links for 2007-12-10

• For Bold Marketers, Downturn Can Point Up
  A column in today’s Washington Post by Dan Solomon, my co-author on Media Rules!

links for 2007-08-05

• Free The Journal - Lehman Brothers
  An Lehman Brothers analysis that (all but) suggests Rupert Murdoch should make the Wall Street Journal free online. I agree!

links for 2007-03-30

• French Politics in 3-D on Fantasy Web Site
  All four major candidates in France’s presidential election have opened virtual headquarters in Second Life,
• Grass Roots Planted In Cyberspace
  If there’s a social networking site that John Edwards is not a part of, we’d like to know what it is,

links for 2007-03-25

• My Fellow Americans: Pls Post a Comment!
  Social-networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are among the latest media organizing tools of the political set.
• Google canvasses for political ads
  Dozens of political and advocacy group consultants crowded into a college lecture hall last week and listened intently to campaign tips from an unlikely source: three guys from Google.

links for 2007-03-17

• Candidates Try Web Video, And the Reviews Are Mixed
  One after another, presidential campaigns are adding videos to their Web sites as well as to video-sharing sites such as YouTube, MySpace and Veoh. The reviews, however, are mixed.
• Online Firms Boot Up for Political Campaigns
  From creating video games starring candidates to hosting virtual online campaign events, Internet companies see increasing opportunities in the business of politics.
• Blogs can top the presses
  Bloggers usedthe usual tools of good journalists everywhere — determination, insight, ingenuity — plus a powerful new force that was not available to reporters until blogging came along: the ability to communicate almost instantaneously with readers v

links for 2007-03-16

• Look, It’s Mii — on Wii!
  A feature on the Wii, called the Mii, which lets users create their own game characters using a selection of facial characteristics to appear on the screen, is sparking a creative frenzy.

links for 2007-03-14

• Linking Ancient and Modern, A Worldwide Web of Worship
  Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Sikhs and people of other faiths turn regularly to Web sites to pray, meditate and gather in “virtual” houses of worship graphically designed to look like the real thing.

links for 2007-03-08

• Cellphones’ Coming Attraction: You! - WSJ.com
  The user-generated content that has transformed the Internet — blogs, videos and photos — could also change the mobile-phone business, perhaps at the expense of some of the Web’s biggest players.

links for 2007-03-07

• TV Networks Embrace the YouTube Model
  Ever conscious of a good trend, TV networks and advertisers are increasingly adopting the YouTube model of viewer-created content.
• A Richer Trip to the Mall, Guided by Text Messages
  Search engines made it easy to find items at online stores. Now the Internet is poised to solve a more vexing problem: finding items while you are at the mall.

links for 2007-03-04

• Family Game Night, Version 2.0
  Video games get a bad rap for their addictive and sometimes isolating properties, but for an increasing number of families, they are the catalyst for a raucous family evening.
• In High-Tech World, Access To Students Still Difficult
  Students are more connected than ever — but surprisingly tricky for administrators to reach.
• Corporations seek to cleanup online rumors
  Most big companies spend a chunk of time watching blogs, message boards and other sites for rumors and to see what customers, shareholders and employees are saying.
• NBA players: MySpace or LieSpace?
  The Seattle Times NBA Reporter, Percy Allen, finds that MySpace isn’t all its cracked up to be for NBA players and fans.
• A Cozy Book Club, in a Virtual Reading Room
  When many people think of online social networking, they picture Web sites where the young and the restless discuss their love lives and their favorite bands. But there are a different sort of Web-based network — ones where people are linked by a more