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Huffington Post and AOL: 5 things to take away

AOL has announced that it will acquire the Huffington Post and place Arianna Huffington as AOL’s editor in chief. What does this mean for the media, the future of content creation and the internet at large?

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Learn your culture, remix culture

If you haven’t been watching Kirby Ferguson’s excellent Everything is a Remix videos, here’s a quick collection and some links to the excellent documentary. We often talk about remixed media as if it were something new to our culture. However, in these extremely informative videos Ferguson traces the modern remix back to 1961.

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Site upgrade

Hello all, Just ran the blog through its mega site upgrade. Everything seems to be working. Tell me if it isn’t. -Aram No related posts.

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4 Step Social Media Strategy – MEGA [Re-post]

Glittering promises to transform you into a social media powerhouse overnight are scams. Focusing on a long-term method to grow your social media presence, though, is a good idea. Many groups, including college journalism outlets, are strategizing on the best ways to use social media to expand their brands. I have my own strategy for […]

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