Brand Brazil
Media scholar and "Convergence Culture" author Henry Jenkins visited Brazil this summer to check out the country’s burgeoning transmedia scene. Local journalist Renata Acioli spoke to him about a culture on the threshold of international attention.… more
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Mobility, money and Latin America are three things we care about at Sparksheet. Wenceslao Casares is an expert in all of them. We spoke to the Argentina-born, California-based entrepreneur about mobile payment and media across the Americas. more
To most marketers, Brazil may as well be on the moon. But the South American country is a hotbed for creative online engagement. Rio de Janeiro-based journalist Renata Acioli explains how Brazilian brands – from magazines and construction… 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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Legendary film critic Roger Ebert can’t speak anymore, but that’s turned his Internet presence into a powerful echo. So it’s hardly surprising that he was named “Person of the Year” at this week’s Webby Awards. In Part I of an exclusive… more
Publishing
There’s been a lot of talk on Sparksheet about what it means to be a magazine in the digital age. Are magazines brands, virtual communities, leisure items or just collections of words and pictures on glossy paper? Tell us what you think. more
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Blogger, professor and What Would Google 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
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As The New Yorker's first Web editor, Blake Eskin has led the iconic magazine brand into the digital age. We spoke about the challenges of maintaining editorial excellence - and earning ROI - with blogs, podcasts, social media...and the… more
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From the iPad and Kindle to digital barcodes and iPhone apps, the magazine industry has seen a striking number of new developments in the last year. We talked to journalism professor and media critic Susan Currie Sivek about custom publishing,… more
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They call him Mr. Magazine. Author, journalism prof and pundit Samir Husni is the planet’s leading expert on the glossy page. He tells us why custom publishers may hold the key to saving the magazine industry. And he gets down to business models. more