Archive for the “Media” category
New York Times TimesMachine
by jpreardon on May 24, 2008
The NYTimes OPEN blog talks about their TimesMachine implementation, and how they used EC2 to convert the archive information into something usable on the web. TimesMachine, by the way, is an archive of Times pages going all the way back (…)
(blank), You Rule!
by jpreardon on June 17, 2007
Virgin Mobile’s neighborhood campaign was the subject of some conversation a week or so ago. Today, New York Times gets into it with a short article about the ads. If you read the Times article, you will see a quote (…)
PhoneCast
by jpreardon on November 14, 2006
Podlinez will play the most recent episode of any podcast on any phone. Each podcast is assigned a phone number. When it is dialed, the podcast starts playing after a short announcement. Nice work, if anyone from Podlinez happens to (…)
Fairly Unbalanced
by jpreardon on August 13, 2003
Fox is suing Al Franken and the publisher of his forthcoming book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. According to Fox, they trademarked the term “Fair and Balanced” back in (…)
WMD Found in Iraq?
by jpreardon on July 9, 2003
Well, some people believe it. Doc Searls is pointing at an interesting and somewhat scary Philadelphia Inquirer article: A third of the American public believes U.S. forces have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to a recent poll. (…)
More blogging interest from PR
by jpreardon on June 3, 2003
Thanks to Bill Hobbs for pointing out MediaMap’s announcement about including blogs in their media directory. Hobbs takes exception to the fact that they will be including blogs only from “accredited journalists”. Previous entries: The PR industry and blogging
Better living through blogging
by jpreardon on June 3, 2003
First the New York Times runs not one, but two blog related articles on the same day. Then Dan Gillmor predicts that Bush will work “weblog” into a speech before the end of his term. Now John Dvorak tells us (…)
FCC Approves Consolidation
by jpreardon on June 2, 2003
Not much of a surprise, but the FCC has voted in favor of more relaxed media ownership regulations. Past articles on FCC Deregulation: FCC Loosening Ownership Regulations
FCC Loosening Ownership Regulations
by jpreardon on May 14, 2003
I have to agree with Dan Gillmor, there has not been much in the way of coverage on this. The New York Times has had several wire articles about it (here, here, and here [2007-08-02: wire links are dead, removing (…)