MEDIA DIET: Gabe Rivera: What I Read

How do people deal with the torrent of information that rains down on us all? What's the secret to staying on top of the news without surrendering to the chaos of it? In this series , we ask people who seem well-informed to describe their media diets. This contribution is from Gabe Rivera, creator of Techmeme ,   Memeorandum , and Mediagazer . My media diet will look obsessive to the average ...

BRIEFLY: Sept. 8

Read about what's happening in and around Plymouth.

GeoEye Named Earth Observation Operator of the Year

GeoEye, Inc. , a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today it has been named Earth Observation Operator of the Year by Euroconsult.

How it took TV viewers 90 seconds to fall in love with Junior Masterchef

The power of a good TV promo has been demonstrated by new research that suggests that a single trailer for Ten’s Junior Masterchef that ran during the final of Masterchef changed public sentiment about the show. The research by the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute at the University of SA confirms comments by Ten programming boss David Mott who [...]

Political drama gives news sites a boost

Australia’s online news sites enjoyed a traffic boost as independent MPs final picked Julia Gillard to form a government with yesterday. According to data on yesterday’s traffic from Nielsen MarketIntelligence, the Sydney Morning Herald had 882,436 unique browsers for the day – up by nearly 16% on Monday – and 1,542,902 visits. Nine News, with 740,551 [...]