By Hillary Atkin When MSNBC.com first launched in 1996, the big environmental news was the upcoming Kyoto Protocol, aimed at combating global warming through regulating greenhouse gas emissions. As vice president during the Clinton administration, Al Gore was credited with…
A new survey–like ones before it–confirms that most Internet users are not interested in TV Everywhere if they have to pay additional monies to get it, Multichannel News reports. TV Everywhere is the plan some cable operators have of allowing…
WNAC in Providence, Rhode Island, is putting MyNetworkTV on a digital channel, B&C reports. Besides the regular MyNet fare, viewers will also get other syndicated programming as well as some local shows and local sports. The station is owned by…
The Big Ten Network will deliver live sporting events to American fans outside North America with the help of thePlatform, Comcast’s online-video services unit, reports Multichannel News. BTN, a collaboration between Fox Cable Networks and the Big Ten Conference, will…
By Daisy Whitney There are few professions more challenged than journalism is right now. And as journalists struggle to survive, evolve and, hopefully, someday, even prosper, they are becoming more dependent on technology than ever before. For those who work…
By Daisy Whitney Call it hyperlocal, microlocal or locals-only, it’s becoming the new brass ring in journalism. Hyperlocal, an idea that consumers crave nuanced details about their local communities, fueled by the belief that small businesses are eager to spend…
By Daisy Whitney There’s a digital divide among journalists today — on one side, those with digital skills, and on the other, those without. Guess which ones will get the precious few jobs that come along in the near future….