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Multimedia Wikipedia: Can Video Be Collaborative?
Written by Mike Melanson / March 18, 2010 10:03 AM / 6 Comments
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This morning, the Open Video Alliance is launching a campaign to bring video to Wikipedia. The project encourages Wikipedia users to add videos using the "100% free and open source Continue reading »


Why Wikipedia Should Be Trusted As A Breaking News Source
Written by Mike Melanson / March 15, 2010 6:10 AM / 24 Comments
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Most any journalism professor, upon mention of Wikipedia, will immediately launch into a rant about how the massively collaborative online encyclopedia can't be trusted. It can, you see, be edited Continue reading »


Washington Post Offers Subscription Model App for iPhone
Written by Mike Melanson / March 3, 2010 7:38 AM / 2 Comments
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In the continuing effort to stop the bleeding, newspapers continue to try new ways to recover some losses and stop giving away all of their content for free. As online Continue reading »


Location Data and Privacy Subject of Congressional Hearing Next Week: Today's Top Stories on Geolocation
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 19, 2010 12:45 PM / 2 Comments
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Geolocation is quickly emerging as a big new platform to build all kinds of cool services on top of. While there's a whole lot of potential - there's also growing Continue reading »


Unlaunched Comic Company Buys 10 Year Old Comic Fan Community
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 17, 2010 6:06 PM / 3 Comments
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Boulder, CO based Graphic.ly has put some of its venture capital to work and rolled up 10-year old comics community iFanboy. Graphic.ly is developing an as-yet unlaunched comic and graphic Continue reading »


Minority Report In Your Living Room: Gestural Interface Computers "Five Years" Away
Written by Mike Melanson / February 16, 2010 7:46 AM / 7 Comments
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If you never saw Minority Report, then we can just tell you - when Tom Cruise uses a "computer" he looks more like a conductor of an orchestra, or maybe Continue reading »


YouTube Inks First Live Sports Broadcast Deal
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 24, 2010 5:14 PM / 6 Comments
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YouTube has announced an exclusive deal to broadcast live online the entire cricket season of the upstart Indian Premier League this year. "[This is] the largest and most extensive live Continue reading »


New York Times to Charge for Online Content?
Written by Jolie O'Dell / January 17, 2010 10:00 PM / 24 Comments
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According to internal sources, the New York Times may soon be charging users for its online content. In a move that would bring the publication parallel to the Wall Street Continue reading »


MSNBC Buys BreakingNews.com to Go With With @breakingnews [UPDATED]
Written by Mike Melanson / January 5, 2010 9:17 AM / 4 Comments
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Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that BreakingNews.com was opperated by the same people who started the @breakingnews Twitter account. MSNBC announced this morning that it is Continue reading »


What It's Like To Write For Demand Media: Low Pay But Lots of Freedom
Written by Guest Author / December 17, 2009 11:10 AM / 32 Comments
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Editor: This is a guest post by Andria Krewson, a freelance journalist who has written for Demand Media. Given our recent focus on Demand Media and so-called content farms, we Continue reading »


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