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Pop couture

21 December 2008 | 15:25 - By Stefano Boscutti

Sometimes the web is most satisfying when it confirms a cliché from the world offline.  Like those captivating street-style photoblogs, which display snapshots of chic pedestrians in cities around the world.


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Japanese billboard watches you watch it

21 December 2008 | 15:22 - By Stefano Boscutti

If you've ever been to Japan-or seen a picture-you'd know that the entire surface of cityscapes is basically one giant advertising mosaic.  So how do advertisers know which ones people actually gawk at?


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China back to blocking websites

21 December 2008 | 15:17 - By Stefano Boscutti

The Chinese government has quietly begun preventing access again to websites that it had stopped blocking during the Olympic Games in China in August.


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NPR allows you to roll your own podcast

21 December 2008 | 15:14 - By Stefano Boscutti

Too many podcasts too little time?  NPR now allows you to mix up your own podcast using their content.


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MTV plans 16 new reality shows

21 December 2008 | 15:12 - By Stefano Boscutti

In trying to keep its hold on young and fickle audiences, MTV over the decades has undergone some fundamental programming shifts, but never before on this scale.


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Study: Young people watch less TV

21 December 2008 | 15:08 - By Stefano Boscutti

Put another way, the older you get, the more you watch, according to a report from Deloitte indicating that "Millennials," the generation of 14- to 25-year-olds, watches just 10.5 hours of TV a week.


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WUSA switching to VJs, slashing salaries

21 December 2008 | 15:03 - By Stefano Boscutti

Gannett's WUSA-TV in Washington D.C. is replacing its crews with one-man-bands, or videojournalists, who will shoot, edit, write and report.  And that's not all: VJs will be paid 30 to 50 percent less than traditional reporters.


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Tribune's downfall is industry warning

15 December 2008 | 9:29 - By Stefano Boscutti

Tribune is a classic textbook case on how not to take a media company private, especially in hard times.  But the real tragedy will be if Sam Zell adds insult to injury by failing to use Chapter 11 restructuring to give it a new lease on life.


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About this Blog

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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