Allen Weiner

According to a story in The New York Times, General Electric is getting back into the TV manufacturing business, partnering with Tatung, a Taiwanese electronic company, creating a series of new sets that have Internet capability. The plan is to start with Internet access via a separate box migrating to in-set Internet access next year. [...]

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As USA Today reports, NBC will be debuting a number of its new and returning fall shows online before they hit their scheduled broadcast debuts. Great quote from NBC’s John Miller: We want to make (programs) available in as many ways as we can so we can get fans. If you don’t embrace people’s behavior, [...]

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A few scary signs that newspapers looking to the Web for salvation (and money) are finding bumps in that road: 1. McClatchy cuts 16 employees. Company sites soft ad market2. Newspaper online ad revenue is down 2.4% in Q2 compared to 2007. Here’s the report from the Newspaper Association of America on Poynter.org On the [...]

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Category: advertising Newspapers Publishing Uncategorized     Tags: Newspaper Association of America, Newspapers, Publishing, The New York Times

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Joost, one of the early TV 2.0 pioneers founded by the folks who brought free Internet calling to the world via Skype, has changed directions by moving its modus operandi from a heavy-install desktop download to a browser-based interface. According to reports, Joost will move to being a totally Flash-delivered application over the next months [...]

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Here are some other places I hang out in the Web 2.0 world: Follow me on Twitter Check out my YouTube videos (especially if you like baseball): Go here Visit my long-standing videoblog: It lives here I also am on Facebook (just search my name) A number of my videos are on Blip.TV (high res [...]

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In 2007, as the video marketplace began to expand with the entry of TV episodes, mashups and shows made specifically for web audiences (aka low attention span theater), it became evident a segment was evolving that was nestled between time-shifted episodes of “Desperate Housewives” and YouTube’s “swinging a cat in the backyard” fare. In a [...]

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I started my first newspaper job 30 years ago this month. I still beam with pride when I read things like the Galveston County Daily News still publishing even after its roof blew off as part of Hurricane Ike.

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A Colorado newspaper reporter (from the Rocky Mountain News) Twittered from a three-year-old’s funeral.

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Here’s a clip from The Statesman, the Cox-owned (for now) newspaper in Austin. They are a great example of a daily that uses all the Web 2.0 weapons available to create reader engagement. The paper’s use of Twitter to track Ike is a textbook example others could follow.

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So, it appears blogging fever has hit Gartner. I am excited that my colleagues and I get the opportunity to showcase our insight into all things IT (and some not IT related) on a more ongoing basis. I have been blogging for about six years, and the fruits of my labor can be found at [...]

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Category: blogging     Tags: Allen Weiner, blogging, Gartner, Podcasting, Video

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