It seems to me that when it rains it pours with some ideas … my Thursday new media thoughts caused a couple of other things to jump out at me as I was doing some reading …

Here they are:

• Roku’s new Sound Bridge Radio Wi-Fi Music System allows you to "wake to podcasts"
• Zoom Systems is selling iPods in special vending machines in stores and airports all over the U.S. [How about getting them "pre-loaded" with podcasts?]
• "Buying & Selling Content" An Executive Conference" will be in Scottsdale, AZ from April 9-11, 2006 with Ester Dyson as the Keynote Speaker.

Also, if anyone is interested in a research idea – maybe for a Senior Project, MBA or a Master’s Thesis – Forbes for Jan. 9, 2006 lists the following companies as the 10 best managed "media companies" in America via their 5-year annualized total return percentages (listed highest to lowest): Banta, McGraw-Hill, RR Donnelley & Sons, Harte-Hanks, Meredith, EW Scripts, Omnicon Group, News Corp, WPP Group, and Univision Commun. 

How are these organizations posed and moving forward in the new media space? Is there anything similar or is each just excelling very well in their own lanes?