What do GIFs and presidential debates have in common?
Not much, but they will soon.
Tumblr is building a team of GIF artists and teaming up with a Guardian blogger to “live-gif” the upcoming presidential debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
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Despite a decline in newspaper and magazine readership, television news has been able to hold onto viewers. But a growing platform is now threatening TV’s audience.
The InterWebs. The World Wide Web. The digital space. The online sector. The…OK, I’m done.
Back to my point.
The Pew Research Center released a news consumption report Thursday, analyzing readership on various platforms. The report found that “the changing demographics in the TV news audience are particularly noticeable in the audiences for local and cable news.”
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Some say a picture is worth a thousand words. How about a thousand tweets?
Looks that way.
A new report released Friday shows that Instagram has taken the lead in mobile engagement, topping Twitter for the first time.
According to ComScore, “Instagram had an average of 7.3 million U.S. smartphone users accessing the application every day” in August compared to “Twitter’s 6.87 million U.S. smartphone users accessing the app every day.”
One reason for this could be because some of the most active users on Twitter access the site on desktop, whereas Instagram users are only on mobile devices.
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The new Myspace from Myspace on Vimeo.
MySpace is prying its way back into the social network industry with another new design, but it’s a tarnished brand that is seen as irrelevant and uncool by millions. At this point, is it even possible for the 2008 fad to make a comeback and compete against its social media rival, Facebook?
Well, let’s take a look.
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Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I just got back from the Associated Press Media Editors conference in Nashville.
I spent three days with editors across the country, learning about how to manage staff, incorporate new media into coverage and the importance of using social media. I have a lot of notes and will be posting a little about each session as the week goes on.
For now, I’m looking for watchdog journalists who use social media to help with investigative stories. Do you use them as source-building tools? For tips? Etc. I’d like to chat about how certain networks can help when reporting on these types of stories that are essential to our communities.
If you know of anyone, shoot me an email at tgibson@opubco.com.
- Thanks
In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, file photo, a line of customers enter an Apple store in Scottsdale, Ariz. Delivery times climbed quickly as Apple Inc. started taking orders for the iPhone 5 on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, suggesting strong demand. AP Photo by Matt York
Want an iPhone 5 but dread the wait to get your hands on one?
No problem. All you have to do is shell out $40-$150 a day to have your place reserved in line.
According to CNET, people are placing ads on Craigslist to stand in line for a price. The iPhone 5 comes out at 8 a.m. Friday, and people are already making deals to start waiting in line at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and then turn the spot over in the morning to the customer before the stores open.
It might seem like a good deal, but I can definitely see some scams stemming from this. Be careful, Mac users. You don’t want to lose more than $100 before you even step foot inside the store.
Twitter is said to make an announcement Tuesday during a broadcast of The Today Show.
[tweet https://twitter.com/todayshow/status/247786540762296322]
What will it be? Anyone want to take a guess?
Are you familiar with wedgies?
No, not that kind of wedgie. I’m talking about the social surveys that let you ask friends a question and share the results on Twitter Facebook, SMS and email.
So, let’s try this again. Have you heard of Wedgies?
If not, it’s a pretty easy-to-use site that allows you to create your own questions and receive fast data results. Pretty nifty, right?
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Good Morning America host Robin Roberts announced Thursday morning that she would be taking her medical leave one day early due to her mother’s poor health.
USA Today reports that Roberts was scheduled to start her medical leave Friday for myelodysplastic syndrome and to eventually undergo a bone marrow transplant; however, she left one day earlier to fly home to Mississippi to be with her mother.
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Several social media savvy Oklahomans spent Thursday in suspense, waiting for one of their own to reach his 100,000th tweet.
What would it say? Who would it mention? We were all waiting for Daniel Gordon’s answer.
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