Dear recommendation engine: Sometimes I want to experience the interplay of human emotion and other times I want to see stuff blow up. Plus, it is my daughter who likes fairies. … [Read more...] about Dear recommendation engine: Sometimes I want to experience the interplay of human emotion…
How the New York Times Made Snowfall
Source is the name of the Knight-Mozilla OpenNews project, dedicated to encouraging the community of journalists and coders that make up new media. On New Year's day, they published an analysis of the New York Times' Snowfall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek, a ground-breaking piece of multimedia web … [Read more...] about How the New York Times Made Snowfall
What Buzzfeed Learned from the New York Times
Jon Steinberg, COO of Buzzfeed, explains how the rise of digital media closely mirrors the history of newspapers. Based on a reading of Michael Schudson’s "Discovering the News," Steinberg sees that technological innovation, the "democratization" of news and rapidly adapting revenue models are … [Read more...] about What Buzzfeed Learned from the New York Times
Why Time Inc. (and Everyone) Wants Out of the Magazine Business
Yesterday Jeffrey L. Bewkes, chairman and chief executive of Time Warner, announced that the company was spinning off its magazine division. "After a thorough review of options, we believe that a separation will better position both Time Warner and Time Inc.,” Mr. Bewkes told the New York Times' … [Read more...] about Why Time Inc. (and Everyone) Wants Out of the Magazine Business
Separating the Excellent from the Great
Karen McGrane, author of "Content Strategy for Mobile," recently wrote an interesting A List Apart post about the difference between work that is good and work that is great. Both groups focus on getting the details, large and small, absolutely right. But the great also express their personal … [Read more...] about Separating the Excellent from the Great
The Economics of Content
Felix Salmon just published an interesting take on the business of journalism. Warning: it is not pretty. Content Economics Advertising Payments Costs Also, take a look at Jack Schafer's News Never Made Money and is Unlikely To … [Read more...] about The Economics of Content
Top Non-Profit YouTube Videos of 2012
The potential for using video as a promotional tool has never been better or cheaper -- even for nonprofits struggling to get their message out. Google released a list of the top non-profit videos to Mashable earlier this month. It's no surprise that "Kony 2012" tops the list at over 100 million … [Read more...] about Top Non-Profit YouTube Videos of 2012
“We believed that if you understood the Internet, your business wouldn’t be destroyed. We were wrong.”
We believed...that if you didn't understand the Internet your business would be destroyed. And we were right.We also believed -- and we didn't even think of it as a separate belief -- if you did understand the Internet, your business wouldn't be destroyed. And we were wrong about that. -- Clay … [Read more...] about “We believed that if you understood the Internet, your business wouldn’t be destroyed. We were wrong.”