Martin Stabe » Broadcasting

Nieman Journalism Lab: NPR’s Infinite Player: It’s like a public radio station that only plays the kinds of pieces you like, forever

Martin Stabe — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:54:09 +0000

"This week, NPR unveiled Infinite Player, a web app that mimics the simplicity of radio, but with a personalized twist. Press play to hear the latest NPR newscast, followed by a never-ending playlist of random feature stories. It doesn’t stop till you turn it off ... Michael Yoch, NPR’s director of product development ... said he took a cue from personalization products like Zite, Flipboard, and YouTube’s LeanBack..."

Boing Boing: How to report the news

Martin Stabe — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:15:58 +0000

Great Charlie Brooker clip from Newswipe, plus a special bonus feature: how to behave in a blog comment thread.

CJR: “New” Media Crucial in Aftermath of Haitian Earthquake

Martin Stabe — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:29:41 +0000

"'New' media platforms were critical to delivering early information about damage and relief efforts in the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake that rocked the small island nation of Haiti shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday."

Recovering Journalist: Apple’s Tabula Rasa

Martin Stabe — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:08:30 +0000

Mark Potts: "it's important not to look at the forthcoming tablet through the prism of individual media types. Most of those speculating about Apple's tablet aren't thinking big enough. They're concentrating on narrow possibilities—it could be a book reader! It could play movies!—without seeing the much bigger picture of what Apple may be on the verge of creating. To its users, it will be: All Of The Above. And that's huge."

Mashable: 10 News Media Content Trends to Watch in 2010

Martin Stabe — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:21:51 +0000

"A look at several trends in content distribution and presentation that we will likely see more of in 2010. ... 1. Living Stories ... 2. Real-Time News Streams ... 3. Blogozines ... 4. Distributed Social News ... 5. News Goes Mobile ... 6. The Year of Geo-Location ... 7. Story-Streaming ... 8. Social TV Online ... 9. Marketers as Producers ... 10. Social News Gaming."

Media Money: Forget Murdoch in Edinburgh: Let’s have a real fight about TV’s “dinosaur bosses”

Martin Stabe — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:41:33 +0000

Peter Kirwan: "the vast murmuration caused by Murdoch’s speech overshadowed another, equally important, theme at Edinburgh: the impending clash of civilisations between the broadcast establishment and web video."

Inside NPR.org Blog: The Making of the NPR News iPhone App

Martin Stabe — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:27:43 +0000

"For this app to succeed, however, it couldn't just be a radio-like experience. We needed to create a place for active listening as well..."

Media Guardian: Interview with Claire Enders: ‘I’m not an advocate, I’m a sceptic’

Martin Stabe — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:06:13 +0000

"[Claire Enders'] company predicts that half the country's 1,300 local newspapers will close between now and 2013, destroying 20,000 media jobs. There will be "a decline of original content across the board that will have enormous consequences for democracy ... Like fax machines and CD players, local newspapers and commercial radio are victims of change. These are long-term economic cycles."

Los Angeles Times: TV misses out as gossip website TMZ reports Michael Jackson’s death first

Martin Stabe — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:45:09 +0000

"With the death of pop star Michael Jackson, TMZ gave the most potent demonstration yet of its ability to stir the pot of entertainment news. The gossip site once again left TV networks and other traditional media outlets scrambling in its wake, even as they attempted to distance themselves from a source widely regarded as salacious, if not disreputable."

Fast Company: Will NPR Save the News?

Martin Stabe — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:57:35 +0000

"The most successful hybrid of old and new media comes from the last place you'd expect. How NPR's digital smarts, nonprofit structure, and good old-fashioned shoe leather just might save the news. "

Business Insider: The Arrogance Of Newspapers Is Astonishing

Martin Stabe — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:37:03 +0000

Nicholas Carlson|: "Online publications aren't weak, they're just niche-focused. If newspapers went away tomorrow, people would get their national politics from Politico, their celebrity news from TMZ, their sports news from countless team-specific publications ... Or, more likely, 66% of them would continue to get their news from TV just like they do now."

Jeni Barnett: MMR and Me (updated)

Martin Stabe — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:25:33 +0000

Jeni Barnett's defense of the MMR programme that is the focus of a legal dispute between LBC and Dr Ben Goldacre. To her credit, she allows those who disagree with her to comment.

Update 9/2: It seems my pleasant surprise at Barnett's willingness to engage with her critics was premature. As Holford Watch points out, the critical comments have now been removed from her site.

Barnett also added second, more snarky post condemning Ben Goldacre as a "Bad Scientist". The (quite reasonable) comments on that post have also been removed.

If you publish non-fiction in any public medium — be it a blog or something with a considerably larger audience like a radio programme — you must expect people to question the factual veracity of your reporting and the logical consistency of your analysis. If this happens, you should be willing to take it on the chin, defend your position, or even honourably withdraw claims that don't stand up to the critique.

This is the standard that scientists hold themselves to, and it would be nice if those with the power to disseminate ideas to mass audiences would hold themselves to the same standard.

New York Times: Few in U.S. See Al Jazeera’s Coverage of Gaza War

Martin Stabe — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:38:31 +0000

"Al Jazeera said that since the war started the number of people watching its broadcasts via the Livestream service has increased by over 500 percent, and the views of videos on its YouTube channel have increased by more than 150 percent."

Broadcast: NME Radio kicks off multiplatform push

Martin Stabe — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:57:55 +0000

"NME Radio will host and record the Jack Daniels Birthday Sessions twice a week for the whole of September ... The sessions will be recorded in the studios for NME radio and will be filmed in HD at the same time. The video will be uploaded on NME's online video player and may also be used to compile a series on NME TV later this year. Interviews around the performances will be posted online and profiled in NME magazine."

The Guardian: The Bauers – who are they?

Martin Stabe — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:25:26 +0000

"Given the size of the company - in 2007 it was projected to turn over €1.79bn - it is surprising just how little leaks out of Bauer; publicly available information could fit on a side of A4."

Shane Richmond: BBC Radio: worse than I thought

Martin Stabe — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:54:20 +0000

"[T]hanks to a new tool on the BBC website, I’m now able to see that they don’t actually play any of the music I listen to."

Shane Richmond: BBC Radio: worse than I thought

Martin Stabe — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:54:20 +0000

"[T]hanks to a new tool on the BBC website, I’m now able to see that they don’t actually play any of the music I listen to."

TechCrunch: NPR Launches API That Serves Up 13 Years Of Content

Martin Stabe — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:52:14 +0000

"National Public Radio (NPR) has introduced an API that it says will allow developers to serve up mashups that include audio, images, and full text articles from the non-profit media organization’s archives that go as far back as 1995."

Times Online: BBC ready to help its rivals develop their programmes

Martin Stabe — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:44:50 +0000

"The BBC will propose sharing regional news resources, including non-exclusive footage, to help ITV with the costs of its regional bulletins, and it will tell commercial radio companies that it is willing to spend heavily to market digital radio."

Economist: Short-wave radio: Snap and crackle goes pop

Martin Stabe — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:42:24 +0000

"Though the BBC's World Service uses around 15 different technologies to reach its listeners, short-wave is still king: latest figures, published last week, show 105m of its 182m-strong global audience still listen that way."