August 5th, 2010
Blogging is an integral part of the future of news media. This is not just my own opinion; it is one shared by the news giant Forbes. On Tuesday, Forbes launched a new array of blogs using one of my favorite tools: the WordPress blogging platform.
Why....
August 3rd, 2010
YouTube has signed a deal with a San Francisco news station, ABC7 News (a.k.a. KGO-TV), that allows local citizen journalists to upload their own video reports and photos. The project is called uReport. Videos and photos can be uploaded directly through....
July 30th, 2010
Crediting your news and image sources in a certain way, as well as tagging your news sources, can do wonders in terms of blog optimization, not to mention that it can keep you away from getting into legal trouble. At SixEstate, we encourage our bloggers....
July 28th, 2010
Last Monday, one of our clients, the Law Offices of Daniel R. Rosen, extended its Newsblogging campaign for an additional six months. Obviously this is great news for our now seven-month old startup company (we like having happy clients). However,....
July 22nd, 2010
Tweet Me Cookies at Take The Cake Cafe in Cincinnati
Airlines and cable and satellite TV providers show the lowest levels of satisfaction among the American public. Anyone who has been subjected to lost luggage, surprise fees, or generally unresponsive....
July 19th, 2010
Two weeks ago, I commented that Google’s court victory over Viacom makes it open season on copyright holders. Their content can now be used for free with impunity, as long as the infringing content is removed upon proper notice.
Last week, Warner....
July 16th, 2010
Whatever type of blog you have — corporate, personal, or a newsblog — offering superb content alone is not enough to accumulate traffic to your site. Just copyediting that content isn’t enough either; you need to optimize every single....
July 5th, 2010
On Wednesday, June 23, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a summary dismissal of Viacom’s copyright infringement case against YouTube and its parent company, Google. The court found that YouTube and Google were....
July 2nd, 2010
Online privacy concerns increase proportionally to the number of new social networking sites that pop up and the number of people who partake in those services. Recently, hubbub surrounding Facebook privacy put the issue at the forefront of discussions.....
June 23rd, 2010
Krishna Bharat, the creator of Google News, is optimistic about the future of journalism. He believes it can survive as long as it adapts to the changes within the industry. In an interview conducted at the IJ-7 conference at Stanford University, which....
