Digital Media

How Big Media Sees and Defines the Digital Explosion

Renee Blodgett | Posted 02.08.2012 | Media

Read More: Digital Media, TV Media Future, Steve Jobs Media, Internet Media, Big Media, Jobs Apple Music, Neil Young Media, Media Internet Music, Digital Technology Music, Martha Stewart Media, Media News

How we tell stories is not linear, so what will emerge to transform storytelling in the face of new media? How much value -- real or perceived -- does vinyl have today when digital is winning because of convenience?

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Super Bowl: Online Viewership Ratings Are In

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.07.2012 | Business

Read More: New England Patriots, Online Streaming, Television, Digital Media, Internet, TV Ratings, National Football League, Nfl, Television Ratings, New York Giants, Super Bowl, Nbc, Business News

The 2,105,441 viewers who watched NBC's first live stream broadcast of the Super Bowl discovered that the Internet experience still can't entirely rep...

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Why I Need the Cloud

Robert Whent | Posted 02.07.2012 | Technology

Read More: Digital Media, Cloud, Dropbox, Cloud Computing, Technology News

I came home yesterday to copy hundreds of my recent wedding photos to my server and OMG! -- Nothing. No Lights. No Hum. Nothing. I got the dreaded "Server is not available" message and my heart sank.

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Digital Learning Day Is Happening Today

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 02.01.2012 | Education

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Digital Learning Day, Digital Media, Education, Schools, Teaching, Education News

Want to know how we can improve our schools using technology? Want to know how your son/daughter's education can be more effective?

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The Art of Deconstruction: Building from Paper

MutualArt | Posted 01.24.2012 | Arts

Read More: Design, Architecture, Detroit, Digital Media, Art, Art Installation, Paper, Arts News

Blending art with design, paper and a little imagination, artist Judith Hoffman builds her own 'castles in the air.' Think children's paper and cardboard cities, all grown up.

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Irish Dance Darlings Go to Digital Dark Side

John Lee | Posted 01.23.2012 | Culture

Read More: Culture Ireland, Digital Media, Riverdance, Irish Dancing, Viral Videos, Hand-Dancing, Youtube, Irish, Viral, Video, Culture News

Irish Step Dancers/Hand Dancers Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding are back and they are BAD in a new video going viral. The ex-Riverdance duo was la...

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Rule of Law? Not for Megaupload! Paging Prof. John Yoo!

Marty Robins | Posted 01.21.2012 | Business

Read More: Digital Media, Business, John Yoo Memo, Rule of Law, Business News

I think both parties should be discussing the Obama Administration's recent failed attempt to replace Attorney General Eric Holder with Prof. John Yoo...

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Ensuring a Robust Marketplace of Ideas: Rethinking Antitrust Policy in the Digital Age

Bruce Judson | Posted 01.20.2012 | Business

Read More: Book News, Antitrust, Digital Media, Book Publishing, Justice Department, Ebooks, Business News

Today, the book industry is struggling to adapt to the digital transformation. At its core, digital information has a tough time establishing value in the eyes of the consumer

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SOPA and PIPA Battle Far From Over

David Tereshchuk | Posted 01.19.2012 | Media

Read More: Mozilla, Digital Media, Pipa, Online Piracy, Rupert Murdoch, Hollywood, Wikipedia, Google, Sopa, Netcoalition, Media News

It all remains -- like all federal legislation tends to -- a matter of Washington lobbying, despite this week's one-day leap into the forum of public debate. And as always, the industry associations will in all likelihood remain the strongest deciders of how things go.

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NYC's Digital Roadmap: 2011 in Review

Rachel Sterne | Posted 01.12.2012 | New York

Read More: Foursquare, Digital Media, Twitter, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, Facebook, Hackathon, Tumblr, Transparency, Government, O'Reilly Media, Civic Engagement, City Government, Open Government, Digital, Mayor's Office, Technology, Video, New York News

In July 2010, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Commissioner Katherine Oliver announced that the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment would include NYC Digital. Last January, NYC Digital launched and we hit the ground running.

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20 Big Ideas for 2012, Part One

Don Tapscott | Posted 01.09.2012 | Business

Read More: Digital Media, Wikileaks Documents, 2012-Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Wikileaks, Youth Unemployment, Business News

What will happen in 2012? In the spirit of the aphorism "The future is not something to be predicted, it's something to be achieved," let me suggest 20 transformations.

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How Will We Read? The Book Makers

C. M. Rubin | Posted 12.22.2011 | Books

Read More: Digital Piracy, Ereaders, Digital Media, Book Publishing, Online Retail, Decline-of-Brick-and-Mortar-Stores, Content Creation, Self-Publishing, How Will We Read?, The Future of Books, Print on Demand, Enhanced eBooks, C. M. Rubin, Lightning Source, Electronic Distribution, Ingram Content Group, Ebooks, David "Skip" Prichard, Books News

The publisher delivers a single file. With that file, Ingram Content Group will deliver the content globally in a variety of ways, whether as a printed book or as a digital file which will ultimately create books for every digital platform around the world.

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When Marketing Minds Collide

Bill Robinson | Posted 02.07.2012 | Technology

Read More: Digital Media, The Digital Collective, Social Network Marketing, Ad:Tech, New York Tech, Technology News

Putting a group of big-brand marketers in the same room can sometimes result in friction, factiousness and fisticuffs. There are so many different opi...

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Like a Network, Unlike a Magnet

Pablo Mancini | Posted 01.31.2012 | Media

Read More: Digital Media, Media, Journalism, Media Management, Media and Management, Media Companies, Media Criticism, Media Networks, Media News

The work and results of digital media are produced within a network, but, generally, they tend to be measured and analyzed as if they were magnets.

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NYC Ballet's Programming Challenge: A World-Class Ballet Company Without World-Class Access

Kristin Sloan | Posted 01.30.2012 | Arts

Read More: Ballet, New Media, Dance, David H. Koch Theater, New York City Ballet, New York Jets, Digital Media, NYC Opera, Nyc Ballet Media Suite, Arts News

While there are many hurdles to cross before digital media can become a fluid and revenue-generating component of the company's operations, there is much more NYBC could and should be doing in this space.

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WATCH: Poetry Of Sound And Visuals In Motion

Posted 11.17.2011 | Arts

Read More: Black Ocean, Digital Media, Video, Digital Art, Vimeo, Arts News

Crafting sounds to work with a visual is an art form in and of itself. Just ask the great sound mix masters of film and games today. In this video sou...

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EdTech for the Younger Ones? Not Without Trained Teachers

Lisa Guernsey | Posted 01.17.2012 | Education

Read More: Pbs, Digital Media, Early Education, Early Childhood Education, Technology, Kindergarten, Preschool, Edtech, Education News

Amid the agitation over childhood in the digital age, two visions are battling it out.

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Where Are All The Women In Digital Media?

The Grindstone | Posted 01.04.2012 | Women

Read More: Elaine Kunda, Digital Media, The Grindstone, Digiday, Marketing, Women's Careers, Advertising, Women in Digital Media, Women News

"I walked into the cocktail reception and I swore I was at a bachelor party." Elaine Kunda, CEO of The Grindstone's parent company, B5 Media, said ...

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Working Together for a Safe and Prosperous Cyberspace

Nigel Sheinwald | Posted 12.31.2011 | Technology

Read More: Uk, Cyber Conference, Internet Access, Digital Media, Cyberspace, Economics, Cyber Security, Usa, London, Internet, Tech, Ukinusa, London Conference, Trade, Online, Prosperity, Digital, Openness, London Cyber, Technology, Digital Divide, Technology News

UK-US partnership on cyber issues goes back to the very beginnings of the Internet. In fact, the Internet may never have come to be without collaboration between UK and US researchers.

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Kill Your Television - The Downside of Technology

Steve Nelson | Posted 12.26.2011 | Education

Read More: Digital Media, Online Learning, Early Childhood Education, Bilingual Education, Computers in School, Brain Research, Education News

Learning is primarily a social activity, best nurtured through and among relationships. The rote, unimaginative practices that characterize much of today's approach to learning are deeply flawed.

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Occupy the Book: Is It Author Spring?

Brenda Peterson | Posted 12.26.2011 | Books

Read More: Digital Media, Self Publishing, Book Publishing Future, Author Self Publish, Indie Bookstores, Digital Books, Self Publishing Future, Ebooks, Books News

Are we now seeing the power shift from publishers to authors? A kind of Occupy Publishers' Row by enterprising authors? Or perhaps an Author Spring?

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Sharing Digital Hollywood 2011

Abe Schwartz | Posted 12.24.2011 | Technology

Read More: Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Academy Awards, Crackle, Digital, Digital Hollywood, Digital Hollywood Event, Technology News

With the digital space rapidly evolving, it's the place to be if you're looking to gain a better sense of how entertainment and tech are converging.

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7 Young Latinos In Online Media To Watch In 2012

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 01.07.2012 | Latino Voices

Read More: Daily Grito, Digital Media, Voto Latino, Maria Abad, Latinos, Steve Alfaro, Qorvis, Latimes, Kety Esquivel, Photographer, Ogilvy, Marie Dejesus, Fernando Diaz, Adriana Maestas, Nathan Olivares-Giles, Latino Voices News

In 2008, Latino talent in online media was hard to find. Fast-forward three years and Latinos are finally making a mark in the online media landscape.

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Writing Off Publishers

Richard Geldard | Posted 12.18.2011 | Books

Read More: Digital Media, Book Publishing, Books News

First, the big box bookstores like B&N drove out the independents. Then, the online sellers knocked out the big boxes, and now, as we learned in the New York Times this morning, the big publishing houses are next.

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Online and Offline Harmony

Josh Brooks | Posted 12.14.2011 | Technology

Read More: Steve Jobs, Digital Media, VHS Tapes, Technology Transition, Digital Age, Smartphones, Twitter, Technology Benefits, Cds, Technology, Facebook, Google, Steve Jobs Death, Google Wallet, Technology News

For the most part, going digital has enriched our lives. But is there a price? Are we losing sight of our humanity in the frenetic rush to digital efficiency?

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