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via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on June 16, 2008
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How to Build a Better Content Model for Your Site: Understanding News Consumption Patterns
via Dosh Dosh by Maki on June 03, 2008
In 2007, the Associated Press commissioned the Context-Based Research group, an ethnographic research firm to study the news consumption patterns of young adult consumers, active participants in the shift from traditional to digital media. Examining the habits of individuals between the ages of 18 and 34 in Britain, the United States and India, the findings were released two days ago in the form...
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Connecting The Dots Of The Web Revolution
via Publishing 2.0 by Scott Karp on June 18, 2008
For several days my brain has been connecting the blogstorm over AP trying to dictate how much of their content can be quoted on the web with the “quote” that Nick Carr lifted from one of my blog posts in his Atlantic article — I finally figured out why. The problem with the AP isn’t really about linking, it’s about quoting. And the problem with quoting is that, now that anyone can...
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On staff reductions and missed opportunities | Howard Owens
via www.howardowens.com by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
A small detail, but perhaps illustrative (or counter-illustrative) at a time when the Holocaust itself will soon be blamed on Sam Zell — my former newspaper, in fat times as well as lean, does a l-o-u-s-y job of retaining, harnessing, leveraging, or even knowing about the information and talent percolating within its own walls. Some of the better writers in the country are kept far off the...
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How we read online. - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine
via www.slate.com by (author unknown) on June 16, 2008
Shared by David It's worth following.You're probably going to read this.
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FriendBinder Throws Hat In LifeStreaming Ring
via louisgray.com by louisgray on June 03, 2008
Back in March, I bumped into rumors of FriendBinder, which, like other lifestreaming offerings including MyBlogLog, Plaxo Pulse, Profilactic and FriendFeed, claimed to offer a single destination to keep track of what your friends are doing on many different social networks. At the time, the author, Richard Cunningham, let me know the service was more than a year into development and would be...
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Pearl Jam offers streaming 'bootlegs' | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
via news.cnet.com by (author unknown) on June 17, 2008
Pearl Jam, a band with a reputation for delivering great live performances, is offering to sell "bootleg" recordings of the group's concert shows. Fans can go to Pearljam.com and purchase streaming downloads or burn-to-order CDs of each of the band's performances during its 2008 concert tour, which launched last week in Florida. Internap is overseeing the audio streaming.
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Canadians flocking to anti-DMCA Facebook group; what you can do
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on June 14, 2008
How pissed are Canadians about the new copyright bill, Bill C61, which was introduced without any consultation and which makes it a crime to upload clips to YouTube or use a region-free DVD player? Way pissed.Ten thousand more Canadians signed up for the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group in the day following the Bill's introduction, bringing the grand total up to 50,000. Michael Geist...
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Lewis Shiner putting his novels online for free
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on June 14, 2008
Lewis Shiner is one of my favorite science fiction writers and last summer he began making all of his (fantastic!) old short stories available as free, Creative Commons licensed files on his site, under the banner of the "Fiction Liberation Front." Now he's expanded the program. Lewis sez, "I've just expanded the range of Fiction Liberation Front to include free downloads of my novels,...
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Rolling Stones Near Live Nation Deal
via hypebot by Bruce Houghton on June 16, 2008
EMI THE BIG LOOSER...AGAIN UPDATED:The Rolling Stones are days from signing a massive 360 deal with Live Nation, according to the Guardian. Since the Stones control much of their catalog, EMI could loose $4.6M USD in yearly revenue. Such a loss would be a major blow to the struggling label group even as new owner Guy Hands' Terra Firm attempts to re-structure it. Universal is rumored to...
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