once the acquisition from McGraw-Hill completes ...

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