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The Center for Media Research reports via email today that: According to JupiterResearch, the number of online adults who prefer the Internet as their main source of news has grown over 35% in the last four years, at the expense of television and newspapers. Currently, over 26% of online adults prefer the Internet for national…
DEMOfall Minis (Day One)
So that I don’t overwhelm you with long reviews of all the cool stuff I saw on DEMOfall Day 1, here are the quick hits of companies and products that intrigued me: · U3 (see previous post) · Realm Systems (see previous post) · Hatsize Learning’s TrueLab – sort of like WebEx/GoToMeeting meets the computer…
True Competition on the Horizon?
For a few years now, there has been talk about phone companies successfully competing with cable companies for your TV programming dollar. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg’s speech at CES seems indicate that company is well down the path to competition by wiring 3 million homes so far with plans to double that by the end…
New CNN Show to Incorporate Blogs, Podcasts
CNN’s replacement for the venerable Inside Politics will include a tip of the hat to the online world, with podcasts and blogs part of the coverage. Let’s just hope they incorporate it in a less cheesy way than the current IP blog segment. CNN reports on its own format change: "The Situation Room" will be…
Hackers Profit from BusinessWire
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Wikipedia Founder Launches Political Mudpit
Jimmy Wales the creator of Wikipedia, has launched a wiki designed to be a resource for information on issues, parties, and campaigns. Unfortunately, the effort demonstrates right out of the gate that highly charged issues may not be the best use of the wiki format where readers get to edit entries themselves. The battle has…