Will Apple’s iPad Save the Publishing Industry?

Rachelle Matherne

After months of speculation and rumors from both online and print media, Apple has officially announced its new tablet device, the iPad. The iPad is being heralded by many as the savior of the publishing industry, so it will be interesting to see what happens in two...

Cockroaches, Email Newsletters, and Brand Journalism

Katie McCaskey

Email is a 40-year-old technology that is not going away for very good reasons — it’s the cockroach of the Internet. Ouch! Those memorable words came from Jason Hirschhorn, author of the popular, 7-year-old Media ReDef email newsletter. Hirschhorn was...

Google Glass: Media Creation Field Kit

George Williams

I’ve been testing Glass as part of Google’s Explorer program since last August, and over the past few weeks I have really put it through the wringer creating documentary footage of this year’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans. While Glass is aimed more at...

Print Is Dead, Long Live the Media Brand

Tatyana Meshcheryakova

The Onion’s July 25 article, somewhat prophetically titled, “Print Dead At 1,803,” came only a few days before the epic announcement of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos buying The Washington Post, proclaiming: Sources close to print, the method of applying ink...

Google Glass: Before the Test Drive

George Williams

Tomorrow I will be on a flight from New Orleans to New York City in order to pick up my Glass. I can’t wait to get hands on with this next generation of computing, despite the privacy issues involved. As I prepare for my appointment in Chelsea I’m forced...
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