studying the media ecosystem
The Associated Press is reporting that:
“The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage.”
What was in this suppressed report? Well, read it for yourself. Thanks to Morgan Jindrich of Consumers Union for sending me a link [...]
The big old newspapers are winning an increasing share of online advertising dollars. So much money is flowing to online media that high-traffic sites are running out of places to stick these (audio)visual pitches. And alternative weeklies are finally using web sites to gain readers. I’ll weave together those three bits as I explore the [...]
Once upon a time writing contests that started with a premise: a circle of light opened in the clouds and … !
Now that style of competition has gone new media thanks to a television production called ItsYourShowTV.com. Sponsored by talk show host and producer Carson Daly and NBC, ItsYourTV.com gives comeptitors a chance [...]
I spoke to a small group of science educators the other day about the diminishing role payed by media gatekeepers — which made it more necessary for communicators such as themselves to publish directly to whatever audiences they would like to reach. That is no revelation to anyone who has paid attention to the changes [...]
Americans should soon be able to search for data about contracts let by the federal government, thanks to new legislation passed after bloggers exposed senators who had “held” the bill in a quiet parliamentary maneuver that might have otherwise killed it. “The unprecedented synergy between online grassroots activists and Senate leadership provides a new model [...]
I had a dream the other night, about how blogging could enliven and reinvigorate newspapers. I want to write it down before the memory fades, because it is my sad sense that modern American journalism has all the firmness of white bread dipped in warm milk. And I imagine that a dose of ‘tude from [...]
After looking more closely at the Wired News article on Netflix distributing independent films, let me take a quick spin through how it plans to proceed along with some related developments in the indie realm. This excerpt from the Wired piece suggests that Netflix buyers will be gatekeepers or scouts:
“Netflix’s move into distribution and production [...]
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