28 posts and columns on new media
New Media
I think there is always a space for both. Whenever there’s a new form of media we always think it’s going to replace the old thing and it never does. We still have radio, however long after TV was introduced.
— Matt Mullenweg, on old media being displaced by new media, from an interview with Martin Nisenholtz
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The Top 10 stories of the week, in one convenient serving.Big Win for New Old Media
While it’s tempting to see the Huffington Post’s Pulitzer as a “big win for new media,” or something like that, the real story is that these organizations — the Huffington Post, the New York Times, the Washington Post — are becoming more like each other. Old media and new media are increasingly antiquated terms.
— Journalism professor Jay Rosen to HuffPo media writer Michael Calderone (via GigaOM)
Voices
How Social Networking Influences Coming Out
The suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi is shining a spotlight on the ways in which online social networking can complicate coming out for gay and lesbian youth.The iPad Is a Multimedia Device. So Where Are the Media? Be Patient.
As predicted, Steve Jobs showed off a new multimedia device today. One thing he didn’t show off, though: Much in the way of new media."Changing the World Through the Web": Video Interviews with Zuckerberg, Kutcher, Rospars and Shah
Yesterday, BoomTown moderated a panel at California’s Women’s Conference titled “Changing the World Through the Web” for a crowd of several thousand people. The panelists included Hollywood actor/producer, Katalyst co-founder and Twitter demigod Ashton Kutcher; Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg, who leads the social networking site’s elections, breaking news and social change initiatives; Premal Shah, president of online microloan site Kiva.org; and Joe Rospars, founder and creative director of Blue State Digital and new media director for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Here are video interviews I did with each of them.Voices