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Social Media is Journalisms Future

Newspaper editors aren’t happy with the changes in the Associated Press’ rate structure or the CEO’s comments that I mentioned here. With as valuable a service as they provide it seems to me like news papers and the AP are heading down separate paths. It will take some bold moves from some inovative […]

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Blogs, Ad Networks and the future of the Associated Press

I first mentioned a rumor reported on TechCrunch about Federated Media receiving $50 Million in funding. TechCrunch reports that the rumor is indeed true. It will be fascinating to see what they do with the money. While they aren’t saying just yet, I’m certain that they do have a plan. […]

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“I don’t read blogs.” Bet you do.

I see a lot of research out there saying that not very many people read blogs. At HP we also conduct a lot of focus group research where we ask people if they read many blogs. Overwhelmingly most people say they don’t read blogs.
So are blogs still relevant? (I bet you can […]

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When Does a Marketing Agency Become a Media Company?

Mike Manuel pinged me about their new hire over at Voce Communications: Josh Hallett. If you’re familiar with Josh you realize what a great move this is for Voce.
This move got me thinking though. Smart PR and Marketing companies seem to be gobbling up respected communication experts who are also blogger. This trend has been […]

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Guest Blogging for the Main Stream Media

For those of you who didn’t know, I’m in Mexico City for the week as part of my Executive MBA program through Boise State.
I’ll be guest blogging over at the Idaho Statesman all week about our trip here. Here’s a link to my first post. Instead of its own dedicted blog I believe the articles […]

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Does Democracy Need Journalism Anymore?

At a recent CCC event (more here, here and here) Bill Manny from the Idaho Statesman made a pretty bold statement. (Paraphrasing):
The First amendment defends journalism because Democracy needs journalism to survive.
Bill is obviously an incredibly intelligent guy and is an excellent reporter (and mountain climber from what I hear) but he will even […]

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Capital City Commuicators Go Up In Flames

Greg Stielstra and his book, PyroMarketing were an early influence on me in my new media development. The book is amazing and if there is ever a guy who GETS the philosophy of web2.0 it is Greg, you can actually download the audio of his book for free.
Tonight the IBR will be hosting a […]

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How does Journalism Stay Relevant?

From Eddie at the IBR:

“A few weeks ago, Tac Anderson posed this question for us on his blog:

My question for the Idaho Business Review is “what’s nextâ€?? John Foster has made some great changes in the right direction, but I think that they need to strike while the iron’s hot. One blog is a great […]

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