Sep
14
A few things for the ‘net:
- Kodak EasyShare V1253 (The First High-Def Pocketcam) Quick Look. Good grief! A $300, 12-megapixel point-and-shoot from Kodak that also captures HD video.
- New York Times Vulnerable to Recession, Moody’s Says. From Bloomberg come a couple of newspaper business stories that point to more possible problems for the industry. There’s the one linked from the title of this squib (and the Times isn’t the only media company cited as vulnerable), and there’s this: New York Times, Gannett Fall After `Neutral’ Rating.
- Online Video Popularity Still Climbing. The overall numbers aren’t overwhelming, but they are impressive. And YouTube, unsurprisingly, leads the pack when it comes to sources.
- How long is your video? Andy Dickinson follows up on the research into online video length and suggests the lesson for video storytellers is that you can tell long stories, but they’ll work best as well-played chunks.
- Running while the earth shakes. Weekend reading: a lengthy PDF (48 pages plus appendices) with the subtitle: A Study on Innovation in the News Media. Link goes directly to the PDF. Via Len Witt.
- Omaha broadcaster launches classifieds site. Is this a case of newspapers snoozing and losing? Five broadcasters have banded together to launch a free (for now) text, audio and video classified ads site. Question for publishers: who’s out there stealing “your” business today?
- New York Times posts its first video letter to the editor. Yet another innovation.
- Journalism here to stay. Encouraging words. And right-on, too. The demand for journalists isn’t changing, only some of the ways in which they work and how the publish.
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