Add the IDG News Service to the legion of tech outlets building out video.
* Elena Malykhina has left InformationWeek for a reporting job outside the tech space.
The IT trades compete in many ways, and one of them is with RSS. How many feeds does each title provide? How are they segmented?
We've been studying this lately and here are some nuggets for you:
* eWeek/Ziff Davis Enterprise has 137 feeds, just nine more than Computerworld at 128. Network World has 71, InfoWorld only 21 and InformationWeek even less than that at 19. What a gap! We'll examine additional IT destinations in subsequent SWMS research.
By David Strom
Special to SWMS
As major tech publishers go through additional layoffs, shut down publications and generally disinvest in their editorial product, many experienced journalists are going to work creating vendor-driven editorial.
Will the new Fox Business Network be as political as the Fox News Channel? Speaking at this week's Future of Business Media conference in New York, anchor Neil Cavuto says "advocacy" and "point of view" are two different things.
Video is hot. It's cheaper than ever to produce, and fresh distribution channels are emerging. On the consumer tech front, CNET Networks yesterday announced CNET TV, a video-on-demand (VOD) package of instructional content, news and reviews to be available in June through Cox Communications, TVN Entertainment and TiVo, and on the web later this summer. The videos will run 15 minutes and will feature CNET editors and reviewers on camera. ClickZ filed this article yesterday.
Innovation
Today’s CIOs are not only expected to execute on their regular duties, but also must contribute ideas and projects that drive revenue. As a result, Laurianne and company at CIO Magazine are focusing on innovation. “It’s a big theme we’re hearing from the audience this year, and we are working hard to produce stories around that issue.”
