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On Thursday, AOL’s Netscape property will no longer be just another portal - it’s being converted into a Digg-killer.

Why ABC’s ‘Lost’ Is the Future of Online Media

ABC’s “Lost” has done more than any other media before it to enable interaction around a brand on multiple platforms. It is the first truly pan-media experience, and that holds lessons for content producers everywhere.
“Lost” is everywhere. It’s a television show that was born in a traditional analog world but came of age in a digital world where the very idea of “television” is giving way to the idea of ubiquitous, platform-agnostic video.

But the show’s presence extends beyond just video. Viewers interact with the brand on multiple platforms. There are Web sites devoted to translating the whispers heard on the show. People track the literary works mentioned. ABC has even created fake Web sites for elements of the show, like for the band Driveshaft.

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | BBC unveils radical revamp of website

The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim of creating a public service version of MySpace.com.

» The new meaning of programming | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

But what happens when broadcast networks start putting up TV shows on the web, like ABC and Fox announced last week. Put another way, what happens to the value and need for traditional media programming when a show is placed on a non-linear medium like the web? Does making a show viewable on-demand negate the need for programming?

How Digg.com is democratizing the news

By starting a Web site that gives complete control to the community, Kevin Rose was trying to improve the media, not reinvent it. But with Digg, that’s exactly what he’s doing.

Scobleizer - Microsoft Geek Blogger » Secrets behind MySpace’s success

I met MySpace’s CTO, Aber Whitcomb, last night at the posh and packed MySpace party here at Mix06 and I asked him how MySpace got so popular. He cited a few things:

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Nike, Google Kick Off Social-Networking Site

Nike, Google Kick Off Social-Networking Site

The sporting goods giant and the Internet search king have teamed up to create Joga.com and connect soccer fans around the world.

Nike (NKE) and Google (GOOG), hoping to take social networking to a new realm, have quietly launched the first invitation-only Web site for soccer-mad fans around the world. Joga.com went live late last week and will soon be running in 140 countries and 14 languages.

Six Apart looks to take blogs upstream | Tech News on ZDNet

Six Apart has raised to roughly $23 million since its founding four years ago by Ben and Mena Trott, a husband and wife team.

Six Apart plans to use the financing in part to help launch a new service, code-named Comet.

The service aims to extend the blog and social networking craze among
young people to an older, more mainstream crowd looking to create
private text- and photo-sharing sites for their families and friends.

Tres artículos interesantes sobre todo lo que podemos hacer con RSS:

Basement.org: Taking RSS Beyond Headlines : Part One

Taking RSS Beyond Headlines : Part Two

RSS Everywhere

Wikipedia: RSS es parte de la familia de los formatos XML desarrollado específicamente para todo tipo de sitios que se actualicen con frecuencia y por medio del cual se puede compartir la información y usarla en otros sitios web o programas.

TechCrunch » Comparing The Flickrs of Video.

Tabla comparativa de servicios de distribucion de videos. Entre estos, Revver coloca publicidad dentro de los videos y comparte las ganancias con el autor.

Como siempre, los comentarios al articulo tienen bastante informacion.