CNN used to be a cable news network. The New York Times used to be a newspaper. The Huffington Post used to be a blog. But that’s not the case anymore. CNN, New York Times and the Huffington Post (like almost every other major news organization) are no longer defined by their channels. This is [...]
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Tag Archives: CNN
We are Living in the Age of Hyper Speed
July 6, 2011
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Good luck keeping up. News, events and crises move like a flash of lightning. As a communicator or a marketer, you can find yourself neck-deep in trouble because you decided to walk to the sub shop next door to pick-up your lunch. Today’s case in point: Entenmann’s. The pastry maker published a tweet yesterday to [...]
Read more Blogging is Now Part of Journalism
February 7, 2011
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The news this morning that the Huffington Post has been sold to AOL for $315 million begs the question: Is there any difference between a news blog and an online news publication? I’d argue that few people can tell the difference anymore. In fact, the term “blog” may have run its course (with the exception [...]
Read more Traditional Media Becoming Obsolete, Not the Media Itself
December 20, 2010
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Here are the facts: Newspapers circulation numbers are falling like a rock. The New York Times daily circulation in 1990 was 1.1 million and is now less than 900,000. The Los Angeles Times circulation dropped from 1.25 million in 1990 to less than 600,000 The big three TV networks accounted for more than 45% of [...]
Read moreOld Media Isn’t So Old Anymore
August 16, 2010
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Is old media making a comeback? In fact, is it fair to even refer to traditional media outlets like newspapers and magazines as “old” anymore. They have infused their online properties with interactive and multimedia elements and syndicate their content on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. For example, the New York Times and [...]
Read moreTweet Ends 20-year CNN Career
July 8, 2010
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Octavia Nasr is now the former Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs for CNN. The 20-year veteran of CNN lost her job after controversy erupted over the following tweet: “Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah…One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect alot.” As you may or may not know Hezbollah is considered [...]
Read moreBalance is Unnecessary for Good Journalism
February 8, 2010
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Here’s what “balanced” reporting can beget: The birthers. A large group of right-wing conspiracy theorists who mistakenly believe that President Obama was born in Africa and doesn’t have a legitimate U.S. birth certificate. Yet Hawaiian officials deny those claims and have produced copies of Obama’s birth certificate. Death panels. The claim by members of the [...]
Read moreTwitter, Oh My!
April 24, 2009
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Twitter grew a whopping 95 percent in March – from 9.8 million visitors to 19.1 million, reports TechCrunch. And keep in mind that these are visits to the Twitter web site – and doesn’t include people using popular desktop and mobile phone applications like Twirl, TweetDeck, Twitterfon, and Twitterrific. There are some estimates that up [...]
Read moreAshton Kutcher Beats CNN in Twitter Contest
April 17, 2009
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Celebrity Ashton Kutcher beat CNN to one million followers on Twitter late last night. CNN reached the mark about 30 minutes later. Kutcher is the first person to have that many followers on the social networking site. And, of course, bloggers beat the mainstream media to announce the “news.” Kutcher in a live video declares [...]
Read moreA Twitter Race to Nowhere
April 16, 2009
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Despite the fact that he can’t spell very well, B-movie actor Ashton Kutcher is on the verge of having one million followers on Twitter. In a publicity stunt that is being breathlessly covered by the mainstream media, the blogosphere and on Twitter, Kutcher has been racing news cable station CNN to be the first one [...]
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