Focus On Local Media


Newspapers: Buyer Beware (Forbes)
On Journal Register and other chains in trouble.

Arbitron Updates Philly Sample Initiatives (Radio Ink)

Video: Sprout(R) Makes Viewers the Stars of its New Original Afternoon Block, The Sprout Sharing Show
International hit show PICME debuts in The Sprout Sharing Show Monday, May 5, 2008 (PRNewswire)

Clear Channel Radio Tunes into to Thumbplay to Offer Mobile Entertainment Content on Stations' Web Sites
Largest Radio Company Adds Mobile Content to Boost Local Sites (Businesswire)
The mobile content is now available from the following Clear Channel stations in the Philly area:

105.3 WDAS-FM (www.wdasfm.com)

Q102 WIOQ-FM (www.q102.com)

My 106.1 WISX-FM (www.my1061.com)

Radio 104.5 WRFF-FM (www.radio1045.com)

Power 99FM WUSL-FM (www.power99.com)

Idearc Media’s Digital Billboards Offer Advertisers More Ways to Reach Consumers
New Digital LED Billboards Offer Flexible Messaging; Communicate Important, Local Information (BusinessWire)

Multi Media Consultant Mel Taylor
Working In A Web 2.0 World (FMQB)

Comcast asks court to reverse FCC set-top box rule (Reuters)

What Cloud Computing Really Means (IDG via New York Times)
Discusses Boomi.

Amkor brings its chips back to Phila. for shareholders meeting(Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript (Seeking
Alpha)
Helpful. Reading Safeguard's financial reports is like reading Greek. The company says it is trying to become more transparent.

Microsoft's Vision for Healthcare (eHealth-video)

You couldn’t do this with proprietary software (451 CAOS Theory)
On Marlton startup Ringside Networks.

FiOS’ ‘Free’ and ‘Easy’ Spin on the Digital Transition
Verizon uses clever promotional catchwords to say: ‘No more analog TV.’ (Cable360)

PeerView Completes Acquisition of Veritas Clinical Trial Register™
PeerView Expands Its Suite of Medical Publishing Solutions with Acquisition of the Leading Clinical Trial Register Application (BusinessWire)

Inverness Graham invests in B&B Electronics (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Discover, Diners Club under 1 roof
Company gains international status (Wilmington News Journal)

Alternative Technology to Offer Gemalto's Web-based Authentication Device Administration (Smart Card Alliance)

QVC Goes '2D' With Mobile Phone Test
Technology Uses Icons To Point Wireless Users To Content (Multichannel News)

Turns Out New Jersey E-Voting Problems Even Worse Than Originally Thought (Techdirt)