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The goal is to attract the CNBC crowd – people who want to be immersed in finance news all day long. The hosts include Henry Blodget, Sarah Lacy and Paul Kedrosky. The team will produce 10-20 original segments per week day, which will be shown live on the site. When live content isn’t streaming, old content will show on a loop.
yahoo still believes in salvation by original content
I’ve just uploaded a new version of the SimFaux Interactive Network News Simulation. FauxCast yourself on any Faux News TV channel, and interview the simulated characters in person! Don’t let Bill O’Reilly tell you to shut up and kick you off!
Click on the Onion pins scattered around the globe to reveal mind-expanding factoids about the lesser, conquerable nations of the Earth. Come back each week to learn more about how little you know.
the onion now as mashup, or kml layer. up to you.
Stephen King thinks the media focus too much on celebrity news – the Britney Spears kid’s custody kind – and too little on the real issues shaping the planet
+1!
Since the paid version is automatically beamed to your reader once a day, you are guaranteed to be reading yesterday’s… non-news. If you’d like to see what’s actually happening in the world, the Kindle insists that you leave your paid subscription
When Amazon came to talk to me about being included on the reader a long long time ago, I said sure, but. The but is that I wanted my books to be free and included in every reader, and my blog, too. And the people willing to buy the device are exactly the sort of people that an author like me wants to reach. No harm, no foul, all 3 of us win. If there were 1m of these machines out there and an author had a chance to have her next book show up automatically on all of them, few among us would say, “no thanks to that exposure.”
This is a disruptive approach, the sort of thing only a market leader could pull off. It changes the world in a serious way. I wanted to be part of that. I was unpersuasive. Sorry.
too little too late. instead of creatively destroying the publishing industry, amazon opted for lame middleman.
Are you really telling me that 20 somethings don’t know how to use a knife and fork? (Are they potty trained yet?) And they really want managers to write gold star notes to their parents? And they really want to see their managers in the dunk tank at the summer picnic? Dunk tank at the summer picnic?! Yeah, that’s totally what kids are into these days. What on earth is this story talking about? The unfortunate part: 60 Minutes is like catnip to old people and many of them probably bought into the whole piece. More fuel for the “these darn kids today” fire that older generations seem to love so much. “The greatest generation” is always the one that’s about to die.
the upfront system is probably largely responsible for the inane shows on american tv. good riddance.
By standing still or moving at a glacial pace, we inadvertently went to war with consumers by denying them what they wanted and could otherwise find and as a result of course, consumers won.
telcos, you are next.
The strike poses an interesting challenge for television at a time where internet usage has surpassed TV viewing time in most homes. Users are already choosing online entertainment over TV, how many more will switch off their televisions when their favorite shows stop going to air? These eyeballs present a real opportunity for online content creators at all levels; from the VC funded video startups through to the DIY part timers. The trends in viewer numbers have all been headed online to this point, this strike could well accelerate this trend, particularly if it lasts over the long term. It will be a chance for millions online to bloom
hidebound unions destroying their own livelihood.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 