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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. While others are slashing forecasts, IBM announced that it plans to go on the offensive. International Business Machines CEO Sam Palmisano said that the computer giant “will take a long-term view, and go on offense”, and that IBM is “positioned to Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBC launched New York Nonstop, its pioneering effort in multi-platform media, this morning. NY Nonstop is anchored on the digital tier of WNBC, but it is also carried by every MSO in the tri-state area, passing through roughly 6 million Continue Reading →
Last week I wrote an article entitled, Broadcast News Vs. Information: An Unfair Fight which outlined an experiment: my goal was to see how my week would go if I didn’t get any news from traditional media. The article is a quick read and it would help if you gave it a look. Now, I Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Chris Brown has been charged with 2 felonies over the alleged beating of girlfriend and pop star Rihanna. While Brown is free on $50,000 bail, his charges include assault with intent to cause bodily harm, as well as making criminal Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. According The Sun, Rihanna will not testify against Chris Brown. However, California law allows prosecutors to charge him anyway and TMZ is reporting that police have turned the case over to the LA County prosecutor. YouTube and the Universal Music Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Amazon will begin selling electronic books for the iPhone today. Amazon will make its electronic book software available to iPhone and iPod touch users for free, while e-books will sell for $9.99, the same price as e-books for the Kindle. Amazon Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Adobe and Time Warner are expected to form a video partnership. While plans are unknown, the deal most likely relates to digital rights management, measurement and monetizing content. The deal could spur multi-platform distribution methods Jeff Bewkes hinted at during Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. TV Stations are up in arms over the delayed winter Sweeps. The sweeps, which were bumped to March due to the eventually botched DTV transition, are being called a “waste of time”, as “there will be nothing to compare these Continue Reading →
I have been thinking a lot lately about the future of newspapers and radio and television broadcast news; to put it another way, traditional media vs. new media. So, just for fun, I decided to see how my week would go if I didn’t get any news from traditional media. Would I be better served Continue Reading →