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MixedInk for Collaborative Group Statements

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Transparency, Mixedink, New Media, Group Statements, Mission Statements, Digg, Mixedink Statements, Media News
Craig Newmark

The deal at MixedInk is that a group of people can work together to produce a single statement... it could be a real step toward online democracy, something for real.

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Why Twitter will Kill Digg and Why That's Good for Democracy

Michael Garrity | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics of Digg, Democracy, Media News, Twitter, Digg, Digg vs. Twitter, Media News
Michael Garrity

At times over the last year, Twitter has rivaled the biggest news and information portal sites in the industry. Further, I would argue that Twitter could soon do what Digg had promised and failed to do years ago: to democratize the news industry.

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MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 09.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Sms, Pow, 9/11, Aim, Mccain, Stall, Perspctv.com, Craig, Texting, Vp, Rnc, Virtual Worlds, Fox, Minneapolis, Rove, Dncc, Alaska, Boxer, Nbc, Twitter, Platform, Biden, Blogs, Powell, Warner, St. Paul, Techpresident, Brave New Films, Politico, Northern Command, Celebrity, Myspace, Police, Huffingtonpost, Cheney, Kennedy, Romney, Obama, Jindal, Cbs, Bush, Dean, Lieberman, Lobbyists for McCain, Pawlenty, Giuliani, Daily Show, Clinton, Protest, C-Span, Big Tent, Keynote, Mccain's Mansions, Im, Abc, Gustav, Streaming, British Petroleum, Facebook, Cnn, Digg, Ike, Palin, Web Video, Rasiej, Rncc, Quik, Nagin, Mashup, Sifry, Fowler, Greenwald, Daylife, Secondlife, Hutchinson, Ridge, Kovic, Sanchez, Sheehan, Home News
Jerry Weinstein

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

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Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mybo, Ari Melber, Digg, Get Fisa Right, Nancy Pelosi, Surveillance, Joe Rospars, Spying, Chris Hughes, Social Network Activism, Youtube Politics, Samantha Power, Netroots Nation, Barack Obama, Blog, Mybarackobama, Msm, Wes Clark, Fisa, nn08, Paul Krugman, Sns, Politics News
Ari Melber

Three years ago, web activists were undeniable outcasts in Democratic politics and no bar outside of Berkeley could spell "netroots." Now, the movement has an open line to every player in the party.

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DNCC Blogger Details Still a Puzzle

Sarah Granger | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Progress Now, Digg, Big Tent, Democratic National Convention, Momocrats, Google, Daily Kos, Dnc, Home News
Sarah Granger

A daily American Samoa seat raffle in the Blogger Lounge. The Big Tent. The Mile High Stadium events. The inadequacy of three thousand data lines -- just some of the many mysteries unfolding in Denver.

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Has Digg Finally Found A Buyer In Google?: Sun Valley Gossip

ValleyWag | Nicholas Carlson | Posted 07.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Digg for Sale, Jay Adelson, Larry Page, Digg, Digg Sale, Digg Buyer, Google, Sun Valley, Business News

This year's Sun Valley retreat, put on as usual by investment bank Allen & Co, will be Digg CEO Jay Adelson's second. But it marks Adelson's third or ...

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The Opposite of Voyeurism: Why People Twitter

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

Read More: 1984, Friends, Twitter, Digg, Second Life, Cavemen, Facebook, Culture, Friendship, Internet, Loneliness, Youtube, Robert Scoble, Dystopian Films, Blogging, Living News
Michelle Haimoff

Observing large-scale technological phenomena informs us about where the culture's at these days; Twitter might indicate that people are lonely.

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Rumor: Google Could Buy Digg To Improve Google News

Valleywag | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Kevin Rose, Digg, Marissa Mayer, Digg Merger, Google Digg, Digg Suitor, Google Acquisition, Digg Buyer, Google Merger, Google, Google News, Business News

Google's cupcake princess, Marissa Mayer, and Kevin Rose, the playboy of the Webhead world, would make an awfully cute couple. Not romantically -- the...

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Website Allows Obama Supporters To Set Agenda

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Marc Ambinder, Internet Politics, Digg, Obama Netroots Outreach, Netroots, Barack Obama, Politics News

In the June 2008 Atlantic, Marc Ambinder, touching on the remarkable success the Obama campaign has had leveraging the power of online social networki...

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Old Media Reputation vs. New Media Reputations

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Fon, Print Journalism, Digg, Old Media, New Media, Web Journalism, Media News
Martin Varsavsky

An old media reputation, good or bad, seems to be deeper and longer lasting than the flavor of the month reputation that the Internet builds.

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CBSNews.com Pacts With Digg For Election 2008

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 01.10.2008 | Business

Read More: CBS News, Cbs, Digg Users, Digg, Social News, Business News

CBSNews.com became the latest big-media site to link up with Digg, the news site that allows users to rate stories and video from the biggest MSM mono...

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CBSNews.com Joins With Digg

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 01.09.2008 | Media

Read More: CBS News, Digg, Cbs, CBS News Digg, CBSNews.Com, Media News

CBSNews.com became the latest big-media site to link up with Digg, the news site that allows users to rate stories and video from the biggest MSM mono...

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Digg Reportedly To Be Sold For $300M

Valleywag | Owen Thomas | Posted 11.08.2007 | Media

Read More: Digg for Sale, Digg Pricetag, Digg, Media News

Digg is close to announcing its sale to a major media player for $300 million to $400 million, according to sources close to the company, I hear. When...

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User-Generated News Sites Don't Follow Mainstream Press' Agenda

Editor & Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 09.12.2007 | Media

Read More: User-Generated News, Mainstream Media, Del.icio.us, Reddit, Digg, Media News

Mainstream media outlets may not be offering up the stories online users most want to read, according to a new survey that found user-generate new sit...

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