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Charlie Sheen and Ashton Kutcher clash

On October 25, 2011 By

Truth be told, this article does not have much to do with the television show Two and a Half Men, except that by mentioning Charlie Sheen along with his replacement – investor and social media pioneer, Ashton Kutcher – I’m increasing the chances that a few thousand people might stumble onto this story while wondering [...]

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One way to save newspapers

On September 14, 2010 By

Mass media is dead. Long live personal media. Basic elements of personalization strategy have the potential to save the newspaper industry, despite a trend that looks ugly. The transition won’t be easy, but at least this approach offers some hope for the industry, for readers, and even for advertisers.

A printed newspaper is about as [...]

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Personalization in Brief…

On December 17, 2009 By

There’s a good article on personalization versus privacy at BizReport. Email Insider has a nice post on the dangers of doing personalization badly. The article begins with this quote, “You are not my friends and I don’t want you to be my friends.”

SearchNewz raises the question of whether Google understands – [...]

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Is this what you mean, asks Semanti?

On October 13, 2009 By

Here’s an interesting approach to search in the form of Semanti, a plug-in for your browser that shows you the possible meanings for your search terms and asks you to pick one. It also offers a way to leverage insights from your contacts via Facebook Connect.

The plug-in works with all industry-leading search engines (including [...]

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On Demand books grow rapidly, while traditional titles shrink

On October 13, 2009 By

While the number of traditional books declined last year, On Demand books showed stunning growth, according to figures from Bowker, a provider of bibliographic information. The statistics on U.S. book publishing for 2008 were compiled from its Books In Print database.

Based on preliminary figures from U.S. publishers, Bowker is projecting that U.S. title output [...]

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