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NEWS ABOUT: digital media

digital media stories: 14 news summaries

 Silverman 
 Leaves NBC, 
 Goes Digital 


Will head new company created with Barry Diller

Jul 27, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ben Silverman is leaving NBC Entertainment and hitting the Internet, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The division's co-chair—who may have jumped and may have been pushed—will partner with Barry Diller and IAC to create “a next generation enterprise that bridges the gap between traditional television and... More »

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entertainment • Internet • NBC • NBC Universal • Jeff Zucker • Ben Silverman • broadcasting • Barry Diller • digital media

Young Media Doomsayer Rivets Industry

News is finished, Twitter is pointless, says teenage sage

Jul 13, 09 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A report on teen views of media written by a 15-year-old Morgan Stanley intern has become the talk of Wall Street and Sun Valley, with CEOs and fund managers old enough to be his grandparents jumping on its conclusions. Londoner Matthew Robson claims that his generation has no use for... More »

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television • media • Morgan Stanley • digital media • Twitter • newspaper industry

(Newser) - From Rupert Murdoch to Twitter founder Evan Williams, moguls old and young descend on Sun Valley, Idaho, this week for an annual summit on media and technology. This year, reports the Financial Times, the dominant question concerns paid content—a debate that has spread from the troubled newspaper industry to... More »

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media • advertising • Idaho • paid content • new media • digital media • Sun Valley

(Newser) - There's been lots of media chatter about Mediaite.com, the website Dan Abrams rolled out this morning, most of it sight-unseen, challenging the former MSNBC host's intention to continue to run a media strategy firm alongside the site. Howard Kurtz, one of those critics, now takes a look at the... More »

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blog • American media • Dan Abrams • media coverage • digital media • Twitter • Mediaite

Ballmer:
Old Media Won't Last a Decade

Microsoft boss says papers, TV won't bounce back 

Jun 25, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ad revenue media companies lost in the downturn won't be coming back when things turn around, Steve Ballmer told an advertising conference yesterday. The Microsoft boss said the industry has been "reset" at a lower level, and media companies are going to have to learn to survive on... More »

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media • advertising • ad revenue • Steve Ballmer • new media • digital media

 6 Digital Ways 
 to Leave Your Lover 

Breaking up via text or email? That's so outdated.

Feb 14, 09 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - If couples are having fewer public fights nowadays, it might be because they're busy liveblogging their entire breakup on Twitter, NPR reports. Beyond dumping the dude in 140 characters, here are six other ultra-modern ways to become uncoupled:
  1. Watch "The Break-Up Poem" on LiveVideo.com for tips
... More »

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Facebook • list • love • breakup • Valentine's Day • digital media • Twitter

In Tough Times, People Dust Off the Library Card

Even amid budget cuts, the institutions are expanding offerings

Feb 2, 09 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - As the economy lightened wallets last year, people in search of jobs and entertainment turned to a long-lost concept called a library, reports the Washington Post, spiking DC-area circulation by 23% in the last half of 2008. And although budget cuts are hitting libraries hard, they're still finding ways to... More »

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Internet • podcast • book • digital media • community • ebooks • library

Football Goes Mobile on Sprint Phones Tonight

NFL games head to tiny screen

Nov 6, 08 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Sprint is about to score big with football fans with the first-ever live broadcast of an NFL game on mobile phones. The debut phone-cast will be tonight's Cleveland Browns showdown with the Denver Broncos. Eight more games from the NFL television network will be available over 7 weeks as part... More »

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DirecTV • NFL • NFL Network • Verizon • iPhone • NBC Universal • General Electric • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Sprint • digital media • mobile phones

For Albom's Latest, You'll Need a Kindle

Tuesdays With Morrie author releases new text only as an e-book

Jul 18, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mitch Albom's newest work is less than 4,000 words long and available for 99 cents—but only if you have a Kindle e-book reader to view it on. The exclusive deal for the text—a speech Albom delivered to his nephew's graduating class in May—could reveal some of... More »

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publishing • Kindle • Amazon.com • digital media • Mitch Albom • ebooks

ANALYSIS

Digital Rules Stymie Library
of Congress

Copyright restrictions make even routine
archiving difficult

Jul 16, 08 8:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anti-copyright laws are irritating not only casual music listeners or movie watchers who want to back up their digital media—even the Library of Congress is butting heads with the rules that forbid the duplication of copyrighted works, Ars Technica finds. And though the library has pushed for changes in... More »

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copyright • Library of Congress • DRM • digital media • Digital Millenium Copyright Act

PRODUCT REVIEWS

Taking Analog Stuff Digital? Skip the Gadgets

Products for converting records, tapes, photos just aren't worth it

May 29, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you’ve been lamenting the fate of your analog media recently, wishing you could bring records, tapes, or photos into the digital world, new devices are here to help. They just don’t do a very good job of it, laments David Pogue in the New York Times, reviewing... More »

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digital photography • record • digital music • cassette tape • digital media

 For Actor,
 Grand Theft Auto
 Doesn't Pay 

Gaming companies refuse to dole out royalties

May 22, 08 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - He has gained fame and exposure as the voice of sly Balkan criminal Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV. But actor Michael Hollick would rather see a royalty check from Rockstar Games, reports the New York Times. Though the game has raked in roughly $600 million so far,... More »

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gaming • Screen Actors Guild • actor • Grand Theft Auto IV • digital media • video games

 Fan Cams 
 Change 
 Players' 
 Lives   

New technology has athletes thinking twice about interacting with the public

Apr 11, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Information Age is great in a lot of ways, but when it comes maintaining the privacy of public figures, it can be a real hassle. Just ask Matt Leinart, Paul LoDuca, and countless other professional athletes who can tell you just how easy it is to have their most... More »

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MySpace • MLB • Mark Buehrle • Alex Rodriguez • Matt Leinart • digital media • Ryan Garko

 Files May Be Fleeting 

As formats change, your digital data could be endangered

Apr 7, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cuneiform tablets have kept information safe across millenia, but hard drives have lifespans of just a few years. Even if your CDs survive the century, their players might have become obsolete, warns the Boston Globe. "Who knows how long they're going to last—how much time before the information... More »

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DVD • CDs • book • information technology • digital storage • cassette tape • digital media • obsolete technology

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