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TimesWire – Feed Aggregation Gone Mainstream

TimesWire – Feed Aggregation Gone Mainstream

by on May 11, 2009 in Breaking News, Mass Media, New business models, Newspapers, Publishing, Social Media, Television, Twitter

The venerable NYTimes unveils TimesWire tomorrow in its attempt to “real time” its reporting. New articles are fed into TimesWire as soon as it’s published, but the stream of articles is slower than a ticker tape. I think it needs to open up to other journalistic sources to create a compelling stream of news and [...]

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NY Times describes practical uses of Twitter

by on April 14, 2009 in Advertising, Breaking News, Hyperlocal, Marketing, New business models, Social Media, Twitter

As my blog readers know, we’re excited about real time commercial uses for Twitter, particularly within hyperlocal communities. The NY Times offers some examples here, but the key takeaway is how effective Twitter is in getting immediate, even viral results. Mr. Stoll, the founder of GoSeeTell Network, an online travel company, realized Twitter could be [...]

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The Portable Social Graph

by on December 6, 2008 in Advertising, Facebook, Marketing, Mass Media, New business models, Social Media, Social networking, Sociology, Technology, Twitter, YouTube

The Portable Social Graph is a killer concept behind the future social media business model. Very few can envision it because few live examples exist melding social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter into more traditional popular websites – ecommerce sites like Amazon, media sites like NYTimes or Hulu, and corporate/organizational sites like Toyota or [...]

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#Mumbai part 2 – Mainstream Media Acknowledging Twitter

by on November 29, 2008 in Mass Media, Social Media, Sociology, Twitter

Today’s New York Times acknowledges the citizen journalism that was so prominent during the Mumbai terrorist incident: The attacks in India served as another case study in how technology is transforming people into potential reporters, adding a new dimension to the news media. At the peak of the violence, more than one message per second [...]

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