Content Generation

Demand Media (…) is paying to generate the content and is selling keyword advertising in the section. USA Today is selling its new display ad inventory. The two are splitting the revenue.

Demand Media’s CMO Dave Panos defends the editorial standards in place at the company and claims it does not deserve to be thought of as a ‘content farm’.

Demand Media’s CMO Dave Panos defends the editorial standards in place at the company and claims it does not deserve to be thought of as a ‘content farm’. ‘Content farm’ is not a term we prefer, because it we think it has a negative connotation and that it paints a picture of a nameless, faceless organization that churns out low-quality, thoughtless content. This is not at all what we do. We think our studio bears a greater resemblance to larger, distinctive content-creation companies like Reuters. Our studio is made up of thousands of creative professionals, and each piece of content is touched by 11 qualified individuals with a high degree of editorial oversight.

Full Story: AdAge: Demand Media to supply original content to USA Today - Journalism.co.uk (blog)

In news that is likely to upset thousands of British teens who frequent the social networking site, owner AOL has announced that heavy competition from rivals has forced the decision.

Bebo reached giddy heights in 2008, but 2009 saw the decline of the British born company, as users fell by 60 per cent in the period from February 2009 to February 2010, leaving the site with just 4 million users. Thus if the content generation site were to be sold, it could be worth a small proportion of what AOL initially paid.

It is expected that AOL will complete its evaluation of Bebo by next month and its future or lack of, will be sealed. It remains to be seen whether its fall will further bolster the success of the growing entity that is Facebook.

Full Story: Bebo to shut or be sold - Vertical Leap News (press release)

It will take a while to get used to typing on this screen. I don’t have l;rage hands but it sdyill feelsa bit like typing wiht oven mitts. But I thought typing on the iphone would be peculiar, and somehow managed to adjust.

The screen is great, but it smudges easily. This is easily remedied by not touching the screen. Granted, you can’t use the machine, but just knowing you possess one is enough.

So then: is it a replacement for an actual computer one might carry around? Yes and no.  Depends on what you do, of course; if you edit video or pictures or any other sort of content-generation job, you will not be happy with an iPad. But that’s like being angry at a cookbook because it doesn’t come with ginzu knives and a pound of raw tuna. The point of the iPad is consumption, not creation. You can write, of course, and the Numbers and Keynote apps allow some business-type work, but no one’s going to buy the iPad right now to make spreadsheets.

Full Story: Day One with the Smudgetastic Magic Slate - Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)

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Full Story: Power to the People: Capstrat's Content Mashup Demoncratizes Its Web Experience - dBusinessNews Triangle (press release)

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