The Associated Press has picked Hulu as its Website of the Year: In the Wild West that is online video, Hulu.com has proven to be a trailblazing answer to how professional content can thrive on the Web. “This is period of great experimentation in regard to media, in regard to online video,” said Hulu chief […]
YouTube has announced two developments: the expansion of their HD player and a test of three new landing pages. Here are the details of the announcement: HD on YouTube Starting today, if you click the “watch in HD” option below any HD-enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen – so you can find out […]
The Bivings Group today announced their latest report on the use of the Internet by US newspapers, and, while newspapers are rushing to catch up blogs and new media sites – they are rushing to catch up with blogs and new media sites. According to Bivings Group’s Jesse Johnson, “Our study shows that newspapers are trying […]
P2P distribution for new media seemed like a good idea to a lot of people a few years ago. The idea was that you’d be able to distribute your content over P2P networks and avoid paying a lot of money for bandwidth. Unfortunately for content producers, P2P distribution for new media doesn’t offer any benefits […]
Apple has announced that 2009 would be the last year it participated in MacWorld.
It also announced that Steve Job’s wouldn’t be attending for the keynote – effectively killing off the company’s participation immediately.
The latest version of the Oxford English Dictionary – described as the the definitive record of the English language – has added podcasting: podcasting n. A very new word, for a recent phenomenon, and a great example of how technological change, especially that relating to the Internet and the media, can be a driving force not […]
comScore released its latest stats today on online media use. Here are comScore’s top ten video destinations, ranked by numbers (in thousand) of videos viewed: Google Sites – 5,373,783 Fox Interactive Media -Â 519,926 Yahoo! Sites -Â 363,426 Viacom Digital -Â 305,258 Microsoft Sites -Â 286,464 Hulu -Â 235,096 Turner Network -Â 228,024 Disney Online -Â 126,611 AOL LLC -Â 122,580 ESPN -Â 104,724 […]
The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, which honor the work of American newspapers appearing in print, have been expanded to include many organizations that publish only on the Internet, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced today. The Board has decided to allow entries made up entirely of online content to be submitted in all 14 Pulitzer journalism […]
Chicago-based Tribune Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today.
The publisher of the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and Los Angeles Times cited a $13 billion debt load and a “perfect storm” of declining advertising revenue in a worsening economy, which led to today’s filing.
The company hopes to keep its newspapers and television and radio stations in operation while restructuring goes on.
Who’s next?
Want a safe job in journalism? Work in television. The Committee To Protect Journalists reports that, for the first time, more online journalists are jailed worldwide today than journalists working in any other medium. In its annual census of imprisoned journalists, the Committee found that 45 percent of all media workers jailed worldwide are bloggers, […]
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