PBS’ Media Shift has published an interesting article that looks at the state of new media education.  Blogger Alana Taylor talks about her experiences in a journalism class at NYU: Professor Quigley begins by explaining how blogs are becoming more important and asks if any of us have a blog. One hand slowly rises. It’s […]

“Niche songwriter” Ben Walker has released his wry take on the state of the Internet, You’re no one if you’re not on Twitte: [display_podcast] It’s released with a Creative Commons license, so you can download it freely and share it or put it in your podcast. Here are the lyrics so you can sing along, […]

Social media guru Chris Brogan has released a free ebook, Personal Branding for the Business Professional.  The free download brings together Brogan’s thoughts on personal branding from his blog and compiles them into a concise (15 page) ebook.

Newspapers sales are plummeting and, along with them, newspaper revenues. Total newspaper advertising revenues fell by $3 billion in the first six months of this year to $18.8 billion, the lowest level in a dozen years, according to data from the Newspaper Association of America. While the decline of print sales is on ongoing trend […]

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A new survey has found that digital video recorders are not just indispensable, they may even improve your love life.

Want to get your politics when you want, rather than in the snappy 5 second soundbites you get from mainstream news? You can subscribe to podcasts of both the 2008 Republican National Convention (iTunes link) and the Democratic National Convention and get the party line on demand. Or – if you think that party rhetoric […]

For the last three years, we’ve been wondering why Paris Hilton was the first celebrity podcaster. You may recall that, back in 2005, when most people had no idea what a podcast was, Hilton was featured in The Paris Hilton Podcast, considered by some to be the worst podcast of all time. Now a new […]

Rapid adoption of the iPhone 3G has led iPhone Safari’s browser usage share to jump 58% in one month, going from .19% in July to .30% in August. If the trend continues, iPhone Safari’s browser share is on target to see at least 500% annual growth. To put the current numbers in perspective, about 1 […]

Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, journalists with the syndicated news program Democracy Now, were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department Monday and charged with conspiracy to riot. According to a statement from Democracy Now: Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfuly detained. They are […]

Dozens of people are being arrested in Minneapolis ahead of the Republican National Convention, apparently in a pre-emptive attempt to stifle protest and independent media coverage. The people arrested appear to fall into two general group, liberal protestors and video bloggers. The New York Times reports “Dozens Detained Ahead of Convention“: On the weekend before […]