Though it may be short on manners and healthy discourse, the Internet is almost certainly never short on content. There is so…
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Uber: For better or worse, this is the way the media works now
The way the story around Uber's behavior has emerged is another example of how much the media landscape has changed over the past couple of years, with CEOs and VCs tweeting and blogging and new-media entities like BuzzFeed driving the agenda…
Read MoreMashable editor Jim Roberts on how he approaches the news
Jim Roberts, who left the New York Times to become editor-in-chief of Mashable, told a group of journalists that the social element of journalism has become the most important factor in how news is distributed -- and also in how it is created…
Read MoreBuzzFeed expands its data team by acquiring company run by the co-founder of Bitly
BuzzFeed has already built a data-science team and named one of its chief scientists as publisher, and now it has acquired Torando Labs and made the founder -- the co-founder and former CTO of Bitly -- its VP of data engineering…
Read MoreThe news curation game gets another entrant as the WaPo’s former owner relaunches Trove
The former owners of the Washington Post have relaunched a news-curation and recommendation app called Trove, which they hope will encourage users to find and share content in new ways -- but the curation market is a crowded one…
Read MoreGoogle doesn’t seem to get how media works now
While Google's new Currents app for mobile news-reading is seen by some as a competitor to Flipboard and Zite, there are some crucial differences between them that make me wonder whether Google really understands how media is changing and how they can take advantage of that.…
Read MoreIntegrating Social Media and Traditional Entertainment
Excitement about tablets and apps, lots of startup activity and Facebookâs role in distribution and audience acquisition are combining to create new opportunities to extend and enhance traditional entertainment forms. Has the industry finally figured out how to add social media to traditional entertainment for fun and profit?…
Read MoreGoogle Looks to Twitter As a Social Layer for News
Google is reportedly testing the integration of Twitter within Google News, which would allow users to login and see news stories shared by people they follow. Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently said the web giant would be adding "a social layer" to all its services.…
Read MoreToday in Social
Digg made its name as one of the early pioneers in social news – yet the service has dropped off the radar…
Read MoreThe 11 Best iPhone Apps of 2009
Bolstered by arrival of the 3GS, launch of in-app purchasing and push notifications, the iPhone apps of 2009 have become richer and more robust experiences. Across 11 categories, here were this year's standouts.…
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