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Should Internet Content Be Free? The Best Model to Save Newspapers, Books, and Music in the Digital Age

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Limited Copyright, Newspapers, Free Content, Copyright, Content, Artistic Collaboration, Perpetual Copyright, Copyright Extension, Chris Anderson, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Intellectual Property, Music, Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig, Cross-Subsidies, Publishing Industry, Free Economy, Digital Economy, Digital, Future of the Internet, Google, Wikipedia, Public Domain, Paid Content, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Microsoft, Books, Business Models for Digital Content, Thomas Jefferson, Death of Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Mark Helprin, Linux, Moore's Law, Espresso Book Machine, Art, Piracy, " "Digital Barbarism: A Writer's Manifesto, Advertising, Digital Age, Music Industry, Freemium, " Free, Media News
Anis Shivani

How can we retain, even enhance, creativity in the digital age, taking advantage of near-zero costs of redistribution? Two recent books consider the question.

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A Preposterous Pre-Digital Primer

Dave Astor | Posted 07.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Journalists, Lps, Montclair Times, George W. Bush, Born-Again Christians, Nixon's Enemies List, Dinosaurs, American Pie, Internets, Commuter Trains, Mashed Potatoes, Albums, Typewriters, The Day the Music Died, E-Mail, Viral, Sony Walkman, President Bush, Ipods, Swine Flu, Revival Theaters, Computers, Paper Airplanes, Cds, DVD Players, Don McLean, Laptops, Prehistoric, President Nixon, Going Viral, Bush Administration, Mel Gibson, Digital Age, Internet, Enemies List, Phonograph Records, Cell Phones, The Passion of the Christ, Huffington Post, Comedy News
Dave Astor

In the days before the internet, how did out-of-town journalists transmit typewritten stories to their editors? They folded the stories into paper airplanes and hurled them out of hotel windows.

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Paying Attention in the Information-Overload Age

Ward Sutton | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Information Age, Paying Attention, Multitasking, Winifred Gallagher, Digital Age, Living News
Ward Sutton

In her new book, Winifred Gallagher thoroughly makes the case that our lives -- and the people we are -- are a product of what we choose to focus our attention on.

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A Trip Down Memory Lane Littered with Letters

Isobel White | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Social Media, Internet, Holidays, Twitter, Holiday Season, Relationships, Social Networks, Social Networking, Digital Age, Holiday Season Commentary, Barney Frank, Hillary Clinton, Facebook, Nostalgia, Family, Style News
Isobel White

No, who am I kidding -- I am old school, but trying my best to keep up. I vow to actively use LinkedIn and Facebook this year.

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Ad Tactics: New and Old Mix It Up in 2008, But What Did We Learn?

Neg Norton | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: 2008 Elections, Blackberry, Social Networking, Digital Age, Obama Online Network, Media, Digital Devices, 2008 Election, Obama Campaign, Robocalls, Media News
Neg Norton

The political campaigns did not shy away from the tried and true; the 30-second television ad, the direct mail flyer, yard signs, bumper stickers are alive and well.

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Digital Age Has Ushered in an Opportunity for Unprecedented Global Collaboration

Jared Cohen | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Youth Activism, Dorm Room Diplomacy, Barack Obama, Youth Digital Activism, Digital Age, Obama Youth, Technology, Facebook, Youth Middle East, World News
Jared Cohen

All across the world the digitally connected few have proven that they can use technology to organize and mobilize the non-connected masses.

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Timothy Ferriss vs. Gary Vaynerchuk

Tim Ferriss | Posted 12.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Problogger.net, Gary Vaynerchuk, Timothy Ferriss, Technology, Darren Rowse, Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Bloggers, Digital Age, Blogging, Media News
Tim Ferriss

Is it better to be socially connected online but spend the majority of your life on it, or is it better to be a digital recluse and perhaps suffer the consequences? I would be an example of the latter.

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Two Recommendations for Success in 2009

Jack Myers | Posted 12.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Media Futurist, Spending in 2009, Recession, Transition, Media, Technology, Digital Age, Business News
Jack Myers

The sweet spot for the transition from the Industrial Age to the Digital and Relationship Age will be about a thirty year period that began in about 1990 and we are half way through right now.

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