Economy, shmonomy. Nokia says 200 to 300 million people worldwide will buy high-end tech devices regardless of the economy. At its global customers meeting in Barcelona this week, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) unveiled its next top-of-the-line smartphone, a slider with touch screen and keyboard that won’t hit store shelves until the middle of next year. The […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay written by Doug Oplinger, Managing Editor of the Akron Beacon Journal. The American Dream: Hanging by a Thread Summary: In 2006, the four-time Pulitzer Prize winning Akron Beacon […]
Is media bad for you? Has technology ruined a whole generation of children? The answer, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health and Yale University, is yes. (Here is coverage of the study from the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Broadcasting & Cable. The researchers took a detailed look at […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay is by submitted by Kara Udziela of iStockphoto. iStockphoto In just under ten years, iStockphoto has gone from a small-scale photo-sharing site, to the world’s busiest royalty-free image […]
The 18.1 percent decline spanned all categories of revenue, including a 30.9 percent decline in classifieds and a 3 percent drop in online revenue. More from Advertising Age, the Newspaper Association of America and analysis from Alan Mutter.
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay is by Sandra Ekong, founder, COO & Creative Director of Beanstockd. Changing the Game for Online Games and Environmentalism Quick stats before we get started: Who we are. […]
Today’s New York Times notes that local news anchors are increasingly being forced into retirement. The article explains: “Across the country, longtime local TV anchors are a dying breed. Facing an economic slump and a severe advertising downturn, many stations have cut costs drastically in the last year, and veteran anchors, with their expensive contracts, […]
Like many people, I spent much of last week consuming coverage of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. I first learned of the attacks while watching TV. While switching between various cable news networks, I also surfed across several online newspaper and similar sites looking for updates and insights. I watched for updates from people I […]
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Brian spotted an editorial in the Seattle Times published yesterday (Nov. 20, 2008), noting the dominance of Google in online advertising – and celebrating the failure of an advertising deal between Google and Yahoo! For Brian, the curiosity was a media company complaining publicly about Google. For me, the curiosity was that he read a […]