Video: Print media gets a lifeline

Popular blog hires some old media guys who’ve been laid off.

How to get updates via Twitter for your favorite sports teams

SportyTweets is a network of sports related twitter accounts: Receive up to the minute news and alerts from your favorite NFL, NBA, MLB, and NCAA teams. Subscribe via Twitter, RSS, or text message.

Media Insiders Say Internet Hurts Journalism

The Atlantic: In a poll of prominent members of the national news media, nearly two-thirds say the Internet is hurting journalism more than it is helping. The poll, conducted by The Atlantic and National Journal, asked 43 media insiders whether, on balance, journalism has been helped more or hurt more by the rise of news [...]

How Social Media Changes Ad Campaigns

As you should all know, we’re holding a Social Media Boot Camp in Chicago next week (We’re holding another in New York in May). As part of the event, I’ve been polishing a presentation on Social Media Marketing Principles that will lead the audie…

Top Searches on Twitter Search

Hitwise looked at the searches most often on Twitter for the week ending March 21, 2009: “Searches for the vampire series ‘twilight’ were the most popular for the week overall fueled by the US release of the DVD, followed by ‘redco’, and ‘parkersburg’.

BBC News Radar

The BBC News Radar displays a list of recently published stories from any section of the BBC News web site. It displays both stories that have just been published for the first time and stories that have been recently updated.

ChangeTracker monitors government sites for you

“ChangeTracker is a project at ProPublica that watches three government websites — Whitehouse.gov, Recovery.gov and Financialstability.gov — for edits, deletions or changes to existing content,” MediaShift reports. “Through an RSS feed, Twitter account or daily email digest, ChangeTracker will inform you when a page changes on these sites, and show you what’s been added or [...]

Can ‘Curation’ Save Media?

Steve Rosenbaum says “curation is the new role of media professionals.”

True/Slant launches – a new journalism model?

True/Slant is a new site that launched in Alpha today, “an original content news network tailored to both the “New Journalist” and marketers who want a more effective way to engage with digital audiences.  Contributors, consumers and marketers each have a voice on True/Slant.”

Top 10 amazing, funny and useful Twitter links

From Tweeting astronauts to Twitter search tips , check these out….