The NewsHour: Old Media/New Media

It’s been an eventful week for the printed word. Yesterday, Google and book publishers came to a $125 million legal settlement that will make it easier for the internet giant to make full versions of books available online. The week has been no less uneventful for publishing’s sister medium: newspapers. Also on [...]

WNBC NY Launches New Web Site Today

Thanks to Matt Caldecutt of NYConvergence for turning me on to this.
WNBC NY’s Web site www.nbcnewyork.com launches today. News and lifestyle programming on the Web site comes from WNBC’s redesigned newsroom which is now called a “content center.”

Worlds Best Commute?

Ah the life of a commuter. When I have to be in NYC 2-3 days a week I usually take the 6:05 train from Bethpage which gets me into Penn Station a little before 7am. While I don’t mind it (most days), I can’t imagine doing it 5 days a week. However according to Forbes [...]

Happy Birthday Hulu!

Timing is everything. Today marks the 1st anniversary of the official launch of Hulu. Hulu,  founded in March 2007 by NBC Universal and News Corp as a destination to help people find and enjoy the world’s premium video content when, where and how they want it.
Ironically, our upcoming December guest speaker, George Kliavkoff, Chief [...]

Should you welcome the Androids?

It’s time to learn a bit about mobile phone operating systems, now that the first smartphone with Google inside has hit the market. With an open-source platform, Android may just open up the audience for mobile marketing even wider than the Apple iPhone did. Here’s why, and why you should be watching.

ad:tech new york is next week!

It’s that time of year again…ad:tech new york starts this Mon, Nov 3rd at the NY Hilton. ad:tech is an interactive marketing conference and exhibition that delivers an up-close and informative look at the world of digital media.
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ScribeMedia: How the Web Has ‘Democratized’ the Comedy Business

Thanks to the folks at TrylonSMR, ScribeMedia.org, an online media production company with an editorial section that covers events across a broad range of subject areas, featured an audio podcast on the comedy breakfast featuring Sarah Bernard, President of 236.com from our “Comedy & Media  Breakfast” last week at Samsung.
“Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” [...]

New Director of Digital Innovation at WMG

A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of meeting a lovely woman named Lucy Hooberman. We met when I read about the prize Lucy won at TED for her Global Mentoring Project. I found fascinating and decided to reach out to her. At the time she was with the Future Media Group at [...]

WeMedia: Making the World better through Media

I am pleased to announce that NY:MIEG and SobelMedia have become partners, supporters and members of WeMedia. In addition, WeMedia and their partner iFocos will be co-producing our event on November 13th entitled: “The Next President and the Media: Who’s Really In Charge Here?.” We will be providing details later this week, however in the [...]

Looking for a deal on software: OpenOffice 3.0 is excellent and FREE!

Being a Long Islander I have been reading Newsday for a long time…and over the past few years Newsday, along with other newspapers, have been writing alot about the internet and related technologies. Lou Doliner of Newsday is one of the pioneers and in my estimation one of the best. His knowledge of the subject [...]

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