January 2011
13 posts
How Very White of You →
futurejournalismproject:
Newsroom diversity — or the extreme lack of it — isn’t just a problem in traditional media. New media has its issues too.
Richard Prince takes the Daily Beast and BusinessInsider’s the Wire to task in his column at Maynard Institute of Journalism Education.
When the new year began, the Daily Beast chose “The 20 Smartest People of 2010,” and the only African American...
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Eric Schmidt Out as Google CEO, Co-Founder Larry... →
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VBS.TV Reddit are Leading Us Into a Golden Era of... →
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“Hipsters today are often regarded more as a nuisance than a poison. They’re not...”
– Whither the hipster? Dayna Tortorici, author of What Was the Hipster, thinks America’s most maligned sub-culture will be around for some time to come. Thank heavens none of them use tumblr. (via theeconomist)
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Foursquare Partners with Content Farm Examiner.Com...
The singularity draws nearer as two of the Web’s hottest trends—location-based services and hyperlocal content, merge, with a new tieup between Foursquare and Examiner.com.
In essence, Examiner’s 68,000 contributors, known as “Examiners,” will provide reviews and recommendations on nearby venues, restaurants, events, businesses and landmarks that will surface within the Foursquare...
Hip Hop Invented Modern Music Economics →
theatlantic:
Derek Thompson:
The Web turned songs and albums into commodities — easily downloaded, uploaded and distributed with the free click of a button. These days, to mint what they make, bands have to put their music to use — by hitting the road, by licensing to commercials, by excepting corporate underwriting, and by diversifying their appeal. Rappers have long understood that the real...
