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 Tuesday, after a century of publishing a weekday paper, The Christian Science Monitor announced that it will cease daily publication, produce a weekly print version, and migrate most content to its website. Read more

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.” Read more

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 there are cities that are more pleasant than others…and unfortunately NYC did not make the top 10. Read more

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 Digital Officer at NBC Universal,  was the first CEO of Hulu, where he is still a board member. Kliavkoff launched the site before hiring Jason Kilar as his replacement and secured $100 million in funding from private equity group Providence Equity Partners. Read more

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. Read more

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.” Sir Donald Wolfit, British actor and director, was reputed to have said these words on his deathbed. Who knows if dying is easy? But in a digital age comedy is getting easier, what with the countless outlets online for existing comedians to build an audience and aspiring comedians to find one. Read more

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 the BBC and we hae kept in contact.

Congratulations on your new position Lucy!

WMG, the international research and education group at the University of Warwick, has appointed a top media innovator to head its new digital media team.
Lucy Hooberman, who has been with the BBC’s Future Media & Technology Division for seven transformational years and prior to that was an executive producer, will join the Group’s Digital Lab as Director of Digital Innovation. Read more

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 meantime I thought you’d like to know more about this fasciating and important organization.

We Media is a web site, a community, a conference and a global movement to make the world better through media.

The web site, WeMedia.com, provides news and analysis to help anyone create, operate and sustain ventures in a media-centric culture powered by everyone. That includes analysis and commentary on business models, partnerships and opportunities for innovation - and on media’s role in the connected culture. We write about transformational ideas, brands, activities and people, as well as businesses, policies and breakthroughs that influence how we access and experience media. Read more

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 as well as his tips, tricks and opinions are always worth reading. Take for example yesterday’s review of OpenOffice 3.0 a free alternative to Microsoft Office.

Lou Dolinar: OpenOffice is a worthy alternative

Newsday
October 26, 2008

The final version of OpenOffice.org 3, the open source competitor to Microsoft Office, came out two weeks ago and looks better than ever.

I’ve been using its predecessors for years, and, broadly speaking, OO3 is the most useful, widely compatible software ever. You can run it on anything: Macs, PCs, Linux, Unix workstations. It includes six full-blown applications: the Writer word processor, Calc spreadsheet, Impress presentations program, Base database program, Math equation editor, and Draw graphics program. And it doesn’t cost a penny. Read more

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