Meraviglioso post di David Shedden su Poynter, in cui elenca tutte le cose che sono succese nel web nell’anno di grazia 2005. Ovvero, sei (6) anni fa.
February 15, 2005
YouTube is founded with the first video posted in April.May 2005
The Huffington Post is launched.
Related: “Dazzle, Yes. But Can They Blog?” By Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 9, 2005May 2005
Google introduced a new AdSense program that invited bloggers to share revenue from targeted Web page ads.June 28, 2005
Google Earth is launched.July 7, 2005
Passengers used their cell phones to photograph the chaos and damage whenterrorists bombed the London underground subway. Traditional media soon shared these images with the world.July 19, 2005
The New York Times purchased About.com; The Washington Post
acquired Slate; Dow Jones bought MarketWatch; Knight Ridder, the Tribune Company and Gannett purchased a controlling stake in Topix. The largest deal was News Corporation’s $500 million acquisition of the parent company ofMySpace.
Related: “What MySpace means to Murdoch.” BBC.August 2005
Under extreme conditions, in print and online, the New Orleans
Times-Picayune and the Biloxi-Gulfport Sun Herald told the tragic
story of Hurricane Katrina.October 2005
The Apple iTunes store began offering videos and TV shows.
In un lasso di tempo brevissimo è cambiato tutto, davvero. Lo si ripete spesso ma è bello mettere le cose in fila ogni tanto, magari rileggendosi un pezzo del New York Times datato 2005 dal titolo: “Forget Blog, Print Needs Its Own iPod“.
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