1. Mobile 2.0
 Wireless devices with Internet connections are
changing the landscape of how news is received.
Mobile phones are becoming personal computers
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2. By the numbers
 200 million mobile phone users in the United States
– 70 percent are web-enabled.
4.8 million people pay for the Weather Channel’s mobile
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service
2 million people pay $15 a month for a subscription to Disney’s
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ring tones, voice tones, wallpapers and video clips.

3. What this means for journalist
 Further push for immediacy
 Broadening the scope of information that will be
considered worthy of an update - in other words, not
just big news

4. Delivering the goods readers want
 Calendar listings
 Sports scores
 Top headlines
 Weather updates
 Traffic reports

5. Discussion
 Do you own a Blackberry or iPhone? What about an
iPod?
 Do you subscribe to breaking news, weather or traffic
alerts?
 What are the pros and cons of these devices when in
comes to journalism?
 What’s on the horizon? E-books/Kindle
LA Times on Kindle
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