New Media Portal

Wakil Presiden Muhammad Jusuf Kalla meminta media massa memberikan berita-berita yang tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan optimisme bagi bangsa dan negara. “Jadi selain hiburan positif, berita juga harus memberikan optimisme. Kalau harga beras stabil ya diberitakan juga, jangan hanya kalau harga beras naik,” kata JK, sapaan akrab Wapres saat memberikan sambutan dan sekaligus meluncurkan portal [...]

ROBERT Scoble on interview with publisher of San Jose Mercury News, addressing the pressure of conventional newspaper business nowadays.

The respected IT/Computer magazine PC Magazine decided to drop its print production, and will switch entirely to online portal. Penerbit PC Magazine, Ziff Davis sudah memutuskan untuk tidak lagi menerbitkan edisi cetak PC Magazine. Edisi terakhir, begitu dilansir PaidContent.org yang mewawancarai CEO Ziff Davis Jason, adalah edisi Januari 2009. Keputusan Ziff Davis ini mengakhiri keberadaan PC [...]

After 100 years as a daily newspaper, the Christian Science Monitor will report nearly all of its news online beginning next year. As of April 2009, the Monitor’s only print presence will be in a weekly magazine-style publication delivered each weekend, the Monitor revealed today. Link. New media rule! :) 

WHILE wonderin’ why Kortem released its out of date epaper, two prominent newspapers Kontan and Kompas launched their a-rather-new-technology epaper. However, the two release have different displaying issue compare to the traditional PDF viewing, using Softpress technology. It reminds me of Zinio, actually. The critique is, navigation is a clutter. It takes minutes to zoom in [...]

A couple of days ago, Indonesia ’s one of the most respected newspapers Koran Tempo launched Epaper, which is basically an e-book service. As their official blog said: Pembaca yang budiman, Koran Tempo menyediakan layanan baru berbentuk e-paper. Layanan ini untuk sementara bisa diakses secara gratis di sini. Apa kelebihannya? Anda bisa menikmati edisi cetak Koran Tempo [...]

CHRIS Garrett wrotes about how to survive in business by formulating the right tactics of using new media instruments. (With a great piece of diagram). Link.

The first is that communication is no longer one way. Sure, we had letters to the editor and you could have your own public access television show, but for the average media consumer, there was no real chance of being heard before New Media. That’s definitely new for most of us. Secondly, the time compression is [...]

IN the middle of riding back home from the office, my friend and I ended up talking about radio. In the old times, at least while I was in junior high, radio is all about music and community. I, once, have this habit: waiting for hours to listen to a rock program from a certain [...]

John Tozzi of BusinessWeek wrote about some wealthy bloggers, who turn their personal obsession into a popular favorite and maybe even a full-time job. You want to be a wealthy blogger you might want to click here to read the full story. As for me, I’m just glad to watch :)