Will local TV adopt animated news?
You know that media company in Taiwan that produces the animated versions of current news? The one that made the version of the Tiger/Ellin fight and Steven Slater’s slide ride off that Jet Blue plane? It turns out it’s backed by a billionaire, has 200 employees and can turn around a clip in just 2-3 [...]
PaperG signs more local media partners
The local self-serve platform PaperG, which features a virtual bulletin board ad unit called “Flyerboard,” has signed on a bunch more local media partners: Los Angeles Times, MediaNews Group, Lee Enterprises, and the Sun Times Media Group. That puts PaperG on over 100 sites and a rather steep growth curve. Reports TechCrunch: “The Houston Chronicle, [...]
Apple’s upcoming iTV and local television
Under the headline, “Why the Apple iTV will change everything,” Digg’s Kevin Rose posted a glowing forecast of the next-generation Apple TV device, which is due out as early as next month. Rose said it will likely have an app store that’s similar to the iPhone/iPad, which means you could punch up your ABC app [...]
Seattle Times speeds coverage using new tools
There’s an excellent report at Poynter Online that looks at how the Seattle Times is using tools like Twitter and Qik to provide faster, more comprehensive coverage. The article points out that the Times used these tools in its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of four police being shot to death last year. Tiffany Campbell, lead producer [...]
Philadelphia bloggers required to pay $300
If you’re a blogger in Philadelphia and your site brings in any revenue, the city wants $300 from you. Philadelphia has a number of local taxes on businesses and it apparently considers a blog that brings in any gross revenue a business. If you make a net profit (even so much as one blogger’s $11) [...]
Foursquare preps new features, links coming?
Now that Facebook Places has launched, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley is getting bombarded by questions asking if he’s going to get, well, “crushed.” The answer (which is “no,” of course) reveals hints about upcoming Foursquare features, some of which are rolling out in a new app version in the next couple weeks. Reports Mashable: Crowley [...]
Gannett to roll out hyperlocal sports pages
Earlier this year, Gannett announced a deal with Datasphere to launch neighborhood blog networks in ten of its local markets. Now the media company says it’s expanding its hyperlocal push with plans to roll out “co-branded high school sports microsites across its network of more than 100 local media web sites.” “We are combining the [...]
Facebook unveils local ‘Places’ feature
Updated: After many months of work, Facebook announced its “Places” functionality at a press conference this evening. The feature will begin to roll out immediately with a new iPhone app and Touch.Facebook.com for advanced mobile browsers. At the core of the new product, users can check into locations represented by new “place pages” on Facebook. [...]
NAB and RIAA’s wacky idea: FM in every device
This is nuts. The National Association of Broadcasters and the RIAA are lobbying Congress to mandate – mandate! – that portable electronics have FM radio receivers built in. That’s right, the NAB (whose job it is to preserve the status quo for broadcasters) wants every smartphone, mobile device and God knows what else to be [...]
ESPN launches local sports apps
To correspond with its five (so far) local sites, ESPN has just rolled out apps for Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Dallas. Similar to the sites, the apps feature the local SportsCenter videos, team blogs, scores, schedules, local stadium information and weather reports.
