Mediagazer: AFP chairman talks media future with US counterparts (Agence France Presse)

10:10 PM ET, May 22, 2011

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Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:

How the NY Times' social media strategy is evolving — Social media is always in a state of change, and the New York Times is adapting with it, explains the news organization's social media editor, Liz Heron, at the BBC's Social Media Summit (video). There are lots of good lessons in here for TV, as well.

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Agence France Presse:

AFP chairman talks media future with US counterparts — WASHINGTON — Emmanuel Hoog, AFP's chairman and chief executive officer, wound up a US tour over the weekend involving talks with US counterparts on how news organizations are adapting to the rapidly evolving landscape of new mobile and Internet media platforms.

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Michael Wolf / GigaOM:

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