Newspapers Over-Dependent on Advertising, Says Publicis Boss [Voices]: "

By Jane Martinson, Reporter, guardian.co.uk

Maurice Levy, the head of one of the world’s biggest marketing groups, Publicis, said today that newspapers must wean themselves from an over-dependence on advertising to survive the digital age.

Speaking to MediaGuardian.co.uk at the start of the inaugural Abu Dhabi media summit, Levy, Publicis’s chairman and chief executive, added that it is ‘not enough to have a big audience on the internet’, with media companies needing to find a mix between free and paid-for online content to survive in the digital era.

‘The future of analogue media will not be supported by advertising alone.

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 (Via All Things Digital.)

Continuing its desire to bring you access to your government leaders, YouTube announced today that it will submit viewers' questions to the FCC and broadcast the interview:

The Internet in America: A YouTube Interview with the FCC: "If you're reading this, then you're probably on the Internet -- via your laptop, your mobile phone or other handheld device, or maybe even through your television. But in 2010, millions of Americans still do not have access to the wealth of information made available on the Web. Even though the Internet was invented in the U.S. over 20 years ago, many Americans lag behind in both access to the Internet and speed of connections, which is why the Federal Communications Commission (or the FCC, the federal agency that oversees the U.S. communications industry) is launching its much-anticipated National Broadband Plan next Tuesday, to lay out its strategy for connecting all Americans to fast, affordable high-speed Internet.

After this plan is announced, you have the opportunity to interview FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, in the second of a series of in-person YouTube interviews with government leaders. (Our first, with United States President Barack Obama, took place last month.) Go to CitizenTube today to submit your video or text question via Google Moderator, and vote on your favorites; we'll bring a selection of the top-voted questions to Chairman Genachowski in our interview next Tuesday, March 16. The deadline for submission is Sunday night March 14 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

To help structure our conversation with the Chairman, we've broken the interview down into seven topics. To learn more about what the FCC is doing in each area, click on the links next to each topic below. Then submit your question on CitizenTube under one of the topic headings.

• Access and Affordability
• Mobile and Wireless
• Security and Privacy
• Digital Economy
• Internet in Schools
• Open Internet / Network Neutrality
• Others (learn more at Broadband.gov)

Access to the Internet has transformed almost every aspect of our economy and society. This is your chance to press the FCC on how the National Broadband Plan will work, and ask your questions about improving the Internet in America. We're looking forward to seeing your questions and hearing what the Chairman has to say.

Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics, recently watched 'The Internet in 1969'.

In the first of two announcements today, YouTube unveiled its new apps for Windows Mobile and Nokia devices:

New YouTube App for Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 phones: "

Last March,we launched the YouTube Mobile app for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile phones. Since then, the application was translated to 12 languages, installed on millions of devices around the world, and has been chosen as a Nokia Ovi Top App of 2009. Today we’re releasing the latest version of the YouTube Mobile app, version 2.4.

We strongly believe that faster is better.The YouTube Mobile app is designed to be the fastest way to find and play a video on your smartphone. In the initial release we minimized the number of features and focused on speed for things that matter: app startup, finding a video, and starting playback.

In today’s release we have added search query suggestions, ‘My Account’ support, and a new homescreen user interface that is optimized for larger screens. Now when you log into your YouTube account on our phone, you can view your favorites, subscriptions and playlists from wherever you are. Let’s say you have recently found an amazing basketball shot video and favorited it on your desktop PC. When you’re at the basketball court with your friends, all you need to do is launch the YouTube app and go to your ‘Favorites’ to show it to them.



Another feature that we have added is query suggestions. When you type into the YouTube search box, you get relevant suggestions. This saves on typing, which is especially useful for mobile phones where text input may be difficult.



To download the app on your Windows Mobile or Nokia S60 phone, simply visitm.youtube.com/appin your phone's browser. For more information, please take a look at the YouTube Help Center.

(Via YouTube Blog.)

CBS Sports March Madness app will stream your games live: "

Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

I'm much more of a baseball fan (go Cubs!), but of course it is now March, and that means college basketball is about to heat up. CBS Sports has now released an official March Madness On Demand app, and just like the great MLB iPhone app, this one also offers streaming video on demand of 63 March Madness games. Video even comes over 3G and EDGE, so no matter where you are, you'll be able to keep up to date on what's happening in the big tournament. The app also offers scores and bracket updates (so you can see how your picks are playing out), as well as connections to Facebook and Twitter, so you can do a little trash-talking, too.

There is a lite version that offers up just scores and news, but the US$9.99 premium version gives you live video of all the games, and/or audio broadcasts as they happen from Westwood One (and the press release says CBS worked in conjunction with MLB Advanced Media, so I'd guess the quality is pretty good). If you're planning on watching the tournament at all, and think you might spend at least a game or two away from the television, the app will probably be worth it. It's up for download right now on the App Store.

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)

Rhizome's 7 on 7: 7 geeks, 7 artists co-create in NYC: "

If you're in NYC on April 17th, definitely consider attending Rhizome.org's new conference, Seven on Seven.

The idea behind Seven on Seven is to pair seven leading artists with seven technologists to see what they can produce. There's already a lot of buzz about the event, and for good reason, our lineup is stellar:

Artists: Cao Fei, Evan Roth, Aaron Koblin, Monica Narula, Ryan Trecartin, Tauba Auerbach, and Marc Andre Robinson

Technologists: Jeff Hammerbacher, Joshua Schachter, Matt Mullenweg, Andrew Kortina, Hilary Mason, Ayah Bdeir, and David Karp

Check the link for full details, artist and technologist pairings, and ticket prices.

 

 

 

Seven on Seven - Rhizome (Via Boing Boing.)