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• 06.08.09
  Our Anthony always foretold of an explosion in content creation at the expense of the ‘closed shops’ of old. Tonight, there’s another big bang going off… General, Journalism | (2)

  I don't really know the guy from Adam, other than he seems from his profile to be a smart guy. His name is Aral - or rather, @Aral - and tonight he could be found waxing lyrical about the launch of the new Apple iPhone 3GS... in a lot less than 140 characters as his excitement mounted. The penny was starting to drop as to just what this baby could do now... aralShoot/edit/share video with just your iPhone 3GS. Oh, yes! :)6 minutes ago from Tweetie aralAwesome, "send to YouTube" feature is gonna rock! :)6 minutes ago from Tweetie araliPhone 3GS: 7.2 ...

  Tagged: Anthony Lilley, Apple iPhone
  
• 05.19.09
  If I was a betting man, the two coming men of ‘TV’ as we now know it would be Demi’s OH and Sir Bob. Legacy-lite, brand-rich and Twitter-proven. Advertising, General, Journalism | (0)

  A little over a year ago now, I let Mr Magic Lantern shine a little light into the gathering gloom of the Internet. Or rather, Old Media's role within it. For everyone else, of course, the Internet is like so many Christmas' come early. 'Heh, Mom, look what I did with my mobile... cool...' I had it on the way home from a karate grading on Sunday with my nine-year-old; that his best pal Jac - all of 11 - had uploaded his own 'story' onto YouTube; that he had become his own 'movie' producer. And director. And star. I still heartily recommend ...

  Tagged: Anthony Lilley, Ashton Kutcher, Sir Bob Geldof
  
• 04.30.09
  Two days on from days out in Whitehall and, for me, the lessons are clear. You can spend your time herding cats or participating in street-level conversations with your constituents. Mmmm… General, Journalism | (5)

  Tis only Thursday; so Tuesday's gathering of the great and the media good - and me - in Committee Room 14 of the House of Commons is still relatively fresh in the mind. Given it was all conducted on Chatham House rules and given my knowledge of licence fee slicing and switch-over surplusses is sketchy at best, it probably needs to be a case of broader brush-strokes anyway. The stage, by and large, belonged to the big beasts of TV; that - to me - appeared to be one of the primary concerns of the gathering; to work out who was ever ...

  Tagged: Andy Burnham, Anthony Lilley, BBC, ITV, OfCom, www.darwenreporter.com
  
• 09.25.08
  What have OfCom and backpackdave08 got in common? Everything – if you allow Mr Lilley to wave his Magic Lantern into the gathering gloom… General, Journalism | (2)

  Having a vague knowledge of OfCom's latest review of the future of Public Service Broadcasting, this was always going to make for interesting reading... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/25/itv.ofcom Even if the numbers are slightly eye-watering, there was a very real sense that this was in the wind. Like everyone else, ITV can't make the numbers add up. Their world - our world - is all but disintegrating. The game's up; the show's over. At least as far as Anglia (East) and Anglia (West) are concerned. For the people of Norwich, here comes the news from your region. 'A man from Milton Keynes was today bailed to ...

  Tagged: Anthony Lilley, backpackdave08, ITV, Magic Lantern, NUJ, OfCom
  
• 03.25.08
  Mr Magic Lantern, Part II. Shedding a little light on the biggest challenge for us all – proving value. Advertising, General, Journalism, MFW, MLW | (0)

  Apologies if we go back to the same 'source' material again. And this time, I'll give the author his due - Mr Anthony Lilley, take a bow. But the more I read it, the more gems you find. With the same on-going proviso - that you read it through the eyes of a wood-stainer. For whether by accident or design, it bangs nail after nail on the head. Or at least gives some great starting points for a discussion. This baby, for example. "Our use of media is shifting to find a new balance between the creation and distribution of content as we have ...

  Tagged: Anthony Lilley, Archant, Bill Keller, Clay Shirky, JEECamp, LA Times, MyLocalWriter.com, Shane Richmond, TrinityMirror
  

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