CNN iReport, CNN’s global participatory news community, announced earlier this week that they have surpassed one million registered contributors.
CNN iReport Now Boasts Over 1 Million Citizen Journalist iReporters
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Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews.
Use Social Media to Market Your Business
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. CNN Purchases iPad Magazine Zite to Create Personalized Media
In a letter from KC Estenson, general manager of CNN Digital, he explained CNN wants to become a leader in the personalized publishing and content space. “The Zite technology can also help CNN’s Websites and apps serve more personalized content, making our current digital services even better.”
Google Purchases Facial-Recognition Software Firm
Google has purchased PittPatt, a company that manufactures facial-recognition software. The company started as a research project at the Carnegie-Mellon University Robotics Institute. The name is coined from Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition. The software identifies facial structures in photographs and traces them in videos.
CNN Now Live-Streaming via CNN.com, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
You can’t escape CNN, no matter where you go: The Time Warner-owned cable network and sister channel HLN are now streaming live on CNN.com, and via the CNN App for iPad and the CNN App for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Mitt Romney Wins the (Facebook Likes) Debate
Other than the extreme cases of one-on-one landslides, like John F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Richard Nixon, there is really no scientific method of determining the victor of a political debate, so why not use Facebook likes?
CNN Incorporates Social Media Into GOP Debate Coverage
CNN will host its first New Hampshire Republican Presidential debate Monday at 8 p.m., and social media will be woven throughout its coverage of the event.
Nokia Dials Up CNN App
CNN and Nokia announced the rollout of a free international news app, CNN App for Nokia, in the handset maker’s Ovi Store Tuesday.
Twitter, Television Sit Together for Royal Wedding
Media outlets including ABC News, CNN, BBC, ITV, and Sky incorporated Twitter into their coverage of the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton last Friday, and Chloe Sladden of Twitter’s media team highlighted some of the ways Twitter and TV worked together in a post on the Twitter Media blog.
CNN Details Online Coverage of Royal Wedding
CNN RSVPed with its online plans for coverage of the United Kingdom’s royal wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton, set for Friday, April 29.
CNN.com has already launched The Wedding Planner, a special section that includes background, profiles, photo galleries, video-on-demand, and other exclusive content.
Also up and running is blog Unveiled, which covers all of the behind-the-scenes details leading up to the big event.
iReport, the cable news network’s citizen journalism outlet, is holding a Royal Wedding iReporter Contest, with one U.S.-based winner traveling to London to cover the wedding. Contestants are asked to submit 90-second videos explaining why they should cross the pond.
Beginning April 22, iReport is also inviting citizen journalists to share their experiences, as well as launching CNN iReport Open Story: Royal Wedding, which will feature photos and videos placed along an interactive time line and map.
And CNN set up a CNN Royal Wedding page on Facebook.
SXSW By The Numbers: CNN & Vimeo Team Up To Support Indie Reporters
CNN and Vimeo teamed up this year to let hand-selected iReporters and Vimeo filmmakers cover the SXSW Conferences and Festivals from their own perspectives. Find out more and watch the resulting video diary after the jump.
