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Copyright changes aren’t necessary to save media

Yet another “academic” call has been made to change U.S. copyright law to provide special protection for mainstream news sources – and again, these academics ignore the very basics of what it means to aggregate news online.

This time, the nonsense comes out of the Wharton School, who one would think knows a thing or two about [...]

August 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Industry News & Notes | Leave a comment

TBD experiments in community engagement: Week 1

TBD.com came out of the gates with a few community engagement experiments you might find helpful at your own news orgs. [...]

August 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: My Work, Social Media, TBD | 4 comments

TBD 1.0 launches, now let the real fun begin

Today is finally the day. Today, TBD.com has launched and all of us who joined this venture with high hopes of shaking up the news business get our chance to sink or swim. [...]

August 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Industry News & Notes, TBD | One comment

Wave’s down, but Google certainly isn’t out

Google Wave may have been killed off, but Google may be readying for a large social media project that could have a lot more impact on everyday web users. [...]

August 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: New Technology, Social Media | Leave a comment

How we did it: Securing an occupied Twitter handle

It can be tough to be a new brand these days. Locking down namespace online is a huge part of a brand build – but much like potential mates, all the good ones seem to be taken.

We ran into that when we started building the brand for the soon-to-launch TBD. It’s a popular acronym, as everyone [...]

August 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Social Media, TBD, Twitter | 5 comments