links for 2007-05-29
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breakdown of media consumption rates
Henry Copeland of BlogAds goes ballistic on those who call blogs consumer generated media: Calling blogs consumer-generated media is like calling sex the "clothless generation of heat, musk and mucus." The essential excitement and motivation just doesn’t come through, does it? He certainly gets wound up on the subject. And he has a point —…
Former VP candidate John Edwards will launch a podcast next week, likely being the first national politician to do so. For the technically challenged readers of InterAdvocacy, check out this definition of podcasting. (Thanks to the BuzzWebster blog for bringing this to my attention.)
I took most of the day off yesterday to spend time with my family – and was I surprised to see my inbox when I got back to it! As a fellow blogger, I understand the importance of a fast, accurate response to issues raised in the blogs. Unfortunately, in a case of the cobbler’s…
Another company targets video search, this time overseas: Autonomy has just signed a joint venture with China Netcom Broadband (CNCBB), one of China’s biggest internet companies with more than 110m subscribers. The pair have agreed to create a service that will allow Chinese consumers to search for news and video clips from 25 local and…
Speculation has begun as to whether or not MeetUp.com is on its last legs. The odd messaging they chose they chose for their announcement suggests a lack of confidence in their decision: "We have some news to share that we don’t think you’re going to like. There’s no point in dancing around it so here…
Contrarian viewpoint on the future of newspapers (tags: newspapers) Book Not Ready for Print? You Can Whip Up an Audiobook for a Podcast for Now (tags: podcast Podcasting publishing books Marketing) Take Your PowerPoint And… (tags: unconference) Can you hire my mom? | 901am (tags: workforce) What’s next? Facebook vs. Linked In (tags: SocialNetworking)