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Proof Social Media Matters
You don’t have to look far to find evidence of social media influence. Tweeting, “viral video” shot with cell phones and social networking pages were used to provide evidence of governmental wrong-doing, organize peaceful protests and galvanize world opinion against [...]
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Got a breaking story? Talk to Accounting
By Jeff Ryan The legitimization of citizen journalists How often do we hear the term “breaking news”? Constantly, right? The truth is… there is no real breaking news these days. Stories are sold to us as” breaking news” for the [...]
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Media Gofer, Inc. has designed the best way for businesses to communicate with customers since the invention of the telephone In the same way the telephone was gradually accepted as a new form of communication as opposed to a fad, [...]
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Did Social Media Save Newsweek.com?
By Jeff Ryan The old Chinese curse “may you live in interesting times” originates from a Chinese proverb that is one of three in severity, the other two being; “may you come to the attention of powerful people” and “may [...]
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RIP For Newspapers
By Jeff Ryan The shock felt round the world of journalism arrived in an announcement September10 by New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr: “We will stop printing the New York Times sometime in the future, date TBD.” According to [...]
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Blog World New Media Expo Was AWESOME!
BY Jeff Ryan Blog World Started with Keynote speaker Scott Stratten, author of UNmarketing with his message of be AWESOME… because people don’t buy mediocre…they buy AWESOME. Stratten’s message set the tone through the entire conference. Stratten was one of [...]
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New Media Has Become The New Mainstream
By Jeff Ryan The Daily Dish, Andrew Sullivan’s blog, turned 10 years old this week. Sullivan, editor of “The New Republic 1990-1996, weekly contributor to New York Times Sunday Magazine, Sunday London Times and Atlantic Monthly has a million unique [...]
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Is It Time To Panic For Newspapers? Hell Yes!
That’s my take after hearing a lecture by Professor Michael Schudson of Columbia University, recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “genius” award, a Guggenheim Fellow and known as one of the brightest bulbs in the journalism research and education. It may [...]
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Proof Social Media Matters
You don’t have to look far to find evidence of social media influence. Tweeting, “viral video” shot with cell phones and social networking pages were used to provide evidence of governmental wrong-doing, organize peaceful protests and galvanize world opinion against [...]
MoreGot a breaking story? Talk to Accounting
By Jeff Ryan The legitimization of citizen journalists How often do we hear the term “breaking news”? Constantly, right? The truth is… there is no real breaking news these days. Stories are sold to us as” breaking news” for the [...]
More