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AOL becoming automated, on-demand content factory
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Enlarge textAOL's new chief plans to combine algorithms, marketing partnerships and cheap freelance writers in order to turn the stale web property into a vibrant online content factory pumping out stories to fit the zeitgeist.
topThe fall and rise of media
Pages are down, spending is down, revenues are down, and the biggest feature of this holiday season in the media kingdom has been layoffs and buyouts at Condé Nast, Time Inc, The Associated Press, and yes (shock horror), The New York Times.
The coming search engine media wars
News Corp, ever the online contrarian, is considering pulling all of its news content off of Google and doing an exclusive deal with Microsoft's Bing.
Mr. Social: Ashton Kutcher plans to be the next new-media mogul
How Ashton Kutcher is pioneering a new kind of media business, bridging Hollywood, technology, and Madison Avenue. Really.
Will Microsoft's Pivot reinvent how you surf the web?
Microsoft's in-house dev team revealed an experimental tool called Pivot, a whole new dynamic way of interacting with data on the Web and on your PC.
Can DIY supplant the first-person Shooter?
A group of young designers is redefining what makes a video game a game.
When rumors surfaced that Comcast was trying to buy NBC Universal from General Electric, Wall Street reacted with dismay.
Another web video face-off: Roku vs. Boxee
Roku and Boxee are two radically different companies pursuing the same goal: to bring the wide-ranging world of Internet video to the living room TV.
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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.
Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.
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