LONG LIVE MEDIA! 10 Picks for Most Socially Connected Mainstream Media Outlets
You heard the cries that traditional media was dying, that newspapers were doomed and that “real” journalism was no longer practiced—thanks to the fact that anyone with a blog and webcam could pass themselves off as a reporter. But by now, you know the doomsayers were wrong.
Sure, we’ve certainly seen changes—but they’ve been exciting, promising and even needed. And sure, some traditional mainstream outlets still aren’t keeping up, but others are standing out in their use of social media. These nimble adapters are not only learning to survive in the new media era—they’re thriving in it, and some are even leading the charge when it comes to breaking ground in innovative uses of social media techniques to gather, report, publish and distribute the news.
These are the mainstream media outlets featured here (with some surprises added in along the way), to whom we say long live media!
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Published: September 25, 2011 By:
Shared this on Twitter, interesting observation seeing Disney – beyond ABC and ESPN – as a media company. FWIW.
Davina, we thought that was an interesting choice–in a good way
Love the comment. Wonder what other outlets you or others would suggest? FYI … I pulled this from Wikipedia. Some of this thinking went into the list 
: “A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet. Media conglomerates strive for policies that facilitate their control of the markets across the globe. As of 2010, in terms of revenue, the Walt Disney Company is the world’s largest media conglomerate, with News Corporation, Time Warner, CBS Corporation and Viacom completing the top 5, respectively.[2] Other major players are NBCUniversal, and Sony Corporation of America.” – Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_conglomerate