Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Monday, December 26, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 52): Year in Review

›
Looks like I only missed three editions this year: Week 51: ChromeBooks, Durrell eBooks, Hitchens & Dogs, Unbound & Vogue We...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 51): ChromeBooks, Durrell eBooks, Hitchens & Dogs, Unbound & Vogue

›
Google's Chrome Lending program is set for a series of tests ( DigitalTrends ); Google has been working with public libraries recent...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 50): Khan Academy, Academic Libraries, Harvard Business School, Consumer Reports + More

›
An interesting profile of The Khan Academy and its founder Salman Khan from Inside Higher Ed and what is most interesting is less the video...
Sunday, December 04, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 49) Revamping GED, HS Corporate Marketing, Book Blogging, Pretty Books + More

›
The GED test is being revamped ( EdWeek ): Situating the GED as a pathway to higher education echoes its original intent. The first exams...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 48): Orwell on Police Actions, Dickens and Economist Book Festival + More

›
Conor Friedersdorf writing in The Atlantic asks What Orwell Can Teach us About OWS and Police Brutality In Burma, Orwell remembers, ever...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 47): Lobbying for On Line Learning, Loan Bubble + More

›
A long article on how government lobbying activities have brought about significant changes in the prospects for online learning companies (...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 46): WW I Archive Goes Online, Mrs Beeton's 150, Silicon Valley's Daily, Cookbook Aps +More

›
An archive trove of documents relating to the first world war is to go online ( Guardian) : Living witnesses to the war may no longer be w...
Sunday, November 06, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 45): The New A&R, Problem Biographies, Scan your Books, Education, Libraroes + More

›
Changing the way music stars are made ( Economist ): David Joseph, who runs the British arm of Universal Music, says A&R men used to b...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 44): Books in Browsers, Photography, Drivel + More

›
I pride myself somewhat on how I organize these posts, only to find that those of you receiving this in the email version will think I am c...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

MediaWeek (Vol 4, No 43): Tom Waits, Children's Books, The Booker, "Close the Libraries", Textbooks & Education + More

›
Interview with Tom Waits in the Observer : "Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lif...