Category: Future of News

• Okay, the summer doldrums are moving in. Money is tight. What could be better than a bigger than life melodramatic performance with costumes, music by one the greatest composers (Handel), and some…

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• From 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug 1, Open Streets will give friends and families the chance to enjoy the streets the way they want: biking, dancing, playing, walking and more! The free event combines last…

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• By James Ginderske of  Urban Coaster Lights out tonight… Trouble in the heartland Got a head on collision Smashing in my guts, man I’m caught in a crossfire That I don’t understand… “Badlands,” Bruce…

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• Why Kindle will be Obsolete

  Business models, disruptive tech, Media, Publishing

• A Map to Get from Here to the Future of News

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• Image by Getty Images via Daylife Crain’s says that the Tribune has closed on the sale of the Cubs. “Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tribune has insisted in the past that much of it be financed…

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• By Patrick Barry of LISC Chicago July 6, 2009 – Remember Sunday Parkways, that experiment last fall that closed down Chicago boulevards to cars and opened them up to thousands of cyclists,…

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• DIY Magazines at 20¢ a page

  disruptive tech, Publishing

• New search that looks for “real time” events, like tweets, and updates around a topic as you watch. A bit like summize, but seems to include more than tweets.

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• July 3, 2009 – Hazel Johnson, the mother of the environmental justice movement along with her daughter, Cheryl, discuss industrial pollution and its effects on Altgeld Garden residents. Altgeld…

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