YouTube Goes Bigger but Stays Shorter

Not too long ago, the only way for corporations to influence news was for their PR people to issue a press release (intended for reporters only) or hit the phones to talk up friendly journalists.

In recent years, journalism has been under attack as more media organizations abandon investigative journalism and reduce newsroom staffs to cut costs in an increasingly competitive environment.

This morning, Alacra launched the Alacra Wiki as a service to the information industry. This is a resource that has been needed for a long time.

In a great year-end series, VideoNuze gathered predictions from tech and media experts about the future of online video in 2012.

In its ninth annual study, Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism has released the 2012 State of the News Media report, and while the future of print newspapers is unsurprisingly bleak, the future for mobile is bright.

According to Ben Elowitz, CEO of Wetpaint, "content is no longer king." In an article Elowitz published on All Things D this week, he states that the evolution of the internet has killed that mantra, and content and distribution have parted ways making way to disaggregation.

In an insightful blog post this week, Seth Godin (whose popular marketing blog is syndicated through Newstex Authoritative Content) offers his thoughts on the shifting world of media through what he refers to as the "erosion in the paid media pyramid."

As 2012 nears completion, "data" continues to be the hottest topic among content publishers -- getting data, analyzing data, using data.

Many websites that relied heavily on traditional search engine optimization tactics to drive traffic to their sites and build their audiences found themselves in deep holes earlier this year when Google rolled out its Panda and Penguin search algorithm updates.