Archive for the ‘Convergence’ Category

Punctuated Equilibrium for the Johnston Press

Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Media, Newspapers, Participation, Statistics, Strategy, Television, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

Its sad when you see entire industries under threat - its sad when those industries also have only themselves to blame. Sometimes however they just cant see it coming - Blindsided As Stephen Jay Gould wrote Structural or mental ...

The future of TV - Monaco

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Media, Mobile, Strategy, Television | No Comments »

I have meet some interesting people in Monaco. Thoughts : panel-based audience measurement - and counting for the digital age is madness... Steam age technology in the digital age People are still hung up on the furniture (formats) of commercial messaging... We need new ...

The advertising arms race in social networks

Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Media, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

The Stampede For Social Network Dollars Intensifies writes Diane Mermigas The race to monetize and leverage the power of social networks is turning into a stampede, as evidenced by Microsoft?s recently renewed efforts to acquire Facebook in the wake ...

Hollywood goes gaming

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Gaming, Generation C, Participation, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

'Gaming is now a bigger industry than cinema' said Bobbie Johnson And now we find one of Hollywoods finest Steven Speilberg creating a game for the Wii On May 6 Steven Spielberg will release his first collaboration with game publisher ...

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus in the World of Participatory Culture

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Government & Politics, Media, Networks, Participation, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »

Clay Shirky writes a very philosophical piece about culture/media and participation I was having dinner with a group of friends about a month ago, and one of them was talking about sitting with his four-year-old daughter watching a DVD. ...

Everything’s Not Lost: in the world of traditional media

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Media, Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

Print media is struggling with a digital future and are Newspapers embracing the digital age? The New York Times once epitomised all that was great about American newspapers; now it symbolises its industry?s deep malaise. The Grey ...

Everything’s Not Lost: in the world of traditional media

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Media, Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

Print media is struggling with a digital future and are Newspapers embracing the digital age? The New York Times once epitomised all that was great about American newspapers; now it symbolises its industry?s deep malaise. The Grey ...

Everything’s Not Lost: in the world of traditional media

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Media, Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

Print media is struggling with a digital future and are Newspapers embracing the digital age? The New York Times once epitomised all that was great about American newspapers; now it symbolises its industry?s deep malaise. The Grey ...

From SatNav to SatCom

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Economics, Networks, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

The future is already here but its just not evenly distributed is a phrase attributed to may people - but the thought came to my mind when reading about the creation of a new service 230 Miles of ...

The dotcom dinosaurs

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Generation C, Media, Social Networks, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

Vic Keegan gives us a glimpse into the world of what comes next after the dotcom dinosaurs have ruled the planet for the last 20 years. Vic writes I don't know whether wigix will be successful or, ...