BBC Future Media director Ralph Rivera, in a speech to the BBC’s online staff, says digital media is still basically being used as a distribution medium for old media formats — just like when television first launched and was basically a way of transmitting radio. “The iPlayer, as great as it is, is still television online,” [...]
Must Reads for May 10th
Here are today’s must-read digital news stories from around the web: It’s Official: 15 Digg Engineers Are Joining Washington Post’s SocialCode Is YouTube Killing the Viral Video Star? Two Startups Are Duking It Out To Be The Instagram Of Video, And One Just Came Out On Top Infographic: 2012 Election Web Ad Spending Through March [...]
Must Reads
Here are today’s must-read digital news stories from around the web: Who are the journalism and media funders, why do they meet…and now what? WSJ uses Facebook Timeline to tell story of Facebook’s IPO Mobile Advertising Spending Mobile lifestyle: How to become someone’s habit (and not just their choice) Paid Newspaper Aggregator Ongo Shuts Down [...]
Digital wire service NewsCred adds former Reuters President to board
NewsCred, a New York startup that is building a next-generation digital wire service, announced tonight that former Reuters Media President Chris Ahearn will be joining its board. CEO Shafqat Islam made the announcement at a forum NewsCred sponsored on the future of news, held at General Assembly, a popular startup workplace in New York City. [...]
Rupert Murdoch: The future of newspapers is all digital
Rupert Murdoch believes newspapers will continue to exists on paper for about 20 more years with declining circulation, and then eventually become completely electronic. Personally, I think it will accelerate a lot faster than that. He made his comments about the future of journalism while giving testimony during a British inquiry on media ethics. The [...]
