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Media Continues Self Destruction

Photo credit: Grafixar from morguefile.com

The US media aren’t trusted by Americans, and the self destruction continued this weekend with the incessant drumbeat of impending doom ahead of so-called Hurricane Irene. As Kendall Allen tells us in her piece Fools In Raincoats,

How To Be A Great Radio Guest

Radio – despite changes in media habits – still is a great way to get in front of a lot of people. As a radio talk show guest on a national program, millions could hear your message. Talk radio listeners tune in about 20 percent more than the average radio listener.

News Media: Your Slip Is Showing

You’ve probably read about it by now – the hoax pulled on the media by a group posing to be from the US Chamber. The CopyWrite, Ink blog has a good overview.

And it was a hoax on the media, not on the US Chamber of Commerce, as Bloomberg characterized it. Says Bloomberg,

Top 5 Tips For Media Selection

Marketers have a wide variety of media at their disposal. Even in this digital age, many think first of the advertising troika of newspapers, magazines and TV. But there are a number of other options depending upon what you are trying to accomplish.

Links – 8/5/2008

Broadcast Usurps Newspapers, Online To Dominate

Despite broader issues in the overall economy, the media industry continues to be among the fastest growing industrial sectors in America.

Into The Abyss: Newspapers Continue Freefall

Mammals 1, Dinosaurs 0

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Crowdsourcing applications, like Knewsroom, are going to kill the traditional media behemoths. Knewsroom is a news publication where readers help decide on content and they get paid to use the system. Here’s how Knewsroom describes itself:

Twittering Journalists – Part 2

Here are some more media outlets using Twitter, mostly from Red 66. Please add to the list if you know some we’ve missed.

47 News, Tokyo, Japan @47news

ABC News, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia @abcnewsbrisbane

AgendaTwiMedios @agendatwitter

AmericasReport @AmericasReport

Breaking News Alerts @BreakingNewsOn, @LivePressAlert

CNET News @CNETNews

Twittering Journalists

UPDATE 12/19/2009 – I have consolidated all of the Twittering Journalists wiki into Twitter lists.

Twittering Media Outlets

Twittering US Journalists

Twittering Canadian Journalists

Or consider reading my Media Outlets Twittering paper from paper.li.

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UPDATE: Twittering Journalists has been moved to this wiki.

Bad Rep

As we’ve seen recently with the self-inflicted wounding of Eliot Spitzer, reputations take years to build but only seconds to destroy. It is particularly so now that digital technology has given us a minute-to-minute news cycle. DC (digital colleague) Rodger Johnson has an interesting piece on reputation management in the digital age.

And Now The News

Just a few quick links today to media news of note:

Print version of newspapers continue their downward spiral (MediaPost)

Newspaper sites soar (Hitwise)

Mobile ads make a move (Nielsen)

TV invades kids bedrooms (NY Times)

Radio ad revenues slump (Wall Street Journal)