31 March 2009
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29 March 2009
"E.U. Warns Internet Companies on User Privacy" - NYTimes.com
Newspapers need to care a lot about this.
"The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia"
This is the new global edition of The New York Times. I hope it succeeds, and we will know soon enough......
28 March 2009
"Facebook at 5 - Is It Growing Up Too Fast?" - NYTimes.com
Newspapers need to pay a whole lot more attention to this.
26 March 2009
"Screen Time: Study Parses How, When We Watch" - NPR
This sure has a big impact on the future of newspapers.
Will E-Book Anti-Piracy Technology Hurt Readers? : NPR
There is a lot for newspapers to learn from this.
24 March 2009
"The Vietnam War, Through Eddie Adams' Lens" - NPR
Who will replace this sort of photography in a post-printed newspaper world?
"Hearst's Houston Chronicle Cutting 12 Pct of Staff" - NYTimes.com
This is a newspaper that used to be owned by a foundation and most would have thought it would survive, successfully, forever. Who would bet on that proposition today?
23 March 2009
21 March 2009
"Meet Laura, Your Virtual Personal Assistant" - NPR
Which newspaper will be the first to offer a virtual news assistant like Laura?
20 March 2009
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17 March 2009
National Geographic Society: Information from Answers.com
To what extent is this a viable model for a newspaper company today? Consider its story.
16 March 2009
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12 March 2009
"For Papers, a Downsizing Trickle Becomes a Flood" - NYTimes.com
I continue to believe that we need just one newspaper - anywhere - to demonstrate how they have responded to the information and service needs of the geographic market they seek to serve, successfully, in order to turn this around. What are the criteria? That more than 90% of the people with access to the internet in that market have subscribed to something from the newspaper in any medium with some paying for highest value offerings, and that everyone in the market is offered a free daily product that, when combined with the electronic offerings, is the most essential means by which advertisers of all kind can seek customers in that geographic market.
So far, as I sit in Chapel Hill, several newspapers have me well within that 90% group, with me paying money for some of what I receive from newspapers, but none of them has yet perfected the link between me and the mass of advertisers physically located inside and outside this geographic market whose customer I already am or whose customer they would like me to be.
I don't see any one of thes papers - from the most local to the most international - even trying to do this.
Why is this job so hard to grasp?
So far, as I sit in Chapel Hill, several newspapers have me well within that 90% group, with me paying money for some of what I receive from newspapers, but none of them has yet perfected the link between me and the mass of advertisers physically located inside and outside this geographic market whose customer I already am or whose customer they would like me to be.
I don't see any one of thes papers - from the most local to the most international - even trying to do this.
Why is this job so hard to grasp?
10 March 2009
09 March 2009
The Bob Edwards Show - Bob Edwards Weekend
The interview about Global Post was very interesting. The founder pointed out that he is a friend of Bill O"REILLY of the O"Reilly Factor and that is why they are a co-sponsor. He said that Huffington Post approached them and they added them as well.
08 March 2009
"Google branches into expandable ads" - CNET News
And which newspapers are offering this independently to advertisers?
07 March 2009
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03 March 2009
"Mobile phone use passes milestone as UN report reveals global growth" - The Guardian
And the total number of daily newspaper purchasers around the world? Ok, include those who pick up a free paper, too!
"'New York Times' to Launch Local Citizen Journalism Sites"
French regional newspapers mastered this approach in print a long time ago.
02 March 2009
"Mediapart.fr - Abonnement au nouveau journal interactif" - Maximiles
This is such a difficult sell....
"Pearson publie des résultats 2008 meilleurs que prévu"
Some good - or at least better - news again.