ONLINE SOURCES
The web offers a wide range of sources for news about our industry. There is a lot of repetition among these sites, but seeing an item reported from different perspectives makes you understand its potential impact better.
Here are the ones I used daily to gather material for the NewsWire.
---> WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent online edition, which costs $59 per year or $29 you already subscribe to the print edition. (http://interactive.wsj.com/edition/current/summaries/front.htm)
---> THE WAVE REPORT
I have probably gotten more good information on the 3D and VideoGraphics worlds from the Wave Report than from any other single source. It can be accessed from their website, or via a steady stream of emails. (http://www.wave-report.com)
--> CMP TECHWEB
Major technical publisher CMP (EE Times, Dr. Dobbs, Windows Magazine, etc.) publishes a list of tech articles in the news for each day in a single line list that links to full text of the stories. (http://www.techweb.com/wire/allstories.html)
---> NY TIMES
The New York Times is a good source of generalized tech doings and while the site is free, you will need to register. (http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/tech/index7day.html)
---> DIGITAL PRODUCER MAGAZINE
Lew Wallace's Digital Producer site is a great source for information on the VideoGraphics world and is updated daily.
(http://www.digitalproducer.com)
---> CREATIVE PLANET
Creative Planet is a Hollywood-based site that summarizes stories in the news that might interest creative professionals. (http://creativeplanet.com/scripts/cp.exe?get?http://CreativePlanet.com/WeekInReview/Main.shtml)
There are a number of affiliated sites as well:
VFXPro.com
VFXPro.com, a visual effects and special effects resource for media professionals, offers information and news updated daily on the art, technology and business of visual effects. (www.vfxpro.com)
EditorsNet.com
EditorsNet.com provides professional film and video editors information, editorial and news updated daily on the art, technology and business of film and video editing. (www.editorsnet.com)
DesignInMotion.com
Design In Motion provides professional graphic designers daily news and information on the art, technology and business of motion design for television and media-rich web sites. (www.designinmotion.com)
MediaTechnology.com
MediaTechnology.com is the media professional’s online source for daily updated news, information and resources on the technology of media creation, media infrastructure and media distribution technology. (www.mediatechnology.com)
---> SAN JOSE MERCURY
The San Jose Mercury News was one of the first newspapers to put their material online and offers two excellent daily recaps. (http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/reports/gmsv/) and (http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth)
---> ZD NET
Publishing czar Ziff Davis's site has general computer news item that may be of interest. (http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn)
---> SLASHDOT NEWS
Their motto is "News for Geeks that Matters" pretty much sums up this Linux-centric web-zine. There are occasionally interesting tidbits that don't crop up anywhere else. (http://www.slashdot.org)
---> NEWSPAGE
NewsPage is a free service that will allow you to set criteria and have a customized "newspaper" delivered via email, or from their website. (http://www.newspage.com)
