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iPhone eBook Reader Stanza Reaches 2 Million Users

Jul 13th, 2009 | By | Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players

Amazon today announced that more than 2 million users have downloaded Lexcycle Stanza, an electronic book reader application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Stanza users have downloaded over 12 million books. “These milestones highlight that many people are quite comfortable reading full length books via Stanza on their iPhones and iPod touch. From […]



Presses Stop For The Printed Blog

Jul 7th, 2009 | By | Category: Citizen Media, General, Microblogging

Print Media Deathwatch Update: Joshua Karp, founder and publisher of The Printed Blog, a Chicago newspaper startup that aggregated news blogs in print form, has announced that the newspaper is a money-loser and is shutting down: It is with great sadness that I must report that, due to a lack of outside investment capital, The […]



Hayden Black Snags Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols For Cabonauts Web Series

Jul 7th, 2009 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, General, Podcasting, Video, Video Podcasts

Pioneering videopodcaster Hayden Black (Goodnight Burbank) has snagged Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) to star in a web only science fiction comedy musical, TheCabonauts: The news is out and the buzz is pretty damn loud! The wonderful, beautiful, exceptionally talented Nicky Nichols – Star Trek’s Uhura – has come on board the Cabonauts as CJ, […]



Ten Magazine Casualties Of New Media

Jul 1st, 2009 | By | Category: General

PaidContent has an interesting list of 10 magazines that have bit the dust in the last six months. The list includes some heavy hitters: Alpha Media Group: Blender—March (Online only)—Down 30.6 Hearst: CosmoGirl—December-January (Online only)—Down 10.9 percent Condé Nast: Domino—January (Shuttered)—Down 4.1 percent Hallmark Cards: Hallmark Magazine—February-March (Shuttered)—Up 11 percent Condé Nast: Portfolio—May (Online only)—Up […]



7 Killer Tips For Optimizing Your YouTube Videos

Jun 28th, 2009 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

This video, via Gideon Shalwick (Become a Blogger) offers a fairly in-depth look at 7 ways to optimize your YouTube videos. 7 Killer Tips For Optimizing Your YouTube Videos Create outstanding content Optimize your YouTube Channel Use keywords cleverly and in the right places Add URL’s in the right places Link to your videos from […]



Reuters Calls For Olympics Coverage Via Twitter

Jun 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Citizen Media, General, Microblogging, Podcasting, Video

In 2008, podcasting, vlogging and new media in general were effectively banned from the Olympics. For future events, the Olympics has to embrace new media, according to Reuters editor-in-chief David Schlesinger, because the rules governing who can report from the Olympic Games are outdated in the age of Twitter. In a speech to the International […]



Are Twitter Users Anti-Social?

Jun 22nd, 2009 | By | Category: General, Microblogging

Are Twitter users anti-social? Last week, Internet marketing blog HubSpot released their second State of the Twittersphere report (pdf). According to HubSpot’s report: 79.79% Twitter users fail to provide a homepage URL 75.86% of users have not entered a bio in their profile 68.68% have not specified a location 55.50% are not following anyone 54.88% […]



Buying A Book For The Kindle Is Digital Russian Roulette

Jun 22nd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured Story, General, iPhone

The Amazon Kindle may be a failure as a new media platform, but it’s great for reading books, right?

Maybe not.

Based on the experience of Gear Diary’s Dan Cohen, buying a book on the Kindle platform is a game of digital Russian roulette.



Marshall Kirkpatrick, Dave Winer Join Forces For Bad Hair Day Podcast

Jun 19th, 2009 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, General, Podcasting

ReadWriteWeb blogger Marshall Kirkpatrick, right, and proto-podcaster Dave Winer kicked off a new podcast today, the Bad Hair Day Podcast. The podcast is old-school, basically an unedited conversation between the two, tech snafus and all. In the first episode, Kirkpatrick and Winer touch on the new iPhone OS, Twitter and even Kirkpatrick’s bizarre unicorn fetish. […]



The Failure Of The Kindle As A New Media Platform

Jun 16th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured Story, General

The Kindle book reader is a technological wonder – but some bloggers are beginning to recognize that the device is a bit of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

The Kindle looks like it should be a new media platform, but it’s primary focus is old media.

As a result, supporting the Kindle is, at least for some bloggers, a waste of time.