Category Archives: New Media

Lucindigo Media interview with Co-Founder of Spock.com, Jay Bhatti

Jay Bhatti is co-founder of spock.com and wait… I’ll let Spock tell you about him as that is what it does best.
I asked Jay some questions about Spock, where the online advertising industry is going and the technology sector sentiment and success factors for the “where now and how”.
See my interview below and afterwards go check [...]

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Lucindigo Media interview with CEO of Veeple, Scott Broomfield

I was kindly offered the opportunity to ask some questions of Scott Broomfield CEO of Veeple,an interactive video as a service provider (VaaS). With Veeple, you can add interactive content e.g. clickable ads, to video. 
This service is a very powerful monetisation tool for those publishing video. Scott provided some interesting metrics and insight into the [...]

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My favourite tool for managing web content

There are some great tools around to manage and index web content that you want to keep and share. I personally love del.icio.us, which you can install in your browser and bookmark pages easily as you come across them online. I find it a great research and personal development tool, you can collect a base [...]

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PR Firm pitches and the follow through

I was offered an interview with the MediaWeek editors as they launched their MediaWeek 50. Questions I sent through were mainly on environmental impact and awareness, metrics and measurement and platforms and content. I will post answers when I receive them through. 
I have to say, I have noticed a trend of PR companies sending me pitches lately, [...]

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Young journos thoughts on the industry in 10-20 years

Growth in demand & range of mobile news content.
Two newsrooms - print (small, tabloid focus) and web.
Still be metro reporters and still be community reporters.
More long-form journalisms in nice containers, compelling investigative stories.
Are you in the NewsPAPER or News Business?? People now say News business.
Have no idea what platforms will look like in 20 years. [...]

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