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What do bloggers mean to politics?
Brookings will be offering a talk on "The Impact of the New Media" tomorrow, which will be available via webcast. Old and new media will be on hand to discuss the meaning of blogs and the like.
Reuters Innovates, but Execution Lacking
Steve Rubel: "Reuters has launched a new program that converts the text of its news reports into podcasts." Good to see Reuters innovating on news presentation. But if you read the comments on Steve’s post, you’ll see that the implementation leaves something to be desired.
Hiatus Ends for Conversations
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