Digital Media

No More Reading Wars! Getting Ahead of the Transition From Print to Digital Books

Michael Levine | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Nook, Multimedia, Digital Media, Coviewing, Children's Books, Children, Kindle, E-Books, E-Reader, Children's Bedtime Stories, Co-Reading, Ipad, Parents, Education News

When it comes to learning to read well, our country seems to be in a never-ending cycle of conflict and consternation. Enter the fray a new disruption: the transition from print to digital books.

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Is Content King?

Kevin Bermeister | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Google, Digital Media, Search Engines, Content, Copyright, Advertising, Social Networking, Pinterest, Digital, Cisco, Youtube, Facebook, Technology, Technology News

The days of unrestrained Internet downloads and open access content are approaching the end. People are the Internet's biggest content owners and they want their share of value.

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"Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" Reports on Current, Future Regional Trends

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Egypt, Dubai, Newspapers, Maryam Bin Fahad, Tunisia, Online Censorship, Dubai Press Club, Iraq, Lebanon, Arab Media Forum 2012, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Digital Media, Arab, Deloitte, Saudi Arabia, Arab Media Outlook, Tv, Iphone, Qatar, Ipad, Magazines, Syria, Libya, World News

It's become an annual must read to take the pulse of where they are, but this year's edition of "Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" (AMO) goes further to s...

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A New Way of Reaching Latinos Online on YouTube: Mitú

Lili Gil | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Lili Gil, Youtube, Hispanic Marketing, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Online Video, Video, Latino Voices News

This is one of the many channels now aggregated by Mitú a premium branded YouTube network featuring both original and user-generated content in English and Español también.

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(Video) Big Digital Media Conference Set for Paris in June with Randi Zuckerberg, others

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Digital-Entertainment, Randi Zuckerberg, UbiQ, Paris, Video, Technology News

PARIS -- UbiQ, a new digital media and entertainment conference will debut in Paris on June 18 and 19, with several highlevel speakers including Rand...

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(video) All Media Should be Earned, Digitas Creative Chief Says

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Digitas, Advertising, Online Advertising, Video, Business News

Many brands are focused on the new paradigm of paid media and earned media, but all media should actually be earned, including the ads made for the W...

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Watch: 60 Seconds of Social Media

Shawn Amos | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Newfronts, Aol, Digital Content, Stickiness, Youtube, Online Video, Netflix, Hulu, Yahoo, Online Video Branding, Online Video News Reporting, Online Video Advertising, Aol Videos, Technology News

A lot has changed since the early days of Internet video. Today's professionally produced content is not only leaps and bounds from early amateur video, it's competing with broadcast television for viewers and ad dollars.

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Calling All Girls: The Video Gaming Industry Offers Exceptional Opportunities to Young Women

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 04.24.2012

The game industry is -- or should be -- a career target for today's female students in elementary and secondary schools as well as in higher education.

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Pure Players Often Can't Cope

Garrett Goodman | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Pure Player, News Media, Online News, Start-Ups, Social Media, Citizenside, Digital Media, Media News

The research of authors Nicola Bruno and Dr. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen suggests that being successful in the online news world is as challenging for the smaller, and often more agile, start-ups as it is for the major media incumbents.

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Pixel Logic: How the Next 10 Years Will Reinvent Your Life

Russell C. Smith | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Digitial Cities, Hyper-Meaning, Digital Media, Gamification, Time Travel, Multiverse, Digital Tracking, Digital Age, High-Tech, Digital Acceleration, Fringe, Gaming, Technology, Alternate Universes, Multi-Sensory Experiences, Point System, Adaptive Psychology, Quantum Physics, Technology News

Current technology can already process our experiences faster than we can think about them. Whether we welcome it or not, it's unavoidable, and greater digital acceleration will happen.

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PHOTOS: Invaluable Tips for the Macro Photographer

Thomas Shahan | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Photography, Digital Media, Nature Photography, Macrophotography, Bugs, Diy Ideas, Diy, Insects, Science, Spiders, Cameras, Animals, Macro, Thomas Shahan, Jumping Spiders, Exposure, Video, Green News

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Stop the Presses: The Future of Newspapers

Daniel Burrus | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Tech Trends, Tech Jobs, Trends, Daniel Burrus, Dan Burrus, Digital Media, Newspapers, Media News

Let's face it, newspaper publishers still haven't quite understood how to maximize and leverage the digital world, and thus increase their advertising revenue.

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(video) Wibbitz: Text-to-Video Software Delivers Automated Video Solution for Publishers

Andy Plesser | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Tel Aviv, Digital Media, Online Video, Israel, Wibbitz. beet.tv, Start-Ups, Video, Technology News

An early stage Tel Aviv-based start-up called Wibbitz, says that it can take the RSS feed of a text publisher and create a distinct video segment inc...

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The Music Industry Might Actually Not Be Dying

Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Cary Sherman, Digital Music, Digital Media, Video, Riaa Sales, Recording Industry, Music Industry, Subscription Services, Riaa, Entertainment News

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recently released their report on 2011 Year End Shipment Data, in which states that "total [music...

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What Kids Learn from the Media about Drinking

Yalda T. Uhls | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Addiction, Digital Media, Drugs, Substance Abuse, Drinking, Parents, Media, Teen Drinking, Parents News

Kids and teens get all sorts of messages about drinking and drugs from the media -- but do these messages impact their behavior?

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A New Orleans for the Future

Yvahn Martin | Posted 05.23.2012

Last week, I set out to BeNOLABound, along with 26 other professionals, to meet with local business leaders and learn what New Orleans has been up to since I left. We took a chance, and were completely blown away by what many of us now describe as a life-changing experience.

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Metrics for Attention in Networks

Pablo Mancini | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Business News, Digital Media, Attention, Newspapers, News, Metrics, Media, Media News

The challenge of mass media, and journalists, with social networks is not getting fans or followers. The most important mission is to expand our edito...

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Killing the Competition With Hops and Barley -- My Discovery of Startup Crawls

Zachary Ehren | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Startups, Digital Companies, Technology Companies, Networking, Startup Crawl, San Francisco Startups, Pub Crawl, San Francisco Around Town, Bar Crawl, San Francisco News

For every company in the digital industry, there are hundreds of other shiny, young companies doing the same thing. They know they can provide the service and skills to accomplish a certain demand, but nobody knows who they are.

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Closing the App Gap

Lesli Rotenberg | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Pbs, Digital Media, App Gap, Apple Ipad, Apps, Kids, Common Sense Media, Raising Children, iPhone Apps, Digital Divide, Kids and Technology, Head Start, Parents News

Some will continue to debate whether apps are appropriate for kids at all -- regardless of income. But we've found that not only are touch screen apps intuitive and age-appropriate for young children, they also have powerful learning potential.

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International Women's Day: Don't Get Mad, Get Elected

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Leadership, Women, Workers, Social Networks, Women's Health, Voting Rights, Health, Jobs, International Women's Day, Worker's Rights, Women in Politics, Women News

On International Women's Day, each woman in the world must use this as an opportunity to step up and fight the good fight. For our health. For our jobs. And for our future.

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Long Time Coming: Why Rush Limbaugh Must Go

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Marcelas Owens Attacked, Digital Media, Campaign Boot Camp, Rush Limbaugh, Graeme Frost, Sandra Fluke, S-Chip, Marcelas Owens, Schip, Michael J. Fox, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Advertisers, Media News

As free marketeer Rush Limbaugh is finding out, the entertainment value of sliming people isn't what it used to be. Sandra Fluke was the last straw. Enough is enough.

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TechStar Interview: David Blumberg

Bill_Robinson | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Venture Capital, Ny, Berlin, Blumberg Capital, Hootsuite, Sonar, Harvard, Mobile, Apax. T. Rowe Price, Social Media, Israel, Stanford, David Blumberg, Sf, Barcelona, Bangalore, Insead, Nutanix, Doubleverify, Technology News

When you first meet David Blumberg his smile is what you notice. But shortly thereafter, you notice how smart he is; later, you begin to see this man's true level of intelligence.

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The Road to Value (Part 1)

Tom Butta | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Customer Experience Management, Digital Media, Value Roadmap, Executing Strategies Business, Marketing Value, Business Opportunity, Cost Savings Business, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Value, Business News

Value just might be the most overused word in business today. If value is so important, why is there a dearth of proven ways to create and capture value in a given market space?

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Why Teaching Kids Self-Regulation Skills Is Essential

Yalda T. Uhls | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Digital Media, Education, Teachers, Parenting, Self-Regulation, Families, Technology, Children, Parents News

In order to guide youth who access digital media to focus on scholarship we must develop children's learning strategies in a way that helps them resist the hundreds of thousands of distractions available with these tools.

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Reconsidering the Stop Online Piracy Act

Eric K. Clemons | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Digital Media, Internet Piracy, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Online Piracy, Dmca, Sopa, Technology News

Eventually, Congress will have to consider SOPA. Here we suggest several questions that Congress will need to address and very short suggestions of what we expect they will conclude.

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