Facebook's New Multimedia Platform

According to the New York Times today, Facebook is about to unveil a new platform that could change the face of multimedia sharing worldwide.

Though details are sparse until a developer's conference on Thursday, Facebook's new multimedia features will supposedly "allow people to easily share their favorite music, television shows and movies, effectively making the basic profile page a primary entertainment hub".

Music sharing seems to be a big part of the new Facebook experience, so online music hubs are expected to have to make big changes in order to compete with the new platform. Sites such as Rhapsody and Spotify are expected to be merging with the Facebook community in order to provide free music listening and sharing.

More details to follow on this story as they are released!

UD Athletics Hires First Multimedia Director

A sign of the multimedia times: Announced recently in UDaily, the university now has a multimedia director for athletics. Click to read the article. Of course UD football and basketball will still be broadcast on "old media" like WVUD radio.