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CBC is the first North American broadcaster to seed a DRM free torrent a primetime show
Seeded on Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:10 PM EDT (last100.com)
As an experiment, the show was released completely free and with no ads, which doesn't exactly make for a sustainable business plan (unless you're PBS. Ahem.) but it's great to see broadcasters experimenting with BitTorrent.
MTV puts full episodes of South Park online
Seeded on Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:12 PM EDT (reelpopblog.com)
From all 12 seasons, even, with 15-second pre-roll and a few more commercials interspersed. Execs acknowledge that there's money to be made on the web and that it won't diminish television ratings.
Will iPhone apps need to be blessed by Apple
Seeded on Sun Mar 2, 2008 12:13 AM EST (The New York Times)
The rumors are that Apple is going to control iPhone app distribution via iTunes and, more importantly, won't approve applications that are disruptive to either Apple or AT&T. I tend to think that this is a bad thing in principle but will be "good enough" for most users.
This is why we can't have nice things
Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:25 PM EST
Yesterday, a group of twelve Newsviners collectively known as “The Drollhouse” perpetuated what they’re calling a prank on the site, where they all posted false, intentionally inflammatory articles under false user id’s.
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A Contemplation Of Trust in Social Media
Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:37 PM EST
As any frequent reader of this column will note, I am generally reluctant to slip into the first person in my writing and less than enthusiastic when it comes to discussing the "meta" goings on within the Social News community in which I publish.
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Live streaming coming to YouTube
Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:05 PM EST (lostremote.com)
In the future, everyone will be justin.tv for fifteen minutes
On Swift & Swiftboating: The Perils of Pranks
Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:04 AM EST
A user recently expressed disappointment with the sanctimony of the Drollhouse Prank's finale, and while I saw through the articles I happened to read, I believe I am somewhat starting to agree.
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I Love Typography's guide to type on the web
Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:44 PM EST (ilovetypography.com)
How to make contrast, size, hierarchy and space work for you.
Adobe extending Flash platform to other languages
Seeded on Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:38 PM EST (thestandard.com)
"The technology would allow for cross-compiling existing code from C, C++, Java, Python, and Ruby to ActionScript." This is actually an area where Flash lags behind Silverlight, which has been beta testing multiple language support (via .NET) for a while now.
NY Times unveils ShifD mobile application
Seeded on Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:30 PM EST (informationweek.com)
Demoed a while back, the new in-beta app gets rid of the DIY RFID dongle and adds an AIR-based desktop application. The elevator pitch seems to be that it's a post-it not style application that lives on your desktop or your mobile.
Turns out that terrible IE 8 version targeting idea isn't set in stone
Seeded on Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:46 PM EST (The Web Standards Project)
Other proposed solutions include a patch to IIS that would set IE to IE7 render mode for intranets (clever, that), setting IE8 to standards mode by default to see what breaks and making IE8 a standalone browser that could co-exist with IE7
The New York Times unveils TimesMachine
Seeded on Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:52 PM EST (The New York Times)
Full page scans of the paper as it appeared, from 1851 throught 1922. Some nifty interface flourishes and the name is pretty clever, to boot.
Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo founder, wins a Polk award for coverage of the fired U.S. attorney scandal
Seeded on Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:46 PM EST (The New York Times)
Certainly a landmark for independent journalists, this is the first Polk to be awarded to an internet-only publication. "I think of us as journalists; the medium we work in is blogging."
Adobe releases AIR 1.0, Flex 3.0 and a new open source site
Seeded on Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:29 PM EST (Ajaxian)
Adobe's Rich Internet Application platform, AIR, has been in various forms of beta for about a year now.
NY Times' video debate analyzer is really sharp
Seeded on Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:52 PM EST (The New York Times)
The transcript is linked to the relevant parts of the speech, so you can click on a specific section and the video will skip there. Or, you can navigate by topical sections, such as health care.
Is Tay Zonday our greatest living media critic?
Seeded on Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:05 PM EST (mspmag.com)
Surprisingly thoughtful insights on media, culture, YouTube comments and copyright. You know, from the guy who steps away from the mic to breathe in.
VideoEgg hatches its own ad model
Seeded on Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:51 PM EST (internetnews.com)
AdFrames, which will place actual video ad spots inside of content, will use engagement rather than pageviews. Microsoft has signed on as an early client - take THAT, Google!
The EFF thinks that Adobe's push for DRM in Flash is all about product lock-in
Seeded on Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:40 PM EST (eff.org)
Possibly, but I doubt it. The most likely scenario is that Adobe wants Flash to continue to be a player in online video and in order to sign on entrenched media interests (Hollywood, television, Tay Zonday) they'll need to include some level of DRM.
Slate's Paul Boutin looks at filter/aggregator Persai
Seeded on Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:00 PM EST (Slate)
Persai seems to deliver on the promise of distilling information overload down to just the parts that you want. Boutin also likes that it's an anti-social network. I do wish that the "reject" button on the Persai interface were an uncov inspired "FAIL" though.
Google is beta testing AdSense for video
Seeded on Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:18 PM EST (googleblog.blogspot.com)
Google is bringing contextual, text overlay ads to video.
Fail: Social News on World Events, Like Cuba - ReadWriteWeb
Seeded on Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:28 PM EST (Read/WriteWeb)
Marshall Kirkpatrick argues that social news sites failed at covering yesterday's announcement that Cuban leader Fidel Castro is officially stepping down.
CNN launches Web site for citizen journalists
Seeded on Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:15 PM EST (Reuters)
Since CNN embraced the citizen journalist movement in August 2006 with the launch of its iReport initiative, the news organization has received nearly 100,000 news-related photos and videos from viewers.
Citizen Journalism: Should Professional Journalists Disappear?, and a Model for the Future
Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:16 AM EST
Newsvine is dedicated to well-researched, thought out, and written articles, and meaningful discussion. We pride ourselves on the quality of our writing and discussions.
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MSNBC/Newsvine and Citizen Journalism: Anonymity vs. Accountability
Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:46 PM EDT
As October marks my one year anniversary on Newsvine, I have decided to get serious and finally write some articles, the first (How Private Developers Plan to Profit from a 90-Year Old Lake Michigan Park Donated "For the Children") of which was posted yesterday.
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MSNBC's Mistress Factor
Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:07 PM EDT
It's been a very strange and complex process of assimilating the reality of our acquisition. It's not as though there was ever any doubt in my mind we were a corporate entity or that the reality of overwhelming financial burden couldn't have pulled the plug at any point in time.
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