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Is Social Media the New TV?

Jim Long is a network news cameraman. He’s also one of the best and most interesting Twitter people you should be following if your aren’t already.

He’s posted a very interesting graph on his blog, which illustrates the trends in hiring in the TV News industry vs. the trends in hiring in Social Networking.

He refers to Social Media as the New TV:

So as that downward job trend continues across legacy media, I still believe there is tremendous opportunity in social media.

About a year ago, I came across an interview with August Capital’s David Hornik. In this interview, Hornik refers to the sum of all of this social media as “the new television” and that “we will see increasingly specific social networks”. Both of these notions really struck me, and in my own post then, I hinted at a venture that incorporated those ideas.

Very interesting article.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 | Trackback |

One Response to “Is Social Media the New TV?”

[...] Hmmm…that’s the second time I’ve head someone talk about the new Social Media absorbing and replacing the old media (the first time was from a DC-based network news cameraman). [...]

Left by UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » The (GOP) House is Still in Session on August 4th, 2008 at 8:21 am

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