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Media credibility: Where podcasting meets transparency

Special Report:Just as big media and grass roots journalists (aka bloggers) are coming under fire for a variety of transgressions in credibility, multimedia publish-and subscribe technology comes to the rescue.
Written by ZDNET Editors, Contributor
Serendipitiously, just when big media and grass roots journalists (aka bloggers) are coming under fire for a variety of transgressions in credibility, multimedia publish-and subscribe technology comes to the rescue, enabling journalists to build new "channels of transparency." In ZDNet's experiment on media transparency, executive editor David Berlind writes a column that relies on quotes from a recorded interview and then podcasts the uncensored and unedited recording.

Can technology close credibility gap?
A growing disenchantment with the established media has many turning to alternate sources of information--such as independent bloggers. New publishing technologies can play a crucial role in establishing media credibility and transparency.
January 18, 2005

ZDNet's podcasts: How to tune in
In the future, predicts David Berlind, virtually all content -- e-mail, Web pages, multimedia -- will be consumed digitally on a time-shifted basis, most often through portable, battery-operated devices.
January 18, 2005

Why blogging matters to your business
Blogging isn't simply some trendy technology for broadcasting our deepest thoughts, building community, and joining the new age media movement. The evolution from an e-mail-centric system to a subscription-based world is underway, and no business can afford to be left behind.
January 18, 2005

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  • Media formats key to next tech monoculture
    Podcasting is accelerating on the heels of blogging's success, and multimedia-casting isn't be far behind. With hard drives soon becoming standard for video-enabled devices that support Windows Media Player, could the "pod" in podcasting soon be a thing of the past?
    January 10, 2005


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