Showing posts with label economist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economist. Show all posts
Monday, September 02, 2013

MediaWeek (Vol 6, No 35): The Cassette Tape, Birmingham Library, Google Glass, Economist Newspaper +More

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Missed last week. Apologies. Who knew the lowly cassette tape is celebrating 50 years of age.  Not much chance of making 60 I shouldn'...
Monday, September 03, 2012

MediaWeek (Vol 5, No 36) Education & Innovation, iTunes U, Pearson + More

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Kevin Carey of Washington Monthly takes a look at investments in the education technology space. (WM ): Last August, Marc Andreessen, the...
Monday, March 26, 2012

MediaWeek (Vol 5, No 13): Pew Reports: News Isn't Dead Yet, Slow Reading, Odd Titles + More

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The Pew Research Center published their annual State of Media report this week and the research suggests some interesting trends are develop...
Monday, March 19, 2012

MediaWeek (Vol 5, No 12): BBC on Education, UK Copyright Revision, Pricing Classes, Book Binding, B&N Speculation Continues + More

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The BBC on Education:  Has The Internet Sparked a Revolution in Education (Video) : The internet is helping to reshape the very foundatio...
Monday, March 05, 2012

MediaWeek (Vol 5, No 10): The Monkees, PayPal, Self-Publishing, Jeff Bezos + More

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I was never that aware of The Monkees but the passing of Davy Jones generated a lot of reminiscing.  Mrs. PND recalls the time her Dad broug...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

MediaWeek (Vol 5, No 8): Movies from Books, Digital Music, Coriolanus, Larsson & Journalists + More

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From the Independent "Hollywood ate my Novel" Novelists reveal what it’s like to have their book turned into a movie Literary...
Monday, February 06, 2012

MediaWeek (Vol 5, No 6): Serendipity and the Internet, Facebook Users, Canadian Copyright Issues + More

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Serendipity killed the Internet: Ian Leslie writing in More Intelligent Life The word that best describes this subtle blend of chance an...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Albrecht Dürer Bust the Publisher Model

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A fascinating article from the Christmas Economist last week on Albrecht Durer who may have been one of the first self-publishers to build ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

My Year in Reading 2011

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As I have on prior years, I've followed the lead of The Millions and thought about the books I read this year. In terms of quantity 201...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Economist on Euphemism

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The economist has an amusing article on those things people say but what they really mean. http://www.economist.com/node/21541767 "A...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

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

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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, November 27, 2011

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

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Conor Friedersdorf writing in The Atlantic asks What Orwell Can Teach us About OWS and Police Brutality In Burma, Orwell remembers, ever...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Economist Profiles Springer's Digitization Efforts

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The Economist takes a look at how Springer has approached the digitization of their entire backlist/archive of books. They already provide ...