AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

Hello BlackBerry, Meet the iPhone - The New York Times
Before you start reading this, a word of warning: this column is about the iPhone. If you’re one of those people who are sick and tired of hearing about the iPhone, then scroll on while you still can.
Then again, if you’re one of those people, you’ve [...]

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20 Free Ebooks and Whitepapers for Better Web Design - Mashable
It seems like every other page online is about…designing pages online. But, this is one of those topics which you might want to tackle through a comprehensive resource, like a book, especially if you’re a beginner. Here are 20 ebooks and whitepapers covering that very [...]

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Guy Kawasaki: New Mini-Media Mogul? - Red Herring
Guy Kawasaki, Apple’s former mega-evangelist and well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur, announced on Tuesday the launch of his second media startup, Alltop, at the music and geek gathering in Austin, Texas, known as South by Southwest.
The debut of the Alltop news and blog aggregation site comes a year after [...]

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The YouTube Awards Are Back! - YouTube
In 2007, we witnessed an explosion of ideas and creativity on YouTube. You showed us that online video is not just a way to share pet and baby videos (though it is certainly good for that, too), but rather it can be so much more: a showcase for aspiring [...]

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Kind Words For Sykes From McGrath - MultiChannel News
MTV Networks Chief Salutes Colleague In Memo
MTV Networks CEO Judy McGrath today announced John Sykes’s departure from MTVN, hailing her longtime colleague for his “creative leadership, bold thinking and social responsibility.”
Sykes is leaving his gig as president of network development after spending the last couple of years [...]

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AOL to Buy Bebo for $850 Million - Advertising Age
Social-Networking Site Could Help Once-Dominant Portal Regain Status
Amid a slew of executive departures, AOL put out some good news this morning: It is acquiring social network Bebo for $850 million.
The move is the latest in a string of midsize acquisitions for the Time Warner-owned portal over [...]

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Tech Crunch reports that Hummer Winblad partner Will Price is resigning to head WidgetBox & then invited him to post an explanation of why. I found the post about widgets really informative.
Here’s the story:
It’s not often a partner at a successful venture capital fund leaves to do anything except retire. But Will Price, a general [...]

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Glickman not neutral on net neutrality - The Hollywood Reporter
Complete ShoWest coverage
LAS VEGAS — Don’t regulate cyberspace.
MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman used his annual ShoWest address to issue that warning to Washington as the former Beltway pol formally came out in opposition to so-called net neutrality legislation.
“Government regulation of the Internet would impede [...]

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Nielsen casting showbiz group - The Hollywood Reporter
The Nielsen Co. has established the Entertainment Council, an invitation-only member organization whose mission is to serve as an industry resource and forum for best practices, research and executive education to support the development and marketing of entertainment products worldwide.
Media industry veteran Gerry Byrne, the new senior vp [...]

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Latest Facebook application pays users 10 percent when friends buy on their recommendations - The Los Angeles Times
Facebook Inc.’s popular online hangout so far has proven to be a better place for promoting fun and games than peddling products.
But a new application aims to inject more commerce into the social playground by paying Facebook members [...]

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