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4 Ways the New Twitter Is Taking on Facebook

Daniel Webster — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:00:21 +0000

Twitter’s native video- and photo-sharing features may have hinted at its desire to go after Facebook, but the redesign it launched on Thursday stated them loud and clear.

http://mashable.com/2011/12/08/new-twitter-facebook/

Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests

Daniel Webster — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:47:52 +0000

Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests
Ever since a man in Tunisia burned himself to death in December 2010 in protest at his treatment by police, pro-democracy rebellions have erupted across the Middle East. The Guardian’s interactive timeline traces key events:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline

FCC Report says Local Reporting in Crisis

Daniel Webster — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:30:36 +0000

In the first week of June the FCC released a report which, at 360 pages, is one of the most comprehensive overviews of the US media ever produced. One key finding is that while media in general are diverse and vigorous, local reporting has taken a significant hit. Worst of all, neither old nor new media seem to have the resources to hold government accountable. Steve Waldman, who headed the project, explains.

Budapest – TADoBaTIS 2011 Meeting

Daniel Webster — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:28:43 +0000

Straddling the romantic Danube River, with the Buda Hills to the west and the start of the Great Plain to the east, Budapest is the most beautiful city in central Europe and the location of the TADoBatIS 2011 meeting.

This year’s conference will tackle a number of the pressing issues of our present media world from the “Twitter and Facebook Revolutions” to issues of privacy and information overload.

Meeting Topics:
- Social Media Revolutions?
- Media, terrorism and national security in the Internet Age
- Who should pay for news? Does journalism have a future?
- Cultures and values in the Information Age
- Media concentration and bias in the Information Age
- Legal Liability of Internet Service Providers
- Network Neutrality
- Information Overload
- Sovereignty in a Networked World

TADoBaTIS

Daniel Webster — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:19:25 +0000

The Trans Atlantic Dialogue on Broadcasting and the Information Society (TADoBatIS) is an informal group of about eighty senior executives from private industry and officials from Europe and North America who work to create greater understanding of communications policy issues.

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