Q&A
Nora Young is the host of Spark, CBC Radio’s show about the influence of technology on everyday life. We spoke to her about the relationship between content and community, and why she finds game mechanics… more
The Sparkbeat
Major media outlets around the world – from The Guardian and La Vanguardia in Europe to The Huffington Post and Vanity Fair in the U.S. – have put out e-books this year. Most of these publications are neither repurposed magazine or newspaper… more
The Sparkbeat
Twitter, the world’s most popular micro-blogging site, has been touted as a new form of interactive journalism; news can be broken anytime, anywhere, by anyone – so long as the stories are under 140 characters. However, according to a… more
Feature Article
For the past six decades Playboy magazine has set the benchmark for men’s entertainment and lifestyle content, but is there room for the bunny in the digital age? We spoke to Playboy’s social media director more
Q&A
As host of Dateline NBC and co-host of the TODAY Show, Ann Curry is one of America’s most influential journalists. But it’s her 1 million-plus Twitter followers who truly propelled her into brand status. We caught up with the star reporter at the… more
Q&A
A founding father of online journalism, 15-year-old Slate.com now finds itself in a whole new world of aggregation, content farming and SEO. We spoke to Slate editor David Plotz about how the “Slate sensibility” has helped distinguish and extend… more
The South by Southwest interactive media festival kicked off this weekend and it’s as inspiring and overwhelming as you would imagine. Our editor reports from the scene in Austin, Texas. more
Publishing
Is Rupert Murdoch’s new “iPad newspaper” traditional media’s saving grace, or a last-ditch effort to monetize online content the old-fashioned way? Spafax USA’s Jose Lizarraga reviews The Daily and finds lots to like in a heavily curated… more
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Bob Garfield is a perfect fit for Sparksheet. For 25 years, he wrote Advertising Age’s AdReview column, where he surveyed the 30-second TV spot. He is the co-host of NPR’s On The Media, and his new book The Chaos… more
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Blogger, professor and What Would Good Do? author Jeff Jarvis is America’s shrewdest media iconoclast. In an interview for Sparksheet, media scholar Valérie Bélair-Gagnon asked him what Google would do with its own airline or magazine… more