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Tablets and smartphones are heralding a media revolution
When the press discovered that Amazon’s US$200 Android tablet (the Kindle Fire) is sold for US$3 less than it costs to manufacture, many people were confused. Why would a technology company sell a gadget at a loss? It all makes sense when you realise that, increasingly, the playing field is no longer about hardware; it’s about content.Tablets and smartphones are the key devices in this new ecosystem of content (although they’re certainly not the only ones), and we all know ...11 Webcomics worth bookmarking
Just as books, magazines and newspapers have ditched a paper-only form, so comic books have taken up space on the web since the 1980s. The great thing about webcomics is that anyone can publish their own, using a variety of different styles and genres that range from avant-garde to comic strips. In 2007 about 38 000 webcomics were published online, but only about three percent of webcomic creators are financially successful.The first webcomic ever published was Eric Millikin's Witches and ...Media corrections and our social reputations
The modern news cycle has been diminished to a matter of minutes -- even less on services like Twitter. And it seems to just keep speeding up.As newsrooms become increasingly hard pressed to produce news content quickly -- very quickly -- they find themselves facing an audience that demands near immediate reporting on events and expects that reporting to be factually correct.But journalists make mistakes too and maybe as a profession it has sold itself into the 'we are relevant ...GigaOM buys paidConent in expansion bid
GigaOM, the San Francisco based tech news publisher has acquired ContentNext, the publisher of the media industry trade publication, paidContent, from the UK's Guardian Media Group.Om Malik, founder of GigaOm, wrote about what this means to the company:In his post Why we are buying paidContent he writes that the deal will create GigaOM East a ready-made entry into New York City, his "spiritual home," and Europe.Over the past few years we have started to see the transformation of ...If SOPA was an aircraft carrier, ACTA and TPP are nuclear submarines
SOPA is on ice for now -- some say dead -- but we need to remain vigilant. It’s difficult however, when governments create new laws that threaten internet freedom of speech and privacy, in secret under the guise of trade agreements.There’s a lot of discussion around the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). While some hail it as the next SOPA, others see it as less insidious. Much of the anti ACTA histrionics are actually ripple effects from the interpretation of earlier ...Major new online player set to enter SA market
The eNews channel, which is part of the multi-billion rand terrestrial broadcasting company Sabido, is cooking up plans to roll out a brand new online strategy.
The organisation is one of the biggest players in the African broadcast space, with a presence on South Africa’s fifth terrestrial channel and its own dedicated 24-hour satellite news channel which broadcasts to a number of countries across the continent. To date the media giant has made no significant investment in an online presence.
...What the porn industry can teach us about digital media in emerging markets
Analysis of the pornography industry provides fascinating insight into how consumer ideology shapes online behavior. When we look at the industry in terms of emerging markets we get to catch a glimpse of new forms of media consumption as they blossom.In emerging markets like Brazil, South Africa and India, the industry is thriving and will follow international mobile trends when it comes to adult entertainment consumption. It's big business, in fact it's the number one commercial industry online. In spite ...Angry Birds, Harry Potter: 10 interesting fan fiction sites
The worst moments of a good book, movie or television series are when those final words play out and there is nothing more. The agonising pain you feel when a story you've dedicated seven years of your life to ends and there are still so many unanswered questions. When a network cancels a show without so much as a final all-inclusive episode, what do you do?Enter the world of fan fiction, where no matter what the networks or the author ...Widespread plagiarism in Amazon’s erotica section
Amazon's self-publishing section appears to have entered into a hotbed of a plagiarism scandal. The site's Kindle store seems to be housing a host of fake authors publishing copyrighted material in its erotica section, reports Fastcompany.It would appear that there is more than just lust, incest, fake tans and incredibly obvious clichés going on in Amazon's erotica section.Amazon, it seems, is full of fake authors who are selling erotica copied word-for-word from stories posted on "popular and ...How to view Wikipedia during the SOPA/PIPA protest
Fighting online piracy is important, but SOPA/PIPA is not the way to do it. SOPA and PIPA undermine the existing laws that enabled the Web to blossom and permeate the lives of people across the world. Millions depend on it for work, but many more depend on it for information.In protest today -- January the 18th -- major sites across the Internet are “going dark” for 24 hours. Sites like Wikipedia, BoingBoing, WordPress and TwitPic are disabling all or part ...
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