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The best of South by Southwest (SXSW)

Interesting ideas coming out of South by Southwest (SXSW). Here are a few  good summaries:

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News is a social experience

The latest Pew Internet & American Life Project report, “Understanding the Participatory News Consumer,”  examines how Americans are increasingly using their social networks and social networking technology to filter, assess, and react to news.

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Rob Glaser: Superphones are the future of media

RealNetworks Chairman Rob Glaser thinks that the future of media is in information consumed on “superphones” on the go.

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Google: “Online news is…a labor time activity”

Hal Varian, Chief Economist for Google, says, “online news reading is predominately a labor time activity while offline news reading is primarily a leisure time activity. One of the big challenges facing the news industry is increasing involvement with the news during leisure hours, when readers have more time to look at both news content and ads.”

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Shorty Awards given for best Twitterers

The second annual “Shorty Awards” were announced Wednesday night honoring the best producers of “short real-time content” on Twitter. Read more »

Seth Meyers jokes about social media

Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyers shared some great social media zingers on Tuesday night in NYC at a special private event hosted by social marketing company Buddy Media.

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Chart Porn

Chart Porn is a cool collection of interesting charts, tables, maps, and interactive data toys — with a focus on economics and graphic design – as the site says, “data visualizations you just gotta love.”

Event ratings soar, and social media takes credit

SF Chronicle reports: “After years of dwindling ratings and increasingly fractured audiences, big event pop culture has made a comeback. Though there are particular reasons for each of these successes, one unifying theory is that social media networks are magnifying these audiences.” Read more.

Must-watch video: ‘Miracle’ Olympics hockey pre-game speech

Herb Brooks’ pre-game pep talk before the famous 1980 “Miracle” game against the Soviet Union. as performed by 4-year-old “Rizzo”
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Live video coverage of Chile earthquake

Moments after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile early on Saturday, thousands of people logged on to Ustream to watch live video coverage of the aftermath and chat about it.

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