SWMS Analysis: It's IP TV Time
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Wed, 2010-05-12 11:51Friday is Tom Merritt's last day at CNET. After six years, the executive editor is trading the security of CBS for the chance to produce live Internet TV shows out of Leo Laporte's house in Petaluma, CA.
Why would he do such a thing?
Merritt sees IP TV as media's future. He tells us:
SWMS Editorial Teleconference: Charles Babcock, InformationWeek
Submitted by Christy Whitmore on Tue, 2010-05-11 11:55
InformationWeek's Charlie Babcock ranks among the industry's most elusive reporters. He's genial and helpful -- if you can reach him. It's the curse of versatility: the more you cover and the better you cover it, the more popular you get with PR. Charlie will be discussing his new book on cloud computing, as well as the kind of service he seeks from PR.
SWMSTweet: The Latest Feed
Submitted by Christy Whitmore on Mon, 2010-05-10 08:23Here is the latest subscriber-only feed from @SWMSTweet:
Vendor Media - publish yourself
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Sun, 2010-05-09 21:00SWMS is creating this collection of vendor media examples and news. Visit frequently for updates.
SWMS Editorial Teleconference - John Dix, Network World
Submitted by Christy Whitmore on Wed, 2010-05-05 08:06
Network World continues to be a must-pitch title for not just networking products, but IT in general. EIC John Dix has spent a half-hour with us to discuss NWW's edit trajectory for Q3 and Q4, as well as the title's contributed content opportunities. He also reveals how his team works with the IDG News Service as IDG continues to centralize its operations.
SWMSTweet & SWMS Facebook Group - Latest Feeds
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Mon, 2010-05-03 10:44Here are last week’s subscriber-only posts. (Not a follower? Let us know. All SWMS news and research subscribers are welcome. Please no RT or forwarding. Thanks!)
SWMS Analysis: The Real GigaOm, Mashable, RWW, TC, VB
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Fri, 2010-04-30 21:00Everyone knows GigaOm, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch and VentureBeat are blogs. They sure look like blogs. Articles are posts, and you can comment under each one.
But they're not just blogs anymore.
SWMS Editorial Teleconference: Omar Gallaga, contributor, NPR All Tech Considered
Submitted by Christy Whitmore on Mon, 2010-04-26 21:00
Omar Gallaga is a busy man -- a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman and a contributor to NPR's All Tech Considered. If you're in PR, you know how exciting it is to get two hits with one dialog. Join us and find out what that takes.
SWMSTweet & SWMS Facebook Group: Latest Feeds
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Mon, 2010-04-26 11:58From our subscriber-only feeds:
* In a blog post last week, Jeremiah Owyang put his finger on another illness plaguing tech journalism today. See if you agree.
* Wired.com senior editor Dylan Tweney saw our recent piece on virtual trade shows and contributed his two cents. It was an unexpected comment coming from a Wired guy.
* Did you ever cut and paste text from a web site that knew you did, and admonished you for doing so? No? Then you've never been to AOL's DailyFinance.com.
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SWMS Analysis: MSM Phones It In
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Wed, 2010-04-21 21:00We learned a lot this week from the Gizmodo/iPhone affair -- mostly that the blogs kicked MSM's ass.
Looking for edit leadership? Look to the independents.
