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HULU   |  1 comment

Hulu's Competitors: The Wild World of Web TV

Media giants and startups -- not to mention pirates -- are chasing an online-video audience of 158 million. Here's how key players connect to, and compete with, Hulu.READ»

Ivan Glickman
CONSUMER   |  Comment

A consumer’s responsibility to the media: Fans must be Fans!

It seems that not a day goes by that I don’t read about another once highly-regarded magazine or newspaper filing Chapter 11 or closing up shop. I feel sad, yet somewhat responsible, for its demise like so many other well-known and ...READ»

Communication Innovation in Action: Propelling Business Forward in Today’s Reinvention Economy

As the recession begins to slowly loosen its chokehold on the global economy, the Reinvention Economy pushes forward with a new-found urgency. Companies are delivering re-inventive programs and consumers are demanding them.READ»

MEDIA   |  Comment

When the Media Gets Mediated

One of the biggest impacts of social media is the way that traditional forms of advertising have had to adapt to it.As companies begin to embrace social media marketing, that means that a portion of their attention, time and marketing ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
CNN   |  1 comment

CNN's Model For Success (and what we should learn from it)

The big news out of the TV ratings report this week is that CNN is in fourth place -- last place.  That's right, the 24-hour cable news giant is floundering in the eyes of the viewers.  But CNN isn't concerned.  In ...READ»

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Andy Awards Elect The Jury

Make your voice heard! Vote to select the next jury for the Andy Awards. READ»

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SOCIAL   |  Comment

Claim Your Name on Reddit, Odeo, Twitter and 338 Other Networks at Once with KnowEm

If you don't want to run around creating profiles on every social network on the Web, there's a shortcut to maintaining a unified online identity. It's called KnowEm, and it lets you register your name (or brand) across a litany of ...READ»

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Sir Groovy Offers Fast-Track Music Licensing for TV and Movie Producers

Sir Groovy, a just-launched iTunes-like music store, lets TV and movie producers browse a library of pre-approved songs they can license and use in their media. Instead of first choosing a song and then securing a license to use it, ...READ»

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ITUNES   |  3 comments

iTunes' Hefty Fee Locks Out Indie Label LPs

When Apple announced its multimedia album packages, dubbed iTunes LPs, some hailed it as the return of the album-as-object. But some indie labels who've tried to create their own LPs on iTunes are dismayed over the $10,000 production ...READ»

JOURNALISM   |  Comment

Problems at the US Chamber of Commerce -- and what we can learn about managing a crisis of confidence

US Chamber of Commerce is facing a crisis, but doesn't seem to realize that. That's a problem.READ»

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OLD MEDIA   |  Comment

Five New Schemes to Save Old Media

Those working in the media, particularly old media, are constantly cognizant that current revenue models for media companies are not working. Those who aren’t were reminded just how fragile things are this week as magazine house ...READ»

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Dog Fight Case Could Urge Supreme Court Crackdown on Creativity

As the Supreme Court goes back to work this week it once again will determine just how far the First Amendment stretches. But rather than the usual "prayer in school" or "mandatory pledge of allegiance" cases that generally clog the ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
ADAM HANFT   |  Comment

The “New” G.M. Sounds Dangerously Like the Old, Dead Saturn

“The General Motors Corporation today displayed the prototype of a small car intended to someday match similar Japanese cars in cost and match or exceed them in quality.”So wrote The New York Times on November 4th, 1983.  And ...READ»

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FROG   |  Comment

Frog Designs' New iPhone App Lets You Talk TV

Frog Design is releasing an iPod app that allows you to talk to your friends about shows as you watch them. Called TVChatter, the app allows you to follow a Twitter stream about your favorite show and respond to other viewers with ...READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Balancing Your Media Diet

The USDA's classic food pyramid is the gold standard for dietary intake; what happens if we apply the same rubric to our media consumption? READ»

Ivan Glickman
DESIGN   |  Comment

Design/Art

 Design/Art Last week, in a conversation with a colleague, I felt a little disappointed about a negative comment he made about the “Tuyomyo” bench designed by Frank Gehry for Emeco.  He said it was “impracticable ...READ»

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HP DreamScreen: Absolutely Not an Apple Tablet Rival

There's a lot of hype on your favorite interwebs this morning about HP's new DreamScreen digital picture frame. Some people are spinning the device as beating Apple's iTablet to market. This couldn't be farther from the ...READ»

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ZUNE HD   |  3 comments

Microsoft Positions Zune as a Cloud-Based Media System

Microsoft's Zune HD rolls out today, but as part of its launch Microsoft's spinning it with an interesting angle--the Zune 4.0 software makes it into a cloud-based, central component of your home-media system. As Microsoft puts ...READ»

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Fast Company's Most Innovative Marketing Expert Blogs, Part II

Marketing has changed. We're in the age of one-to-one marketing, where the customer actually has a role in shaping the messaging for your brand. Social Media--blogs, Twitter, Facebook, wikis, user-generated tools--have given her all ...READ»

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BOX   |  7 comments

Can the iPhone Be an Enterprise Tool?

Apple's phone is a terrific gizmo with one major short-coming: It's a silo when it comes to big files. But lots of businesses rely on their ability to share to complete projects, services such as drop.io, SharePoint, and Box are ...READ»

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Eight Days to Go: Apple Event Rumor Round-Up

Next week Wednesday is when Apple will host its traditional iPod media event. At least, that's what everyone's assuming from the "It's Only Rock'N'Roll, But We Like It" tagline Apple chose. As usual there's a bunch of swirling rumors, ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
MEDIA   |  Comment

The People Formerly Known As the Audience

Our society has changed - dramatically - over the past few decades.  We talk about it all the time in the context of business (flattening), government and politics (opening) and community (connecting).  What about media and ...READ»

MEDIA   |  Comment

It is not about the product or service, it is strictly a business decision

Managing your business is no easy task, because at the end of the day it’s not about marketing, customer support, or a terrific product. It’s about making money. Never lose sight of the fact that money is why you are in business. Your ability to identify your organization’s issues and evaluate your strategies relative to the bottom line is what will make you successful.READ»

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Is Hyperlocal Journalism's Savior?

It's been the week of hyperlocal. And by week, I mean the past two days, since Twitter accelerates the online journalism news cycle to roughly the rate at which we breathe. I hadn't finished exhaling the news of Everyblock's sale to ...READ»

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FLYP   |  2 comments

Time, Inc's Former Editor on the Future of the Magazine

Over the last three decades Jim Gaines has served as editor in chief of Time, Life and People magazines, as well as the corporate editor of Time, Inc. Today, August 11, is his sixty-second birthday--but unlike many of the print ...READ»

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