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Zoom In Online Announces the Blog Launch of Breaking the New News
(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/21/09 --
Zoom In Online(TM) and Magnet Media today
announced the launch of Breaking the New News, a site that focuses on the
evolving role of journalism and its impact on consumers. As newspapers and
magazines shrink to skeleton staffs, blogs, video aggregators and social
networks continue to assert their dominance; turning the Web into a giant,
user-driven printing press.
But what happens next? Is traditional news on the 'endangered species'
list?
Through daily blog posts and frequently published video interviews,
www.breakingthenewnews.com will curate and contextualize three
rapidly-changing facets of journalism:
Editorial: The extensive investigative journalism of the past that broke
such stories as the Watergate scandal is now being replaced by a more
immediate, participatory, citizen journalism. Breaking The New News will
look into what this means for newsmakers and news consumers; what can be
gained and what is at risk of being lost.
Technological: With more and more people accessing news via the web,
mobile, and smartphones, newspapers and television news networks are
scrambling to keep up-to-date with their viewers. Breaking The New News
will investigate how traditional media outlets are transitioning into the
world of new media.
Financial: The newspapers' historical business model is no longer effective
in today's climate. Classified sections are no match for Craigslist, and
even movie listings are disappearing from papers in favor of sites like
Fandango. But while viewership is rising on newspapers' websites, online
advertising revenue as it stands cannot sustain it. Breaking The New News
will explore the new fiscal realities of the news business.
Additionally, Breaking the New News features an ongoing video series as
part of the larger Traditional Media in Transition (TMIT) show from the
award-winning online video network Zoom In Online (ZIO). TMIT is produced
with the support and partnership of Adobe, Microsoft, The Producer's Guild
of America, The Bay Area Video Coalition, and New York Women in Film and
Television. This week's premiere episode features The Associated Press.
In it, Bill Burke, the AP's Global Director of Online Video Products,
gives an in-depth look at how the AP uses online video to deliver news and
content to thousands of viewers around the world.
Supporting the weekly video series are daily blog updates that will feature
guest posts from prominent journalists, original commentary from a full
time staff of writers and editors, contextualization of complicated issues,
a spotlight on the best traditional and new media news resources and an
opportunity for the general public to join the conversation.
In the coming weeks, we will have exclusive video interviews with:
-- Rachel Sterne, CEO, GroundReport
-- Jay Rosen, Professor of Journalism at NYU School of
Journalism
-- Gordon Crovitz, Ex-publisher of the Wall Street Journal and Founder of
Journalism Online
-- Stephen Engelberg, Managing Editor, ProPublica
-- Clay Shirky, Consultant/Speaker
-- Nick Bilton, User Interface
Specialist New York Times
Visit www.breakingthenewnews.com for more information.
Video-Link Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=1069158
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Gregory Bramman
Magnet Media, Inc.
12 West 27th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001
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Zoom In Online / ZIO Pro
http://www.zoom-in.com/
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