If history is a guide, I predict that Aaron will be the most valuable part of the acquisition.
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Tag: media
NUMB3RS
a show where a math “genius” is the star. will presumably do good things for math enrollment ala CSI, but their idea of genius is so sad. simple combinatorics and trigonometry problems are portrayed as “hard”. geez
AFP Copies Wikipedia Without Attribution
oy, the same ones that sued google news?
Google Didn’t Buy the NYT
moronic analysis. the NYT would not have settled for an all-stock deal, and their ownership structure makes (hostile?) takeovers very difficult. also makes the claim that youtube has better margins than the NYT. eh?
News At 7
a system that automatically generates a virtual news show using search and related images. it then reads the news using a game character and TTS
where is paul?
Zurich cityecho
the initial issue of zurich cityecho is now available. billed as a monthly event magazine, it offers better service than existing event rags, to wit:
- More location details
- More non-mainstream events
- less advertising
while some of the details of this new magazine are still in flux, there is hope that it can offer options beyond the house / R&B wasteland that is the conventional wisdom. i wish these guys luck. disclaimer: my sister christine is one of the founders of cityecho.
Make
Make brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. Make is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. This is a magazine that celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will.
TV? Stereo?
What was interesting about our discussion – which was echoed by some friends packing their kids off to school this weekend – was their data showing college students now arriving at school with 2 things, dominantly. First, a cell phone. Second, a laptop. In that order. Stereo? Nope. TV? No. Did you bring a phone to school? I’m embarrassed to identify the model I used. Or stereo. Everyone had them. No more.
What do college kids do with their laptops? Shoot at each other. Play movies. Listen to music. Write papers. Chat. TV? Stereo? Why bother. They’re focused – just like the rest of us – on interactive communications and entertainment. Things have changed. Ask a college kid which they’d be less likely to give up: their mobile or their laptop. Interesting.
roger that, except why bother with a cell phone?
anchors sinking to the ground
ex-CNN tokyo chief rebecca mackinnon on bypassing anchors with your newsreader:
I got even more excited just now when my Sharpreader notified me of the Reuters TV headline: “Congolese Soldiers, Hutus Clash”. Clicking on the link, I got to watch a raw Reuters feed of video and sound bites from the aftermath of the latest violent mess in Congo without some reporter’s narration, accompanied by a text story that explains what I am seeing. Somehow I doubt this story is going to be on the network or cable TV news shows this evening, or if it is, it will be a brief 30-second anchor-read.
tv might just have become a viable information medium again.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 