News futurist prophesied air traffic failure 8 years ago

Eight years ago media futurist Kerry Northrup of Ifra, a newspaper technology organization based in Germany, produced a visionary video anticipating a world of media convergence – imagined then to be a world of big media companies distributing news and information on multiple platforms: web, on-demand print, mobile, broadcast. The video was ingenious on many […]

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Bio: Josh Cohen, Sr. Business Product Manager, Google News

Speaking at: We Media Buenos Aires – Oct. 14-15, 2008 Cohen is responsible for product strategy, marketing and publisher outreach for Google News globally, which is currently available in more than 20 languages and over 40 countries. Prior to joining Google, Josh was Vice President of Business Development for Reuters Media, the world’s largest news […]

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Bio: John Bell, Managing Director, Ogilvy 360°

Speaking at: We Media Buenos Aires – Oct. 14-15, 2008 John heads up the 360° Digital Influence team – Ogilvy PR’s global,  digital word of mouth marketing practice designed to manage brands at a time when anyone can be an influencer and we are all influenced in new ways.  His team has developed and executed […]

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Doom and gloom be damned

Polish editors tired of U.S. journo’s sob story Don’t let the demise of the U.S. news industry fool you, or the endless chatter about what caused it and who’s to blame. That conversation, while it may be important for historical analysis, for defining new opportunities and for cathartic relief, ignores a much bigger one: Around […]

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Convention coverage: Awaiting the You Tube moment

Four years ago, a handful of of bloggers received credentials to cover the Democratic National Convention. The controversial credentials, opposed by MSM, were mocked as gimmicks. Silly, we opined back then, because nearly everyone attending the 2008 conventions would be a blogger. Our forecast is at hand. This will be the most blogged, v-logged, streamed, […]

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Barack, I’m at my one home. Text me.

The text thing is more than cool. But does it demonstrate a new kind of leadership? I want more follow up than a form to donate money. Still, I’m happy to get the message about your veep candidate at the same time as everyone else, dude. And what a tool for voter turnout in November […]

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What went wrong keeps going wrong for newspapers

Alan Mutter, an astute analyst who formerly served as editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, now puts the combined value of ten major news companies at only $3.6 billion. Mutter documents the $3.9 billion plunge in the value of newspaper stocks since the first of this month – a period marked by successive new lows […]

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