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Spotify will Save the Music Industry

Spotify will Save the Music Industry

June 28, 2010 1 Comment

The music industry is dying, slowly but surely, as every year record labels lose more and more money. This doesn’t mean, though, that music is dying. In fact, for all the reasons that record labels are dying – file sharing, social media, MySpace etc – smaller bands, who previously would have struggled to get signed, ... Bookmark to:

Facebook and Digg are Going Wrong

Facebook and Digg are Going Wrong

June 15, 2010 2 Comments

Once the two darlings of the web 2.0 world, Facebook and Digg, in their own ways, are demonstrating that this new world of media is not as lovely as many hoped it would be. The former is controlled and stifled by its owners, the latter by its users. Facebook When Facebook first began it was ... Bookmark to:

The Social Media Revolution

October 21, 2009 No Comments

This video reminds me of why I do what I do.  I constantly find it astonishing how powerful the internet is and how important social media has become in such a short space of time.  Enjoy! Bookmark to: Bookmark to:

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What is Social Media?

July 30, 2009 No Comments

In essence social media is simply sites that are social.  These include social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, and any kind of online community like a forum or a blog. The reason social media is so important (and why the media talk about it constantly) is that it enables us to communicate with ... Bookmark to:

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