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The new arms race
A new arms race is on, but its not being fought between the usual players. Media outlets, nationalist groups, coders, and governments are all fighting to control the flow of information. Some news from...
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Drama trumps truth and importance, Seth Godin on the news
Marketing guru Seth Godin wrote two great bits last week on how the news is screwed up. First: The New York Times should only publish something if it’s true and important. If I were editing the Times,...
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@cnnbrk ain’t CNN, but with >30K followers, he owns the brand
TechCrunch posted about CNN’s twitterings the other day: Apparently, the feed’s followers were upset about a tweet that spoiled their Olympic viewing experience by revealing golden boy Michael Phelps’...
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CNN’s new embedded videos (Plus: Why headline widgets suck it)
ReadWriteWeb sez: Starting today, CNN will allow all users to embed videos from CNN on their blogs or social network profiles. With this, CNN is following a growing trend among news organizations like...
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Better online video for news: Short movies = long pictures
Today’s great post from Mindy McAdams reminded me of some thoughts I’ve had recently about online video. News organizations are trying too hard! There’s an easier way to tell video stories on the web....
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