Detroit Newspapers Cut Print in Favor of Digital
The Detroit News and the 170-year-old Detroit Free Press are cutting print editions in favor of digital media, putting more resources in support of their digital efforts.
clickz.com 12/17

Radio’s Recession Strategy: Focus Online
Faced with the recession and falling revenues, the radio industry has begun to sell online assets with some success. According to the Radio Advertising Bureau, in the first three quarters of this year the radio industry has grown off-air revenues, at a rate of 9%.
radiobusinessreport.com 12/9

Facebook's Ingenious 'Facebook' Connect
On Thursday, Facebook announced the general availability of Facebook Connect, a service that allows its users to stay logged into their Facebook accounts while surfing other sites. The idea here is to save users from having to fill out yet another registration form or memorize another username and password.
economist.com 12/4

Senator Vows More Coordinated DTV Transition Effort
Look for the Senate Commerce Committee to try to come up with a more coordinated action plan for the DTV transition. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.VA),  says the nation won't be ready for the transition without a lot more help from government and industry. broadcastingcable.com 11/20

Google Personalizes Search with Search Wiki
The company is introducing a new feature called SearchWiki that will allow people to modify and save their results for specific Google searches.
nytimes.com 11/20

Economy Forces Staffing Cuts at NPR
Faced with a sharp decline in revenue, National Public Radio said Wednesday it will pare back its programming and institute its first organization-wide layoffs in 25 years.
washingtonpost.com 12/11

CPB considers expansive options for future of public media funding
When the president-to-be got elected, in part, by mastering Internet social media, and now wants to spread the Web’s powers to citizens as part of his platform — how does public broadcasting fit in?
reclaimthemedia.org 12/8

The Conference Wiki for 2009

The most powerful element of the Internet is not it's capacity to deliver individual streams or podcasts. It's the network.   Use the link below to access our "Conference Wiki," for the 2009 PMC in Atlanta. 

The wiki gives you instant acces to

• Detail on speakers and panelists;
• Participant information.  Share information about your current work and professional interests, including software applications and areas of interest/expertise;
• Sign-up's for the small group dinners which will be organized around topics and, in a few cases, personalities.

Browse the wiki by clicking on the image, right, or go to http://wiki.integratedmedia.org.

Highlights from PMC2008
Los Angeles

Keynote from Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales,
Forecasts of Tech Trends and
Major PubCast Initiatives