From Selfish Giant to Slumdog Millionaire – lessons from Channel 4 film and...
Sometimes it is good to step outside of the information echo chamber. What can we learn from leaders in another profession – one which seeks to balance creative vision with tight budgets; is...
View Article‘Convergence is King’ in the new information industry
In the new information industry, neither content nor technology is king. It is the unique combination of both which is driving the sector. With the start of a new year comes a flurry of reports and...
View ArticleThe news behind a paywall – a success story from the Netherlands
The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are often cited as paywall success stories. But how are smaller news outlets making paywalls succeed? In the Netherlands, a news site called De...
View ArticleYouth TV – ‘the need for speed’
The BBC’s youth TV channel to close; but a different story emerges in Belgium In the UK the BBC has announced that it is to close its ‘youth-oriented’ TV channel and move the content onto its online...
View ArticleBook publishing – some recent innovations
Book publishers experimenting with new models; books fighting binge drinking in Italy Netflix models An article on Wired.com looks at a new online fiction service called Rooster in which a book...
View ArticleSharing, collaboration and getting it wrong
There’s nothing like a headline telling you you’ve got it wrong to make you read on. An article on Time.com written by a data analytics expert tells us ‘What [we] think [we] know about the Web is...
View ArticleChatham House rules! A historical digital archive for the 21st Century
Leading international affairs think-tank has released its digital archive. Chatham House in London is the home of the Royal Institute of International Affairs which, by bringing together academics,...
View ArticleThe second digital revolution
New information seeking behaviours mean libraries and publishers have to change. People are increasingly creating and consuming information on the move. This, combined with the growth of cloud-based...
View ArticleEphemeral messaging
“This message will self-destruct in 24 hours” The growth of ephemeral messaging services and private social networks – individuals want more privacy; companies want to be more like Snapchat! Path is a...
View ArticleSpammers, spam – and Monty Python
Research explores how key spam players interact. Canada’s new anti-spam legislation came into effect in July 2014. It is estimated that over 14 billion spam messages are sent around the world every...
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