November 2010
3 posts
My imaginary monologue with journalism... →
“You see, Iâd say, that for each category I described, there are amazing Web journalists doing work that is changing our industry, but leadership hasnât noticed, let alone appreciated it. In…
De Standaard Online - Gratis is niet 'te geef' →
“‘Uitgevers worden steeds meer geconfronteerd met nieuwsaggregatoren (zoals Google News, red.), knipseldiensten en zoekmachines die profiteren van onze journalistieke inspanningen’, zei gisteren Luc…
Reflections of a Newsosaur: Ice cream shop... →
“Through the skillful use of social media, Humphry Slocombe has built the sort of passion and engagement that would be the envy of any brand. In an age of user-controlled and user-generated media,…
October 2010
2 posts
News Corp. abandons digital newsstand project →
“News Corp. has dropped a digital newsstand project that was part of an ambitious plan by the Rupert Murdoch-owned company to help publishers charge for content online, The Wall Street Journal…
When Your Customers Leave Your Business Model... →
“According to new research (pdf) by economists Tim Bresnahan, Shane Greenstein, and Rebecca Henderson, the challenges to old firms in leaping across when customers drift are particularly great. They…
September 2009
21 posts
Q & A: Jim Brady : CJR →
These stupid, useless photo galleries are stupid,... →
“We are all ashamed of the sometimes vile, often offensive, always inane refuse that gets packaged like putrid factory-farmed waste meat into meaningless page view-inflating photo galleries on all…
Let’s Kill The CPM →
“I have been in the Internet media space for 16 years and will start by stating the obvious: The CPM has done more to stunt innovation and drag down quality products than any single thing on the…
The Death of the Newspaper | MintLife Blog |... →
Roy Greenslade: Why Murdoch's digital news cartel... →
Getting a jump on journalism bootstrapping «... →
SaveTheNews Denver report: Discussing the... →
Media Outlets Flounder in Loudoun County -... →
“Weymouth and other media executives said the key to hyperlocal success might be for news organizations to work closely with local bloggers and citizen journalists who are reporting on their own…
The Great Recession →
Post-Medium Publishing →
A New Horizon for the News - The New York Review... →
Reflections of a Newsosaur: Inflated traffic stats... →
Reflections of a Newsosaur: Ideal pay-wall fee may... →
Your News Content Is Worth Zero to Digital... →
Statistical evidence: many newspaper execs not... →
MediaShift Idea Lab . Look Beyond Data When... →
“What the surveys have really been telling us is that this demographic won’t pay to have the morning paper delivered every day. But when they encounter a printed product that’s free, is compact, and…
O’Reilly may be an idiot, but his team gets... →
Information Architects » Blog Archive » The Value... →
Taking The Plunge: How Newspaper Sites That Charge... →
Janet Reeves Named AME/Photo, The Washington Times →
Membership has its meaning « BuzzMachine →
August 2009
15 posts
Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess →
Washington Post Management: Let’s Pay Web... →
Probably Bad News: News fails, because journalism... →
If it’s good enough for cheese: What would... →
Goodbye Guardian. Hello the Guardian Experience |... →
King Of The Apple Geeks (AAPL) →
“John, reached by e-mail, wouldn’t comment on how much money his site makes, but he says it provides his full-time income. He says the site has recently been close to averaging 2 million monthly…
Lament for a Dying Field - Photojournalism -... →
Lament for a Dying Field - Photojournalism -... →
âThe problem is that news photography is finished,â Ms. Riant said. âGamma wants to go back to magazines and newsmagazines. We will stop covering daily news events to more deeply cover…
What would happen if publishers and editors read... →
“The experience has made me realize something I should have done when I was an editor/publisher. I should have gone cold turkey on the print edition of my own and other newspapers for two weeks or a…
Reporter asks fair animals the tough questions →
Do they still have editors in Milwaukee? Who could have thought this was a good idea?
'Baltimore Sun' Guild Files Motion Against Tribune... →
“The Newspaper Guild unit at The Baltimore Sun has filed an objection in bankruptcy court to Tribune Company plans to award some $69.9 million in bonuses to top executives, claiming the move is…
Hulu - The Colbert Report: The Word - Hippie... →
Why do we have to rely on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report to call out organizations like “Freedom Works” for their tactics and false talking points? …And CBS and Fox News for perpetuating the…
How could I leave journalism? →
“Journalism is a rapidly changing industry, and for the past few years, Iâve had a front row seat. The future will include more democratization of data, more citizen engagement, more unpaid…
The News About the Internet - The New York Review... →
2020 Vision: What’s next for news : Hot Topics →
July 2009
18 posts
GrowthSpur: Advertising tools, training, revenue... →
Hussman, Bessen: Paid Content to Increase... →
Paywalls dienen niet om de online-inkomsten te verhogen, maar om de inkomsten uit de print te verhogen.
AOL Newsroom Now Has (Wow) 1,500 Writers →
“AOL now has 1,500 people writing content across its scores of content sub-brands, weâve confirmed. Around 1,000 of those people are working full time for AOL, the rest are freelancing. Thatâs…
AP Doesn’t Know Its Protection Tech Doesn’t... →
“Nothing in copyright law requires a blogger or commenter to include the meta-tags if they use an excerpt in a blog post. In fact for a blogger to comply, theyâll have to do more than just cut and…
Pay Walls →
“Iâm not pretending to be an expert on the details of exactly how newspaper companies should adapt. But you donât have to be an expert to notice the obvious. Newspapers are losing millions of…
404 →
“I started a new section on the link rail to the right called 404. This are dead links to photo columns or photo blogs that have disapeared from their sites or have gone behind a pay wall. Hereâs…
Welcome to AnnArbor.com; watch our tutorial on how... →
The first newspaper-less city in the US.
AP to Finally Invent Indexing of Text on Internet... →
pr_072309a.html →
When you have a press release like this, that doesn’t EVEN HAVE A TITLE TAG, I will certainly take you seriously when you talk about web stuff.