Monthly Archives: February 2011

And the winners will be…

Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 by Rex Hammock

I’ll probably be live-tweeting some of the Oscars tonight, so I wanted to post my predictions before hand. Last year, I saw all of the films nominated for Best Movie. This year, I saw only seven of the nominated films … Continue reading →

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Are corporate journalists real journalists? Better question: Does someone actually call themself that?

Posted on Thursday, February 24, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Yesterday, I received an email from Joe Pulizzi, the guy I credit (and blame*) for the popularization of the term “content marketing.” In it, he asked me my opinion of an issue that came up on a conference call he … Continue reading →

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Why Amazon would give away free streaming video to its Prime customers

Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Rex Hammock

I’m like the writer of this engadget.com post who says, “you can’t be too harsh on a service that comes for ‘free’ and just makes an already tempting offering even more appealing” when it comes to Amazon’s announcement today that … Continue reading →

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Steve speaks: Step back from that ledge my friend

Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Talk about burying the lede. One has to get nearly to the end of this post on Macrumors.com to read what could save face for Apple and could wipe out millions in fees for an army of lawyers. While you … Continue reading →

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Rebooting the News – Who is Rex, Edition

Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 by Rex Hammock

This morning, I spent an hour chatting with Dave Winer on Rebooting the News the weekly podcast he typically records with NYU Professor Jay Rosen. To me, getting invited to spend an hour with Dave Winer on a podcast is … Continue reading →

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