Jeff Jarvis figures that the daily vlog Rocketboom, which costs $20 a day to produce, could be worth more than $2 million a year in advertising. TiVo has brought it on board and TV viewers can download it just as they might 60 Minutes, and there is room for it on the new video iPods. [...]
Guillaume Champeau, UK executive for AgoraVox, a French blog, says in Journalism.co.uk interview last week:
…as of June 2005 there were about 6 million blogs in Europe, with 3 million of them being French! The highest blogging population behind France was the Polish (1,300,000), and there were only 900,000 British bloggers at that time. [...]
I am trying to buy a used car. Today after a supposedly reputable dealer tried to pawn a Manufacturer Buyback Car or Lemon on me, I began to think of the limitations of newspapers–and I might add lawmakers– and the online power of citizens.
The phone rang, it was the salesman from KIA of Atlanta [...]
I didn’t blog earlier today because I was busy visiting digital media production labs at universities in the metro Atlanta area. Emory has a wonderful space meant for collaborative work. Moveable furniture, wonderful soft lighting, nooks and crankies and also high tech conference space. Tomorrow I am off to see Georgia State’s Digital Aquarium. [...]
Advertising Ageâs Media Maven luncheon speakers focus on impact of the digital age on marketing and advertising. One thing is certain from listening to the speakers; they havenât figured it out yet, but they are trying.
Cindy Tripp, associate director-media and marketing at Procter & Gamble Co., maybe summed it up best when she said: [...]
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Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.