Newspapers are trading staff photographers in favor of crowdsourced citizen journalism.

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Besides using freelancers (and just giving journalists cameras) the big trend at papers is to crowdsource citizen journalists. One can rightfully argue for the loss of quality but, especially online, readers respond better (meaning spend time with and engage more with) to low quality “real” photos and videos. While they … Continue reading

Netflix Trying To Buy Back Customer Loyalty By Resurrecting Arrested Development. Works For Me

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Netflix is pulling out all the stops. After getting their assets handed to them by dissatisfied customers and having to pull a whiplash-quick about face on their plans to separate the streaming business from their rental business they’re doing everything they can to reverse the bleeding. First they’re aggressively moving into international expansion and … Continue reading

Is LinkedIn a Social Network, a Media Company, a Business Utility, or Something Else?

LinkedIn is a fascinating creature. Most people I know use it as a kind of online business contact manager and resume and not so much of an active social network. LinkedIn will never be a Facebook or Twitter and that’s okay. But being the only public company of the three right now, … Continue reading

What Should Big Book Retailers Do To Stay Relevant? What Would You Do?

In the news today, Borders is closing all remaining stores. It was unavoidable that a few of the big bookstores were doomed. But even Borders larger competitor, Barnes and Noble is struggling. Both have launched eReaders to challenge the Kindle. B&N’s Nook is doing better than the Borders backed Kobo … Continue reading