The News Media in 2011

Predictions for the coming year

Think back over 2010. What sticks out in your mind?

Was it the release of the iPad, which may come to fruition for online publishers in 2011 with iPad-only news products?

Facebook gained an extraordinary amount of popularity in 2010, as social media became a huge part of online activity for many generations

Predictions for the coming year

Think back over 2010. What sticks out in your mind?

Was it the release of the iPad, which may come to fruition for online publishers in 2011 with iPad-only news products?

Facebook gained an extraordinary amount of popularity in 2010, as social media became a huge part of online activity for many generations of Internet users.

What do you think will be big in 2011?

Here are some predictions from a recent Mashable article:

Leaks and Journalism: A New Kind of Media Entity
More Media Mergers and Acquisitions
Tablet-Only and Mobile-First News Companies
Location-Based News Consumption
Social vs. Search
The Death of the ‘Foreign Correspondent’
The Syndication Standard and the Ultimate Curators
Social Storytelling Becomes Reality
News Organizations Get Smarter With Social Media
The Rise of Interactive TV

For in-depth descriptions of all of these predictions, take a look at the original article from Mashable.

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