We Want Media

A new survey conducted by Blogads shows of over 36,000 blog readers, most fall into four different segments of audiences and have distinct characteristics: readers of political, gossip, mom and music blogs.

It looks like advertisements in videogames are starting to become the next big thing, now that Microsoft is planning to buy out Massive, a company that handles that area.

There seems to be a trend in book publishing this year -- but it’s not a good one. Lying and plagiarizing is the name of the game, and now 19-year-old Kaavya Viswanathan can be considered a player.

We all have the distinct privilege to take part and shape the next generation of media. There is a level of flux and change taking place right now that there hasn't been since television was introduced over 50 years ago.

Scheduled to hit the newsstands on May 5, Rolling Stone has designed its 30th anniversary cover in 3-D. The editors say they're doing it to celebrate their 1,000th issue, but could that be all?

So Katie Couric is making the move from The Today Show to CBS Evening News. That we've all heard. But is it the right decision? Couric is apparently very well loved (although it seems that maybe it's just her legs that garner all the attention).

Bill Keller doesn't know about anybody else, but the executive editor of the New York Times kinda feels like journalists have a big bullseye painted on them in White House red.

As if we didn’t get enough of Jessica Simpson’s personal life and her “chicken of the sea” wisdom from her reality show, we will soon have another glimpse into her life with a new wireless phone service, BlogStar.

Watching the news this morning I learned of yet another school shooting plot that, thankfully, was stopped before it was carried out. But are the media inadvertently inspiring these acts?

As the blogs and other online publications flourish, there have been many concerns about the future impact of new media. But for the most part, the focus has been on the future of traditional media, or how their content could carry over to the Web.

The world’s first paper to launch a digital version using electronic paper (e-paper) has arrived. This month, De Tijd, a daily Belgium financial paper, has given 200 subscribers a portable device to test the new system.

I was disturbed this weekend by some people's ignorance of blogs and other new media. During an orientation meeting for an environmental action group, the audience of 20 college students was asked to write letters to the editor about global warming.

The CIA fired an officer for allegedly leaking information to the Washington Post after she failed a polygraph test. The paper published a story which “did significant damage to relationships between the U.S. and allied intelligence agencies.”

After listening to Salon editor-in-chief Joan Walsh last week, I am now more than confident that all journalists will survive the inevitable digital evolution of journalism.

When the New York Times announced its plan to hold a contest for college students to win a trip with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nick Kristof, more than a few people scratched their heads.

Beauty and chaos is a multi-user environment bridging the realms of cyber space and physical space, composing music and generating image within a fixed geographical location based on user data from around the world in real-time.

"According to the Riverton Sheriff, his deputies found guns, ammunition, knives and coded messages in the bedroom of one of the suspects."

Each and every morning I read stories about how newspapers are slowly fading away. This morning the Denver Post announced that it is cutting jobs due to falling numbers. This is just another story in a long line of newspaper layoffs.

It's a sad thing when issues of race obvuscate matters of justice.

So I was wondering about the escape pod idea I’ve seen in the news quite a few times already, and whether something like that could actually work.