Category Archives: media

YouTube reshaping the American political process

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

YouTube and CNN announced today debates with Democratic and Republican candidates for president. The debates will feature video questions uploaded to YouTube and will air on CNN this summer and fall. Audience questions have been featured in presidential debates before, … Continue reading →

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Apple TV brings your media to life

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I bought an Apple TV over the weekend. It’s quite simply the most elegant, well-designed consumer electronics device I’ve used. Apple TV works with iTunes to bring music, video, movies, photos and podcasts to life on your HDTV. (In geek … Continue reading →

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Breaking news: CNN.com rising, CNN falling

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Great AdAge piece comparing the declining audience for CNN with the increasing audience for CNN.com. The piece quotes Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons saying, “I worry about CNN more than I do about CNN.com.” CNN’s ratings have been on a … Continue reading →

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Mastering a new way of storytelling

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I pick on The Washington Post a lot. It’s my local paper, so many of the examples I use come from it. But they also have, handsdown, the best newspaper Web site in the country. A recent project on how … Continue reading →

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Outside.in puts neighborhood news on the map

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Brady at O’Reilly Radar has a great post on Outside.in. The startup aggregates local blogs, organizes them by neighborhood and plots them on a map. I’ve written before about the importance of being hyperlocal. If I were running a media … Continue reading →

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Flickr vs. The Washington Post

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

There was a big bike race outside my door yesterday. Thousands of people showed up to watch pro cyclists from around the world in the 100km CSC Invitational. What’s the best source to find out about what happened yesterday? Oddly, … Continue reading →

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Pandora radio goes wireless

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Pandora’s Internet radio service is now available on Sprint’s wireless network. Pandora allows you to quickly set up personalized radio stations based on artists and songs you like. The service then plays music it thinks you might like. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Living in a fragmented media world

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Jason Fry has a thoughtful piece on the fragmentation of media in the WSJ: A Reality Check for Newspapers (subscription required). He talks about fragmentation of television, music and newspapers. Some excerpts from the discussion on newspapers: Articles are emailed … Continue reading →

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The power of bloggers

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Two great stories this week that illustrate how the influence of bloggers equals and sometimes eclipses mainstream media: TechCrunch reports on an erroneous Engadget story that shaved $4 billion off the value of Apple. The story, based on a fake … Continue reading →

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Why I hate local TV news

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I don’t watch TV news very often. I don’t really need to know who shot whom today or that valets sometimes steal loose change from your car (gasp!). Every once in a while, though, I tune in just to see … Continue reading →

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