Category Archives: online communities

Now that Twitter is Writing the First Draft of History, Where Does that Leave Journalists?

Iran changes everything. Lots of professional journalists are pretty mad at the web. They blame it for sucking away ad dollars that pay their salaries. They view blogs and social media as low quality, unoriginal, and owing their existence to … Continue reading

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Paper Cuts

Is journalism really in danger? Newspapers and magazines are shutting down, long-time reporter friends of mine are going back to school to become teachers and public policy experts, and a colleague of mine who teaches journalism confided that to justify … Continue reading

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Guess Who’s Buzzed?

by Ed Sussman Everybody. On April 13, a little over two weeks ago, we released a demo video and blog post about our new business, Buzzr.com. The demo, which is kind of wonky, is aimed at the crowd of developers … Continue reading

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