Content in its shift to become digital
There are a number of interviews that we’ve done that have never been aired, for no particular reason. So we thought we’d give you the benefit of them.
Todays is with Sarah Gavin, Communications Director with Bebo, the hugely popular Networking site, which at the time of the recording – December 2006 – was top of the searches at Google. Back then they were doing over 5 billion page impressions a month.
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Social networking sites are set to scoop up 230 million active members by the end of the year and will keep reeling punters until at least 2009, but sniffy investors are still harbouring doubts about the long term growth of the market.
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Regina Lynn has an informative and impassioned piece on Wired about a proposed US law that will extend requirements currently placed on porn studios to include online social networks, such as YouPorn.
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Although digital cameras and cheap memory cards are conspiring to make us take more and more photos, backing up those precious snaps when you’re away from home can be a bit of a fiddly task, especially if you’re shooting in the memory hungry RAW format.
For short trips, a couple of spare memory cards should be more than enough, but for longer jaunts, more versatile back up solutions are often needed.
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Google has rolled out a test version of an anti-piracy system for its hugely popular YouTube video sharing site.
The beta tool, called ‘YouTube Video Identification’, will let content owners intercept copyrighted clips as they’re being uploaded to YouTube.
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All of you culture vultures and sophisticate wannabes, here’s a chance to fill your boots.
We’ve teamed up with BT and the Philharmonia Orchestra to offer two lucky readers the chance to win a BT Internet Radio and a pair of tickets to see the Philharmonia Orchestra perform Bartok, Ravel and Debussy on Thursday, 18 October, 2007.
At the Royal Festival Hall … complete with access to the Member Bar. Talk about posh!
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The Archers, a BBC radio soap-opera that has been running for over 50 years, has now become the latest podcast from the BBC.
There will be gasps of shock echoing around the UK at this news.
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Jalipo, an online video service, has announced that they will now be carrying televised sporting events.
As opposed to the more usual way of paying for the pleasure of watching sports events – on a subscriptions or pay-per-view basis – Jalipo will be charged on a pay-per-minute basis.
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Following on from our piece yesterday looking at plethora of railway related websites.
I remember Adlestrop
Another fantastic resource is the New Adlestrop Railway Atlas, which offers a clear and crisp historical atlas of Britain’s railways, mapping passenger lines, stations and freight routes, both extant and abandoned.
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The WSJ is reporting that the ever-innovative Madonna has been in negotiations with a number of parties about her forthcoming years in the music industry.
She’s going to be exiting her Warner Brothers contract soon, and it’s understood that Live Nation, a concert promoter, is trying to woo her with a 10-year / $120 million deal that would cover three albums, concerts, merchandise and licensing her name for use on products.
As we’ve reported, there’s been some major shifts in the music industry of late, such as Radiohead giving fans the option of name their own price for their latest album, and Alan McGee talking about giving the Charlatans records away.