Three Israeli journalists who traveled to Lebanon and Syria are under investigation by the Israeli police for travel to "enemy" countries. One of them, Lisa Goldman, has been part of the informal We Media community for some time. She participated in the 2006 We Media Global Forum in London, where she rather bravely challenged Al […]
In: Knowledge@Wharton Dec. 12, 2007 Link: Social Marketing: How Companies Are Generating Value from Customer Input – Knowledge@Wharton "What we ended up building was not just entertainment, but also an area where mothers can dialogue with each other," said Ted Moon, director of digital marketing at Sprint Nextel, at an October summit on new media […]
Another great group of participants is coming together for We Media Miami, Feb. 26-28, 2008. You’ll find registration and other details at: www.wemediamiami.org Here are some of the people we’re expecting to see there: Robert Bole, SVP, Media, One Economy Corporation Thomas Bosco, VP, Video Sales, FOX Interactive Media Jim Brady, Executive Editor, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive […]
Thanks to the generosity of the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, iFOCOS is offering We Media Fellowships for independent, nonprofit or academic participants from any country to attend We Media 08, in Miami, February 26-28, 2008. The fellowships cover the full registration fees for the conference, including conference meals and materials. Stipends for travel […]
We’ve forecast the inevitability of The News Wars as news providers continue to lose audience and revenue to online aggregaters who redistribute content that others produce, frequently at great expense. Owing to parochialism and intransigence, newspaper publishers have been unable to either mount a united front or to develop meaningful innovation to compete against the […]
Google’s pursuit of all things media remains relentless. In recent weeks it announced its Android operating system for mobile phones, its OpenSocial standard to link applications across major social-networking sites, and filed a patent application for a magazine of sorts that would allow users to collate Web content around which Google would wrap targeted ads. […]