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Barbara Iverson — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:32:11 +0000

TODAY: Egypt Turns Violent – A Webinar from the Cairo Streets

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST

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As the historic upheaval continues in the Middle East, join GlobalPost for a live breaking news call with our Cairo correspondent, Jon Jensen.

Jensen has been covering the demonstrations around the clock. An Arabic speaker and longtime resident of Egypt, he will share his insights from Liberation Square, and parse the violent turn the demonstrations took today.

He will be interviewed by GlobalPost Membership editor David Case, and will take questions from the audience.

This call is limited to GlobalPost Members. You can join for less than $3 per month.

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Tish Grier’s E-Media Tips on New Models of Content Production

Barbara Iverson — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:07:06 +0000

: Image via CrunchBase

Open Mic sites have their roots in the “Speaker’s Corner.” People drive the content production on these sites. Both Associated Content and Helium.com have Open Mic components to their content production models. Demand Media may be adding this to their offerings in the near future as well.

Buzz Brokers analyze search trends and put out calls for stories. Associated Content has incorporated this model, and this is the primary content model at Demand Media
Pro-Am sites reach out to people in neighborhoods who can contribute. Its roots are in the stringer model of local newspapers, and these models seek to develop their contributors’ skills. Helium and Examiner.com make use of aspects of this mode

via Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits.

Journalists Worried About Content Farms Are Missing The Point: The Web Has Always Been Filled With Crap (techdirt.com)

The Content Graph and the Future of Brands – Publishing 2.0

Barbara Iverson — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:00:14 +0000

In the Content Graph, a content brand is defined by its distribution relationships with other content brands.The Content Graph is about leveraging the brand equity and consumer trust that is the greatest asset of every traditional media company. It’s about building a content brand’s reputation through distribution.The news industry’s business model broke after it lost control over the distribution of news, with news brands suffering one wave of disintermediation after another.

via The Content Graph and the Future of Brands – Publishing 2.0.

News sourcing experiment to rely solely on Facebook, tweets

Barbara Iverson — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:51:07 +0000

News sourcing experiment to rely solely on Facebook, tweets.

An actual news experiment with comparison between covering news with Facebook and Twitter, and covering news traditional ways.

WSJ’s McLeod: ‘No Brainer’ To Charge For Mobile; ‘We’re About To See What Really Works’ | paidContent

Barbara Iverson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:33:09 +0000

WSJ’s McLeod: ‘No Brainer’ To Charge For Mobile; ‘We’re About To See What Really Works’ | paidContent.

In The New York Times Magazine: Quirky.com

Barbara Iverson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:03:30 +0000

In The New York Times Magazine: Quirky.com.

Quirky.com lets inventors put out an idea. The “drawing board” is crowd sourced. Anyone can comment on ideas. For $99 you can submit an idea which is then honed through iterations. When the production deals are worked out with manufacturers and suppliers, the idea goes “public” and it must receive enough “pre-orders” to be put into production.

Quirky puts 30% into the community. The rest goes to the originator, except for a “sliver” of the pie that goes to influencers. You can get a cut of the pie by building up sales of a product, too.

The Future of News, Viewed From Aspen’s Rarefied Atmosphere

Barbara Iverson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:15:48 +0000

The Future of News, Viewed From Aspen’s Rarefied Atmosphere.

Basically, this is the same conclusion that I have come to.

Dollar by Dollar, Patrons Find Artists on the Web – NYTimes.com

Barbara Iverson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:32:58 +0000

Dollar by Dollar, Patrons Find Artists on the Web – NYTimes.com.

“a sustainable marketplace where people exchange goods for services or some other benefit and receive some value.”

Kickstarter, a start-up based in Brooklyn that uses the Web to match aspiring da Vincis and Spielbergs with mini-Medicis who are willing to chip in a few dollars toward their projects. Unlike similar sites that simply solicit donations, patrons on Kickstarter get an insider’s access to the projects they finance, and in most cases, some tangible memento of their contribution. The artists and inventors, meanwhile, are able to gauge in real time the commercial appeal of their ideas before they invest a lot of effort — and cash.

This uses a model similar to the art/T-shirt start-up from Chicago. They call this “micropatronage.”

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In the world of small-project finance, Kickstarter is pioneering its own niche. It is not a charity site like DonorsChoose.org, which solicits tax-deductible donations for classroom projects. Nor is it a peer-to-peer microlender like Prosper or Lending Club, in which people can post their borrowing needs and individuals finance pieces of it. And it is not an investment firm.

“I see Kickstarter as micropatronage,” said Lewis Winter, a 27-year-old graphic designer from Melbourne, Australia, who has pledged money to five projects. “If I was rich, I’d fund whole projects, but this allows me to fund as much or as little as I can afford.”

Wikipedia Will Limit Changes on Articles About Living People – NYTimes.com

Barbara Iverson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:30:27 +0000

Wikipedia Will Limit Changes on Articles About Living People – NYTimes.com.

notable quotes from the story:

Wikipedia has just surpassed three million articles, that freewheeling ethos is about to be curbed.

“flagged revisions,” will require that an experienced volunteer editor for Wikipedia sign off on any change made by the public before it can go live.

The new system comes as some recent studies have found Wikipedia is no longer as attractive to first-time or infrequent contributors as it once was.

“It is a test,” said Jimmy Wales, a founder of Wikipedia. “We will be interested to see all the questions raised. How long will it take for something to be approved? Will it take a couple of minutes, days, weeks?”

News Innovation | New Business Models

Barbara Iverson — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:20:03 +0000

News Innovation | New Business Models.

Jeff and group provide big biz answers to my questions. I like the prezi presentation of this narrative.

Aspen FOCAS Reminds ‘Information Also Wants to Be Expensive’ (poynter.org)
Beyond Price – Change Your Business Model to Escape Commoditization (wordsellinc.com)
Innovation Flow – The Science of Flowing Ideas and Inventions into Innovation – 27th Aug (punetech.com)