new media

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noun (usually used with a plural verb)

developing forms of media, usually electronic, regarded as being experimental.

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Origin of new media

First recorded in 1990–95

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Examples from the Web for new media

Contemporary Examples

His highest-profile attempt at the new-media market was the purchase of MySpace for $580 million in 2005.
Rupert Murdoch Invests in Edgy Upstart Media Company Vice
William O’Connor
August 19, 2013
For all his new-media cool, at bottom Hadley is an old-school relationship executive.
Microsoft's Mr. Fun
Peter Lauria
December 5, 2010
He also writes the new-media column for the Guardian in London.
The United State of Google: Geeks Rule
Jeff Jarvis
January 29, 2009
Well, Princess was actually shot in a new-media way, which I did even before I knew where I would be releasing it.
Straight to Video
Rachel Syme
October 27, 2008
Now Wang is enjoying a third act, this time as a new-media frontiersman.
Straight to Video
Rachel Syme
October 27, 2008

British Dictionary definitions for new media

new media

noun

1. the internet and other postindustrial forms of telecommunication
2. (as modifier)the new-media industry
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