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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Livestreaming the future of news

Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine points out how the iPhone launch's multiple live coverages by individuals sans Big Media may be a milestone in the future of news.

Short list of live vloggers: Scoble,Justin.tv, GroundReport.tv and Diggnation.

Jarvis laments how most old media guys still don't get the idea of eventstreaming:

I never sit in a meeting with journalists without hearing them obsess about all the things that could go wrong; that is, sadly and inevitably, their starting point in any discussion about new opportunities. I blew my gasket Friday when I sat with a bunch of TV people doing just that...
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posted by Julian | 7/03/2007 02:29:00 AM

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