Future of Local Media

FLM February Photos

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:19:19 -0500

The Future of Space & Time

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:49:00 -0500

And we’re back! Happy 2010 to all. We hope your having a good start to your New Year. FLM has lot’s in store for 2010. Look out for for some big announcements over the coming weeks.

In the meantime, we’re happy to be working in conjunction with Social Media Week (more info below) and Wired magazine hosting, “The Future of Space & Time”. The event is SOLD OUT (sorry!), however it will be lived streamed. Additionally, there are over 60+ events taking place in NYC and other events in Berlin, London, San Francisco, Toronto and São Paul. Don’t miss out!

Moderator:
John C. Abell, New York Bureau Chief for Wired.com

Panelists:
Tony Jebara, Associate Professor Computer Science, Columbia University & Chief Scientist at Sense Networks
Chris Dixon, Co-founder, CEO at Hunch
Denis Crowley, Founder and CEO of Foursquare

If you’re not familiar with Social Media Week, it’s a week long ‘barcamp style’ conference taking place simultaneously in multiple cities around the world. The aim of each event is to advance the use and understanding of social media in the corporate, public and non-profit sectors.

From the site:
“The second annual conference will take place between February 1st – 5th, 2010 simultaneously in New York City, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Toronto and São Paulo. The five day conference will explore the profound impact that social media has on culture, business communications and society at large.

Social Media Week organizers and local partners will plan some of the events, however just as in 2009, the local business community has been invited to add their own events to the program to broaden the scope and diversity of the conference.”

Keep up to date by following Social Media Week on Twitter > OR search #SMWNY to keep up real-time.

FLM Holiday Party: Dec 16th, 7-9PM

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:09:00 -0500

The local space is heating up and just in time cause it’s getting cold out there! With much in store for 2010, we’ve decided to do things a bit different this month. Yep… it’s party time.

Join us on Wednesday, December 16th 2009 for the Future of Local Media holiday party. Get your butt of the internets and join us for a few hours in the East Village of Manhattan. 2 for 1 Drink Specials from 7pm-9pm.

Complete Details and Tickets here >

Event Notes:
1. We’re having a small Clothing Drive for a local charity. If you have something to donate (shirt, warm blanket,etc.) simply bring it with you and drop it the box… that simple. See below for more details.
2. When you arrive — make sure you say “Future of Local Media” at the door (this way you get in for free and don’t have to pay!). Our event is UPSTAIRS.
3. There will be a Hookah. Feel free to bring whatever you like to “add to it”.

CLOTHING DRIVE
The Bowery Mission & Kids With A Promise is called to minister in New York City to men, women, and children caught in the cycles of poverty, hopelessness and dependencies of many kinds, and to see their lives transformed to hope, joy, lasting productivity

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The Future of Local Media (FLM) holds a monthly mixer focusing on people, technologies and services helping to shape the future of local media.

Future of Local Journalism - October 27th (6:30-8:30pm)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:31:00 -0400

What’s Good in Your Hood?
Tuesday - October 27, 2009 | 6:30-8:30pm
View complete event details >

Moderator:
Joseph G. Ferrara is a real estate and intellectual property attorney, writer and publisher, based in NYC. Joseph publishes the Sellsius Real Estate Marketing Blog and is the Technology columnist for Inman News, blog professor for HomeGain, and contributing writer to their corporate blog. Joseph was chosen one of the Top 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers for Industry, Marketing and How-to, by Inman News in 2007 and 2008. Joseph is also a Founder of TheClozing.com, a new current real estate news aggregator, which gathers mainstream media news and social media news. TheClozing was a finalist for the 2009 Inman News Innovator Award in Media.

Panelists:

Jonathan Butler is the founder of Brownstoner.com, the leading blog about Brooklyn real estate, renovation, restaurants and more. Launched in October 2004, the blog currently attracts more online traffic than all the Brooklyn newspapers combined — about 150,000 readers and 1.5 million pageviews per month. Jonathan launched the popular Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene in April 2008 and expanded the market to the Brooklyn Bridge Park in June 2009. He has received honors from the Municipal Art Society and Historic District Council for his work in community building and preservation, respectively. Prior to starting Brownstoner, Jonathan spent a decade as a journalist, venture capitalist and real estate investor. He has a BA in History from Princeton University and an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He currently resides in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn with his wife and two children.

Lockhart Steele is the founder and president of Curbed.com LLC, a New York City-based media company which publishes the popular blogs Curbed.com (neighborhood and real estate news), Eater.com (restaurant and nightlife gossip), Racked.com (local shopping and retail intelligence), and Gridskipper.com (advice for urban travelers). Now published in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, the Curbed Network endeavors to tell the story of each city it covers from the pavement on up, with copious contributions from readers. Most recently, the Curbed Network expanded with the launch of Eater National and the addition of Eater correspondents in cities including Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, and Portland, Or.

Prior to founding Curbed, Steele served as the managing editor of New York-based Gawker Media, one of the web’s largest independent media firms. Gawker Media, the most-trafficked blog network on the web, publishes such top-100 web brands as Gizmodo, Gawker, and Deadspin. In his position as managing editor, Steele oversaw editorial operations for the entire company, growing editorial staff from 12 people to over 150 and network-wide pageviews from roughly 25 million to over 200 million.

Jake Dobkin is the publisher and co-founder of Gothamist LLC, the network of 13 city blogs. He was born in Brooklyn and recently started living there again. He attended PS321, JHS51, Stuyvesant, Columbia, and NYU, where he got an MBA. He claims to have never been away from New York City for more than ten weeks in the last thirty years. You can learn more about Jake at jakedobkin.com.

Mark Josephson joined as outside.in as CEO in April 2008 and has been building new media businesses since 1995. Most recently, Mark was President and CMO of Seevast Corp, which builds and operates proprietary and publisher ad networks. Before that, he worked at About.com as General Manager in charge of the creation and growth of the About.com consumer service and later as Executive Vice President of Marketing & Business Development with responsibility for customer acquisition, marketing and distribution for About, Inc.’s three operating divisions: About.com, Sprinks, and About Web Services. Mark was a founding member of Cone Interactive’s new media practice in the late ’90s, where he managed marketing and communications for some of the earliest internet media businesses, including About.com and iVillage.com.

Pitch & Present Guests:
Sandra Ordonez - OurBlook.com
Roger Lee - PaperG
Justin Alcon - Blip.tv

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Future of Local Media - September Tweets

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:10:09 -0400

jenrobinson Unbelievable view of the city from BBH Labs. #flmny http://yfrog.com/0ibalsj 29 Sep 2009 from Birdfeed

InternetSong The format influences the impact (on why print isn’t dead). -John Wiseman of Thrillist #flmny 29 Sep 2009 from UberTwitter

ceonyc Why cant print advertisers in subscription mags buy purchase data from credit card companies? #flmny 29 Sep 2009 from txt

jehutson future of local media, listening to some role models (@ BBH Labs in NYC) http://bit.ly/RaPqt 29 Sep 2009 from foursquare

InternetSong People without *gasp* computers still need print. #flmny 30 Sep 2009 from UberTwitter

RobKelley Urban Daddy: “You need to ask yourself ‘How do I corner the market for my type of content?’” Um, even if u do,how long will it last? #FLMNY 30 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck

ceonyc Local venues are the content and big brands sponsor it. I still feel like local advertising can be fixed/disrupted. #flmny 30 Sep 2009 from txt

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Gothamist Selected as Final FLM Panelist

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:16:25 -0400

As many of you know, we recently held a contest to help decide on the final FLM panelist for this month’s panel, “The Future of Local Journalism”. The question was this, “Who’s good in your hood? Who of the five companies would you like to hear speak about the future of local journalism?”

Well the results are in (see below) and we have a winner! Congratulations to Gothamist for being selected as our fourth speaker. A BIG thanks and shout out to all of the other nominees Brokelyn.com, JerseyCityIndependent.com, Neighborhoodr.com, BrooklynBased.net and everyone who voted! See you next Tuesday.

On Tuesday, October 27th, panelists from Brownstoner, Curbed, Gothamist and Outside.in will discuss the “Future of Local Journalism” and its impact on the distribution and consumption of hyper-local media.

Connecting NYC Pitch filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:00:00 -0400

Connecting NYC Pitch filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

KlickableTV Pitch filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0400

KlickableTV Pitch filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

Neighborhoodr Pitch filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:00 -0400

Neighborhoodr Pitch filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

The Local Life pitch filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:54:44 -0400

The Local Life pitch filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

FLM Nominees Announced. Now You Decide.

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:00 -0400

It is time to pick the final FLM panelist!! On Tuesday, October 27th, we will tackle the “Future of Local Journalism” and its impact on the distribution and consumption of hyper-local media. Since this month’s topic is community, we’ve decided to let you (the crowd) pick one of the panelists.

So the question is this, Who’s good in your hood? Who of the five companies would you like to hear speak about the future of local journalism?

Vote here now!

NOTE: Poll closes Thursday, Oct 22 2009 at 11:59pm.

Who's good in your hood? Nominate an FLM Panelist!

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:51:00 -0400

The Future of Local Media (FLM) holds a monthly mixer focusing on people, technologies and services helping to shape the future of local media. On Tuesday, October 27th we will tackle the “Future of Community Blogging” and it’s impact on the distribution and consumption of local media. Since this month topic is community, we’ve decided to let you (the crowd) pick one of the panelists.

Who’s good in your hood? Whether it be a community blog(ger) that helps you find your way around the city, an advocate for local journalism, a website or service…

The nomination process has concluded. Vote for the next FLM panelist here >

FLM September Photos

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:23:00 -0400

FLM Originals found here on Flickr >

FLM October: The Future of Local Journalism

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:58:00 -0400

Announcing our next Future of Local Media Salon Series, “What’s Good in Your Hood? The Future of Local Journalism.” Get tickets here >
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Over the past several decades, news has been predominately packaged for and distributed via radio, newspapers, TV and now the web. Whoever controlled the information, controlled the message. In turn, the majority of us received our information from a handful of major media outlets. However recent technological advances online (blogs, video, social networking, etc.) have made it such that both the creation and consumption of news and information is no longer at the sole discretion of these institutions alone.

As the world turns…
With globalization and the dawning of 24-hour news networks, we now live in an ever more interconnected world. BIG media helps us glimpse into the lives of others miles away from home, but what about the people and places next door? What about our your local community? Join us on Tuesday, October 27th as we take a look at the The Future of Local Journalism and it’s impact on the distribution and consumption of local media.

Future of Local Media - September Lineup

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:56:00 -0400

What’s ‘IN’ Your Inbox?
Tuesday - September 29, 2009 | 6:30-8:30pm
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Panelists:
Mark Mangan is co-founder and CEO of Flavorpill, a trusted online platform for arts and culture, which publishes event listings from editors in six cities and hundreds of partner venues, as well as features and reviews across a series of email magazines and a daily blog, Flavorwire.

John Wiseman is the Director of Marketing and Partnerships for Thrillist. John was raised in post-Oil Boom Oklahoma, then pulled a reverse-Manifest Destiny by heading east to Cornell University. Upon moving to NYC, John helped develop and produce independent films before moving on to work for NBC, Focus Features, and several Broadway producers before becoming Director of Marketing & Partnerships at Thrillist in 2006.

Billie Cohen is the Publicity Manager for Time Out New York. Time Out NY is the leading arts and entertainment listings guide for New York City and an indispensable weekly guide for young, active, influential New Yorkers.

Lance Broumand is the Founder of UrbanDaddy. UrbanDaddy is a free daily email devoted to bringing you the single thing you need to know every day about your city.

Pitch & Present Guests:
Jamie Hutson - The Local Life
Richard Blakeley and Anthony De Rosa - Neighborhoodr.com
Tom Lowenhaupt - Connecting.nyc.Inc
Roger Wu - Klickable.tv

View complete event details >

Hyper-Local City Guides Panel filmed by Jesse Gebryel on...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Hyper-Local City Guides Panel filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

August FLM Introduction & Pitches filmed by Jesse Gebryel on...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400

August FLM Introduction & Pitches filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

FLM 03: What’s 'IN' your inbox?

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:23:00 -0400

Announcing our next Future of Local Media Salon Series, “What’s ‘IN’ your inbox?”

When it comes to finding out about hot spots, events and services in your area, sometimes there’s no better place to look than your inbox. Instead of searching the web, everything comes to you on a daily basis via social filters and local city guides.

For years, insiders and newbies alike have relied on curated content often distributed via free daily emails, websites and print to find out what’s happening around them. However, as the technologies that enable mobile, video and social networking continues to grow, new start ups emerge daily to compete for a slice of the local ad market. How much do we as consumers rely on a trusted brand’s perspective as opposed to our peers? Will social filtering via web services (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, etc.) replace or enhance these cultural kings (and queens) of curation?

Please join us on Tuesday, September 29th as we explore what the future holds for the distribution and consumption of local content. Come out to learn from and network with other Local Media Makers. We hope to see you there!

NOTE: Limited space. Tickets will sell out. Get your tickets here >

Panelists:
TimeOutNY - Lindsay Kaplan, Publicity Manager
Thrillist - John Wiseman, Director of Marketing
Flavorpill - Mark Mangan, Co-founder, CEO
UrbanDaddy - Lance Broumand, Founder

Mixer:
Be sure to join us after the meetup for an informal gathering. Location announced at the event.

Mapcidy - James Tunick filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Mapcidy - James Tunick filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

Prximity - Brad Rosen filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Prximity - Brad Rosen filmed by Jesse Gebryel on WellcomeMat