It was a big week for social media. On today’s Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), GalleyCat editor Jason Boog shared his thoughts on Facebook’s long-awaited IPO, speculating on how today’s results will affect the larger social media ecosystem.
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On today’s Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), GalleyCat editor Jason Boog took a look at how content goes viral and what to do with negative feedback.
New measures like the Curator’s Code and the Council on Ethical Blogging and Aggregation have called into question the way we curate content online. On today’s Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), GalleyCat editor Jason Boog shared his best practices for crediting sources.
Surveillance used to be reserved for catching criminals (and celebrities in bathing suits). Now, thanks to location-based social media tools, our lives have become an Internet reality show that’s supposedly produced for our own entertainment. Today on the Morning Media Menu podcast, I joined GalleyCat editor Jason Boog to figure out if we should be flattered or completely freaked out.
On today’s Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), Social Times joined Jason Boog, the editor of our sister blog, GalleyCat for a chat about some of our top stories in social media this week, from the Huffington Post’s new streaming network to themed playlists on Spotify.
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Every Friday, mbStartups joins GalleyCat editor Jason Boog on the Morning Media Menu to discuss the week’s biggest headlines.
If this week’s unexpected snowfall in New York City taught us anything, it’s that we should make sure that winter is really over before we start shopping for bathing suits. In the startup world, investors might see how other companies fare before dropping millions of dollars on expensive technology. Color, a social photo-sharing app, just raised $41 million from Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank before the app had even launched. Today on the Morning Media Menu, we discussed TechCrunch’s fears that the investment signals another bubble.
In the literary sphere, new forums for wordsmithery have made for some interesting headlines. Some writers are going undercover with ghostwriting services like this week’s Startup of the Week, Gotham Bookwriters. Others are using social media for very public feuds, like this Twitter exchange between two famous authors.
The Morning Media Menu is hosted by Jason Boog, with music by Kevin MacLeod. To listen to the podcast, click here.
Now that indie bloggers can post alongside seasoned journalists on the Huffington Post and eBooks can pop up on Amazon next to bestsellers, the question becomes, which writers should be paid, and how much? Today on the Morning Media Menu, Kirkus Reviews lent us their indie editor Perry Crowe to weigh in on this week’s headlines and share advice with writers who are fed up with the publishing industry.
