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eBooks Outsell Print Books And Free eBooks Are Biggest Bestsellers

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 12.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Ereaders, Book Publishing, Books, Books Are Dead, Free eBooks, Amazon, Blogs, Publishing, Kindle, New Media, Kindle Store, Future of Books, Reading, Ebooks, Books News

eBooks, some of them free eBooks, outsold print books this Christmas. On December 26, Amazon announced that, for the first time ever, they had sold mo...

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Apple iSlate a Game-Changer for TV, Publishers?

Bob Wells | Posted 12.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: New Media, Newspapers, Apple, Islate, Ereaders, Ipod, Kindle, iSlate Price, Steve Jobs, iPod Touch, Nook, Technology News
Bob Wells

The prospect of a handy, beautifully designed, and personal all-media player plus notebook computer will prove irresistible. It will become the ever-present companion to the media-addicted.

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Online Activism 1.7: Lessons Learned in Copenhagen

Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.27.2009 | Technology

Read More: Social Media, Internet, Copenhagen 2009, Online Campaigning, Online Activism, New Media, Activism 2.0, Blogging, cop15, Old Media, Technology News
Kevin Grandia

While social media played a role like never before in the run-up and during Copenhagen, there remain issues that must be overcome before activism fully utilizes the power of social media.

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Standing On The Edge Of The Future: The New Media In Copenhagen

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green

Read More: New Media, Copenhagen Activism, Copenhagen 2009, Copenhagen New Media, Green News
Katherine Goldstein

As the postmortems pour in I want to focus on the story behind the story: how new media, grassroots activists, and citizen journalists worked together in inspired ways to get the Copenhagen story out.

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Braving New Trails to the Web and Beyond with Screenwriter Aaron Mendelsohn

Jeffrey Berman | Posted 12.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kidred: The Embrace, Jeffrey Berman, Aaron Mendelsohn, Writing, Air Bud, The Write Environment, New Media, Screenwriting, Screenplay, Web Series, Inhternet, Entertainment News
Jeffrey Berman

During the recent Writers Strike, Aaron brought together a group of top writers from Hollywood to launch Virtual Artists, Inc., a writer-owned studio that produces sponsor-supported "water cooler" entertainment for the Web.

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Happy News Year

Rory O'Connor | Posted 12.18.2009 | Media

Read More: New Media, Old Media vs. New Media, Media, Journalism, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Join me in bidding farewell to the Aughts. It was a decade of disruption and decay, of death (newspapers) and birth (new forms of journalism).

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MSM vs. Digital in 2009: The Times' Brian Stelter Weighs in on Who Won the Big Stories

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 12.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital Media, Afghanistan, Cnn, Balloon Boy, Obama First 100 Days, Msm, Kabul, New York Times, Brian Stelter, New Media, Iranian Election, Cnnfail, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Who's on top, the MSM or Digital Media? Who's leading the discussion, why, and is it a good thing? To help us navigate this tricky landscape, we asked New York Times reporter Brian Stelter.

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Latinos in Social Media DC

Kety Esquivel | Posted 12.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: New Media, Social Media, Latinos in Social Media, Technology, Nclr, Technology News
Kety Esquivel

I usually begin my New Media presentations with an aerial shot of the marches in Chicago in 2006 and state the outrageous but obvious claim: "In 2006 ...

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Online Communities: The Kindness of Strangers

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 12.14.2009 | Technology

Read More: Community, Online, Mobile Technology, New Media, Online Communities, Psychology, Psychology of Technology, Electromagnetic Pulse, Technology News
Dr. Jim Taylor

What pervades these online communities is a deep feeling of altruism from their members. There's just too much give and not enough take to see it any other way.

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The Rightroots: Are They 2010's X Factor?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop 2010, Engage, Nobel Prize, The Next Right, Twitter, Wilshire and Washington, President Obama, Ted Johnson, Email, New Media, Teresa Valdez Klein, Maegan Carberry, Facebook, Patrick Ruffini, Politics News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Republicans were supposedly leaps and bounds behind at that time of the election, but after a year's worth of execution on the part of both parties, it now looks like the space could be anyone's to own.

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Real Journalism and the Road Ahead

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Public Television, Npr, Propaganda, Reporters, Huffington Post, News, Fact Checking, Journalism, War Correspondents, Truth, Foundations, Old Media vs. New Media, Media Issues, New Media, Media News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

The first thing you do in a war is control and take out your enemy's communication system. Our news has been taken over by entertainment, propaganda and massive corporations. We need to to take back the media.

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New Media Star, Sara Lopez

Jeff Rivera | Posted 12.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Media, Soymilk, Sara Lopez, 8th Continent, Entertainment News
Jeff Rivera

If you're anything like me, you're tired of hearing doom and gloom stories about the economy. That is why when we discovered, Sara Lopez I got excit...

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You Say You Want A Revolution? The Virtual One Is Almost Here

James Boyce | Posted 12.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: New Media, Newsladder, Arianna Huffington, Telephones, News Circulation, Newspapers, Advertising, Technology News
James Boyce

Bet for the top story of 2010 being the Internet Revolution. The next two to three years are when we are going to see the Internet become what we all thought it would be.

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Is Journalism Going Through Its Own Reformation?

Alexander Howard | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Old Media vs. New Media, Fcc, Ftc, Rupert Murdoch, Death of Print, New Media, Steven Waldman, Death of Newspapers, Journalism, Arianna Huffington, Media News
Alexander Howard

The traditional "high priests of journalism" -- newspaper and magazine editors -- controlled what was covered. No more, or at least not in online news.

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Rick Moody's Twitterfiction Project: Failure?

Wall Street Journal | Alexandra Alter | Posted 12.02.2009 | Books

Read More: Short Stories, Fiction, Rick Moody, Twitterfiction, Writing, Authors, New Media, Twitter, Writing Fiction, Books, Twitter Fiction, The Ice Storm, Books News

This week, author Rick Moody has been experimenting with Twitterfiction -- he is tweeting a short story over the course of three days, posting a new s...

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Why New Media Looks A Whole Lot Like Old Media

Bryan Monroe | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago News Cooperative, Old Media vs. New Media, Aol, Rupert Murdoch, New Media, Death of Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, sphere.com, Journalism, Arianna Huffington, Chicago News
Bryan Monroe

This week, the FTC will be convening a hearing looking at "How Will Journalism Survive The Internet." I am going to talk about how white the Web is, and the threat that represents to journalism for our diverse nation.

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New, Exciting And Intriguing Innovations

Jenny Darroch | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: New Ideas, Markets, Prius, Ipod, Innovations, Health, Consumer Behavior, New Media, Sustainability, Inventions, Economic Growth, Marketing Strategies, Resvertarol, Business News
Jenny Darroch

Since innovation is the engine of economic growth, it is critical to focus our attention on it if we are ever going to get ourselves out of the economic mess we got ourselves into.

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HuffPost Game Changers: Your Picks for the Ultimate 10

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Huffpost Ultimate Game Changers, New Media, Slidehuge, Huff Post Game Changers, Ultimate Game Changers, Huffington Post Game Changers, Game Changers, Media News
Arianna Huffington

It's time to reveal your picks for the Ultimate Game Changer in Entertainment, Politics, Media, Green, Style, Business, Philanthropy, Sports, Wellness and Technology. There are more than a few surprises. READ MORE Memo to Warren Buffett: Put Down the Pom-Poms and Tell Us the Truth About the Economy Difficult times need wise men to tell difficult truths. And, for many years, Warren Buffett has done just that. So it was deeply distressing to hear him joining in the economic victory lap the Obama administration is taking. READ MORE WATCH: Arianna Discusses Glenn Beck, the "Fearmonger-in-Chief," on Countdown

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Moving the Needle

Nathan Bransford | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Writing, Book Publishing, Authors, Future of Publishing, Publishers, Books, New Media, Bestsellers, Books News
Nathan Bransford

Editors want to take authors to the next level or make a splash with a debut. Publishers want to gain traction with new electronic formats. Sales and marketing teams want to make a splash. Everyone is desperate for a hit.

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

Read More: African-Media, New Media, Glenn Beck, Lagos, Old Media vs. New Media, Media News, Media, Home News
Arianna Huffington

Just back from Lagos, Nigeria, where I took part in the second African Media Leadership Forum, which brought together journalists from 46 African countries. New media play a powerful role on the continent, where traditional media face constant government restrictions, over 300 million Africans have cellphones, and locals are being trained to use texting and camera phone video to report from rural areas. Hearing the stories of many of the journalists present was a powerful reminder that, in much of the world, being a journalist requires great courage. "I've been arrested 136 times," a journalist from Cameroon told me. "The government threw grenades into our offices," said a newspaperman from Liberia, "so we went down the street and started another paper." It makes the rheumy bleatings of the likes of Glenn Beck feel even more contemptible and pathetic.

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Latest Game Changers: Technology and Wellness

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.07.2009 | Media

Read More: New Media, Leaders in New Media, Huffington Post Game Changers, Game Changers, HuffPost Game Changers, Media News
Arianna Huffington

Look over the slideshows we've put together giving you the rundown of who we picked -- and why -- then vote for the Ultimate Game Changer in Technology and Wellness. READ MORE

The Audacity of Winning vs. The Timidity of Governing Reading David Plouffe's The Audacity to Win, I often found myself wondering what Candidate Obama would think of President Obama. READ MORE

WATCH: Arianna Discusses Limbaugh and Obama on The Joy Behar Show

WATCH: Arianna Discusses Candidate Obama vs. President Obama on Morning Joe

WATCH: Arianna Discusses This Week's Elections on Dylan Ratigan's Morning Meeting

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The Case for the Internet: A Human Right

David D. Burstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: The Internet, Internet, Human Rights, France, Economic Crisis, Economy, Libraries, Computers, New Media, Finland, Jobs, Technology, Technology News
David D. Burstein

Finland and France have declared internet access a legal right for all citizens. Here's why I hope the United States and all other countries will follow their and grant internet access as a human right.

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Rebiblican Stealth Strategy Loses Big in Washington State, Wins Big on East Coast. Why?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: King County Executive, Going Stealth, Religious Right, Susan Hutchison, Washington State, New Media, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Valerie Tarico

When Rebiblicans (Republicans) pose as moderates and change agents, they have just exposed soft tissue.

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But Does Twittering Really Sell Books?

Debbie Stier | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Marketing, Tumblr, Twitter, Gary Vaynerchuk, Ustream, Facebook, Wordpress, Online Media, Online Marketing, Personal Branding, Internet, Online Branding, Books, New Media, Crush It, Books News
Debbie Stier

Gary Vaynerchuk built his brand using these free tools (Facebook, Twitter, Ustream, Tumblr, etc.) and he used the tools that he wrote about in the book to succeed with the book itself.

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Googled: An Excerpt From Ken Auletta's New Book

Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Googled Excerpt, Googled, Media, New Books, Googled Ken Auletta, Ken Auletta, Apple, Internet, Youtube, Books, New Media, Ken Auletta Googled, Google, Auletta, Books News

Googled by Ken Auletta On a sunny July afternoon in Sun Valley, three friends who had competed and cooperated for a quarter century -- Robert Iger,...

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