“More than 10,000 items in the Walters Art Museum … can now be viewed and downloaded online for free, without copyright restrictions. The museum’s collection is ‘basically public domain,’ said [the Walters’s] manager of web and social media.
“Ideas are emerging as a kind of performance art; a salon for the masses, a form of entertainment at once new and old. On the one hand, ideas festivals recall the days of town hall meetings or speaking tours by authors such as Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. On the other, they are plugged into … Continue reading “Long Live The Idea! Or The Ideas Conference, Anyway”
“First, there is good news for traditional media types: It’s not true that social networking is killing traditional news and entertainment forums. As the TV networks have come to admit, social media are more ally than enemy. Second, contrary to a study released last week, watching TV won’t kill you.”
Jeff Weinstein: “Are there things we’re actually happy to see disappear, stuff we’re thrilled will never breathe again? The social media were born to answer exactly this sort of knotty question.” And goodness, they did. (Typewriter ribbons. Rolled fax paper. Girdles. New Math. All English food before 1989.)
The dissident Chinese artist, who has more than 95,000 Twitter followers, posted his first updates on the service since being freed from prison in June. Ai had reportedly been forbidden to use social media after his release.
“Even as the jazz and classical music industries face their own troubles with record sales and concert attendance, the stations that distribute the music are poised for a renaissance, fueled by live-streamed performances, HD broadcasting, social media and mobile applications.”
“Any attempt by the board within the Attorney-General’s Department to classify public web content, let alone social media, would also appear to be impossible. Yet some submissions to the inquiry, instigated by conservative Tasmanian Liberal senator Guy Barnett, call for tighter classification and control.”
“France’s audiovisual authority says that TV and radio stations that promote their sites on the two gargantuan social media services on air are actually engaging in secret — and unfair — advertising. Some French bloggers, bemoaning that their country seems out of touch with the Digital Age, pilloried what it considered an antiquated stance.”
“Remember when a publicist was called a ‘press agent’? Now, to quote the legendary Hollywood publicist Pat Kingsley, “suppress agent” might be a better term. In the new era of social media, any celebrity with a half-baked idea and a laptop — or any fan with a cellphone camera — can quickly undo years of … Continue reading “For The New Publicity We Need The New (Sup)Press Agents”
“You cannot negotiate a labor agreement on the social media. It doesn’t work. It’s just a poor execution and a poor use of social media as a tool.”
