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10 Predictions for the News Media in 2011

10 Predictions for the News Media in 2011
In many ways, 2010 was finally the year of mobile for news media, and especially so if you consider the iPad a mobile device. Many news organizations like The Washington Post and CNN included heavy social media integrations into their apps, opening the devices beyond news consumption. In 2011, the focus on mobile will continue to grow with the launch of mobile- and iPad-only news products, but the greater focus for news media in 2011 will be on re-imagining its approach to the open social web. The focus will shift from searchable news to social and share-able news, as social media referrals close the gap on search traffic for more news organizations. In the coming year, news media's focus will be affected by the personalization of news consumption and social media's influence on journalism. 1. In 2010, we saw the rise of WikiLeaks through its many controversial leaks. 2. At the tail end of 2010, we saw the acquisition of TechCrunch by AOL and the Newsweek merger with The Daily Beast. 3.

40+ Things You Need to Watch in 2011 If the popular misreading of Mayan mythology is correct, we have fewer than two more years left on this Earth. That leaves precious little time for the tech industry to develop and perfect of all the cool technologies that sci-fi authors have dreamed up over the years. Still, while a December 2012 apocalypse may spell doom for the commercial viability of hovercars, it doesn't mean that the next couple of years in tech will be dull — quite the contrary. 2011 is already shaping up to be a banner year for tech and web innovation. Below is a list of over 40 websites, apps, companies, gadgets and technologies that the editors of Mashable think that you should keep an eye on over the coming year. None of them let you zoom through the air over traffic, but they're definitely all worth a look. Be sure to click through to each article to see our full write ups on individual entries, and let us know in the comments what you're looking out for in 2011. 10 Websites to Watch 10 Apps to Watch

Journalisme et réseaux sociaux: 11 tendances pour 2011 » Article » OWNI, Digital Journalism Rétrospective non exhaustive des idées qui ont été discutées ces derniers temps sur les blogs et dans les conférences sur le blog de Citizenside. Bon, c’est vrai, le titre est facile, mais vous connaissez un titre davantage Google-Facebook-Twitter-friendly pour cette fin d’année ? Ni prédictions, ni révélations ici, mais une synthèse non exhaustive des idées lues, vues, entendues en cette fin d’année sur les blogs et dans les conférences (notamment Rencontres RSLN, LeWeb, news:rewired), par Citizenside On aurait pu titrer en parlant de “mots-clés”, mais c’est so 2008. 1/ SEO journalism, ou le journalisme d’autocomplétion Écrire et titrer pour Google ? Des spécialistes interviennent dans les rédactions pour aider les journalistes à mieux référencer leurs articles, comme Masha Rigin de TheDailyBeast.com, invitée par l’École de Journalisme de Sciences Po (merci à Alice Antheaume pour son récit de la journée). Les journalistes peaufinent le titre que vous avez envie de lire. Dingue. Le modèle ?

5 E-Book Trends That Will Change the Future of Publishing Philip Ruppel is president of McGraw-Hill Professional, a leading global publisher of print and electronic content and services for the business, scientific, technical, and medical communities. Without a doubt, the e-book is practically the biggest thing that’s hit the publishing industry since the invention of movable type. Publishers and e-book resellers are reporting astronomical growth. At McGraw-Hill, we have been an active player in e-book technology dating back to devices like the RocketBook (one of the first e-book readers) that was launched more than 10 years ago. And today, e-books and e-book distribution is central to our publishing and growth strategy. From the front lines of the e-book revolution, here are five trends I’m watching. 1. Consumers have already shown that they love e-books for their convenience and accessibility, but ultimately most e-books today are the same as print, just in digital form. 2. Devices are proliferating to the point of confusion. 3. 4. 5.

Summary of Trends for 2011+ I’ve been cruising around the web for information about trends for 2011 (so you don’t have to) and here’s what I’ve found that interests me. This is essentially a summary of what a few trend watchers, researchers and consultants are saying. I’ve given credits and links after each set (i.e. these are not mine but I have done an edit on some). McKinsey 1. Distributed Co-creation moves Mainstream 2. Global trends 1. CSIRO 1. Mintel 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Gartner 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Samsung 1. Computer word 1. 2. 3.

Alternate Reality Game : votre événement aux frontières du virtuel | Culture Evenement | Le 1er blog français dédié à l'innovation dans l'évènementiel Ces dernières années deçà delà sur la toile, sont apparus de nouveaux jeux interactifs catégorisés ARG. L’Alternate Reality Game est un type de jeu où la limite entre réel et virtuel devient trouble. Les indices permettant de résoudre les énigmes de ce véritable jeu de piste peuvent aussi bien se trouver sur le net que cachés dans une ville, dans un lieu… Cette année, Nike a lancé le jeu Nikegrid, en collaboration avec Apple. Mac Donalds, Audi ou Microsoft via Xbox ont aussi tenté l’expérience ARG. Plus dernièrement, c’est Showtime qui a eu recourt à ce type de jeu pour la promotion de la 5e saison de la série Dexter, tout comme l’avait fait HBO pour la série Lost il y a quelques années. Types d’innovation : Réalité augmentée avec détection de tagQR CodeWebMessage audio / vidéo… Types d’utilisation : Lancement de produitMarketing expérientielTeasingTeambuildingSéminaires… Tags : Communication événementielle, Univers virtuels, Web

The new rules of news | Dan Gillmor You may have noticed – you could hardly miss it – the blizzard of anniversary stories last month about the fall of Lehman Brothers, an event that helped spark last year's financial meltdown. The coverage reminded me that journalists failed to do their jobs before last year's crisis emerged, and have continued to fail since then. It also reminds me of a few pet peeves about the way traditional journalists operate. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. - If we were a local newspaper, the editorial pages would publish the best of, and be a guide to, conversation the community was having with itself online and in other public forums, whether hosted by the news organization or someone else. - Editorials would appear in blog format, as would letters to the editor. - We would encourage comments and forums, but in moderated spaces that encouraged the use of real names and insisted on (and enforced) civility. - Comments from people using verified real names would be listed first. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

Slides: Social Business Forecast: 2011 The Year of Integration (LeWeb Keynote) Research reveals corporations to focus on integration, staffing, advertising, and measurement in 2011. I’m sharing these slides as I take the stage for one of the few business focused tracks at the largest European internet conference, LeWeb (pic). The following slides are based on the survey data collected in our latest research report on the Career Path of the Social Strategist which has been downloaded at least 3000 times and viewed over 21,000 times and been discussed on Marketing Profs, RWW, Mashable, Fast Company, and many other blogs. In the deck you’ll recognize some of the data in 2010, but we’ve also segmented it by business maturity. In the predictions section in 2011, we’ll find data on where companies are going to focus, as well as spending changes based on maturity of corporations –notice how advanced companies shift to customization and social media boutiques. Above: Here’s a video from the front row (Thanks Erno), apologies, I’m fighting a cold and a bit stuffed up.

Top Trends for 2011 #7. Food inflation Food has been cheap in many countries for a long time and people now view ingredients that were once considered luxuries as necessities. But this situation is about to change. The primary problem is population. There are simply more mouths to feed. However, the real issue is not so much demand per se but changing consumption habits. According to Nomura, the investment bank, “the surge in commodity prices in 2003-8 was the largest, longest and most broad-based of any commodity boom since 1980.” Implications Higher food prices and price spikes are one consequence, but also look out for changing eating habits.

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