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Foursquare vs Gowalla – One Location Based Service Will Break From the Pack

March 26, 2010

Race to the Finish Everyone loves a horse race. Whether ponies, politics, or tech startups – when the best and brightest pit their talent, passion, and strategy against one another in a high stakes challenge – it makes for high drama. As Foursquare and Gowalla appear to be emerging as leaders in the location wars, [...]

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White House Press Corps – The Road Warriors of the Fourth Estate Travel to Asia

November 11, 2009

On the Road Again In a few hours I’ll be wheels up from Joint Base Andrews on a chartered 747 bound for Asia.  I’ll be accompanied by my colleagues and contemporaries from the worlds of broadcast, print, and online journalism.  We’ll be keeping tabs on President Obama has he participates in the APEC summit in [...]

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Trying to Stay Relevant as the Media Sands Shift – TV Newser Summit

March 10, 2009

Yesterday I had the opportunity to chat with the folks at TV Newser on their podast Morning Media Menu, as a preview of my panel participation at today’s TV Newser Summit in New York City.  We covered a wide range of topics, from how I began exploring emergent, social media, to how traditional media has [...]

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Local TV Transforms – Towers and Transmitters Meet the Social Web

December 11, 2007

NBC’s Local Media Initiative In a move that acknowledges the diminishing influence of one-way communication channels, NBC has renamed the Television Stations Division “Local Media Division”. There was a great deal of coverage in industry blogs. Media Week and Lost Remote have both framed the change as a fundamental shift in business. NBC Local Media [...]

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Amanda Congon, Katie Couric and The Diminishing Value of Celebrity in Media

September 26, 2007

“It’s been a great year with Amanda — a great experiment for both of us. We thank her for her many contributions and know that she’s about to embark on new endeavors and expect there will be times in the future that we can again work together.” ABCNews.com statement I wonder if the news that [...]

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Our Secret Trip to Iraq With President Bush

September 5, 2007

Click To Play Veil of Secrecy I was editing a video in my home office when the call came in. The caller ID showed the number for the NBC News desk..that’s never good on a day off. On the other end was my deputy bureau chief. In cryptic, enigmatic language, she was telling me that [...]

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Mid East Trip Wrap Up

August 7, 2007

POST TRIP HAZE that’s me on the left getting a shot of Secretary boarding her plane in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Days after I’ve unpacked my luggage, off-loaded the gear, and generally adjusted to this time zone, I still find myself in a bit of a post Mid-East trip haze. Just a week ago, I embarked [...]

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