Steve Safran is the managing editor of Lost Remote, a blog that tracks the latest changes in media. Safran is a digital media consultant with a background in television news. He spoke with Coy Barefoot on the October 3rd edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now about the challenges of convergence.
“Convergence media is everything that people have come to accept now in their lives from the TiVo box, to the phone that now plays music, to the computer that can now stream video,” says Safran.
But, these changes won’t come without growing pains, as traditional media such as newspapers lose their advertising revenue to their online competitors. Over the course of this interview, Safran outlines some recommendations for how media outlets might evolve to survive.
[...] A big thank you to WINA 1070 Newsradio in Charlottesville, VA for having me on the air Tuesday afternoon to talk convergence. The marvelously nice host Coy Barefoot put up with me for a good half hour as we went through an essay I recently wrote detailing the changes in the different media industries. Give a listen or download the podcastif you’d like, courtesy of The Charlottesville Podcasting Network’s Sean Tubbs. [...]
Great job, guys. I think the thoughts on creating content that’s appropriate for the web is an important one. What’s appropriate for someone watching with a monitor with their hand resting on a mouse?