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5 social media trends in 2009

by John Einar Sandvand on January 20, 2009 · 7 comments

Here are some of the social media trends that are taking place in 2009. Illustration: Matt Hamm

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Record Facebook traffic on Christmas Eve

by John Einar Sandvand on January 5, 2009 · 0 comments

Image via CrunchBase Never before has a so high percentage of the web users spent time on Facebook and other social networks as on Christmas Eve.

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Five smart steps for journalists in 2009

by John Einar Sandvand on January 3, 2009 · 4 comments

Journalism is changing dramatically – and old-timers in the profession must pay attention to stay ahead. Here are five steps many journalists would benefit from taking in the coming years if they want to stay in the A-league.

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YouTube beats Yahoo in search

by John Einar Sandvand on December 19, 2008 · 0 comments

Image via CrunchBase, source unknown It is web historic: In November YouTube had more searches from U.S. users than Yahoo.

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The State of the Mediasphere

by John Einar Sandvand on December 15, 2008 · 1 comment

Looking at the digital future: Here is a very interesting presentation by professor Jeffrey Cole, director of the USC Annenberg School’ Center for the Digital Future. The presentation was given at the Monaco Media Forum.

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10 new roles for journalists

by John Einar Sandvand on December 14, 2008 · 11 comments

New roles will be necessary in editorial organizations. Here are 10 of them, provided by the Swedish media blog Mindpark.

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Everything you wanted to know about Google

by John Einar Sandvand on December 9, 2008 · 0 comments

Image via Wikipedia I came across this excellent presentation of Google from the French consulting company Fabernovel. It promises to tell you “everything you wanted to know about Google … But were afraid to ask”.

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Crisis advice for newspaper executives

by John Einar Sandvand on December 4, 2008 · 2 comments

Steve Outing is one of the journalist veterans in new media. Now he offers 11 points to ponder for newspaper excutives in a crisis. It is indeed recommended reading for anyone working in the media.

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Once more we have seen it happen: The terrorist attacks in Mumbai have demonstrated how amateurs and and social networks are playing an essential role in distributing news in major events.  More and more readers are finding that they get the news faster – and sometimes even more accurate – on the social networks than [...]

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China takes the lead in number of broadband lines

by John Einar Sandvand on November 24, 2008 · 0 comments

The number of broadband lines in the world passes 400 million and is estimated to grow to 680 million in 2013, according to forecasts by Point Topic. And on the top of the list will be China. Get ready for some great Eastern web successes!

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