The number of Americans that listen to radio at work is declining, as more and more people turn to Internet radio. According to data from the Arbitron/Edison Media Research Internet & Multimedia series of studies, among people who are employed full or part time and listen to radio at work, the portion listening most often […]

AdAge reports that Google has a plan for monetizing YouTube – getting you and other content creators to sell ads: Professional content producers — those who come equipped with their own ad-sales teams — are now able to sell advertising on their YouTube channels. That includes the click-to-expand overlays that run across the bottoms of […]

The SFGate has published an interesting piece that looks at how Internet media affected Hillary Clinton‘s campaign: What hurt Clinton most, political analysts say, is that she couldn’t consistently use the newfound ubiquity of video to soften her image with voters. Or, as George Washington University Professor and new-media analyst Michael Cornfeld said, “It’s like […]

There’s a lot of rampant speculation going on about Apple‘s WWDC announcements tomorrow. The biggest question, though, may be whether or not Twitter will go down because of the traffic during Steve Jobs’ keynote. Over the last year, Twitter has become a love/hate relationship for most users. The site has the worst uptime of all […]

The Simple Flash Video plugin builds on other plugins that allow easy posting of .flv or .mp4 files in WordPress. With this plugin you can easily post .flv or .mp4 videos to your blog. Viewers can then instantly watch the video without having to fully download it before watching. You can also use it to […]

Conan O’Brian wants you to make your own Late Night commercial. One winner will get a shopping trip to the NBC Experience Store in New York City with Late Night stage hand Steve Graham, who will use his employee discount to get you 25% off all merchandise. Plus, the winner will also receive complementary round-trip […]

Journalist Bill Moyers addresses the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 7, 2008. Moyers challenges the current state of mainstream journalism in his talk: “You couldn’t find a more revealing measure of the state of the dominant media today than the continuing ubiquitous presence — on the air and in print — of […]

Apple TV is seen by many as a technology also-ran.

While it’s sold several million units, it’s missing that certain something that would turn the device into a hit, like the iPod, the iPhone, or even Apple’s notebook computers.

Apple TV is perfectly positioned to take off. It’s the most successful Internet TV device to date, and Apple has successfully lined up a lot of content partners. And the Internet television audience is growing rapidly.

The problem is – nobody is sure what it’s going to take to turn Apple TV into another hit.

Startup software developer Plum Amazing has announced that Plum Record for the iPhone will be available as soon as the iTunes AppStore comes online. Apple hasn’t made an official announcement on this when the AppStore will be available, but it’s expected to open next week. Plum Record is an audio recording application for the iPhone. While […]

YouTube is looking for citizen journalists.

“People around the world have been using YouTube to report on the events and issues affecting their lives, shedding light on stories that might otherwise not be told and offering new perspectives on events covered by the traditional media,” notes YouTube’s Olivia M. “To highlight these journalists on YouTube, we’re announcing the launch of the Reporter channel type.”

YouTube plans to create a special browse page to highlight “Reporter” channel content.