29 August 2013

A Tale of Two Online Business Models - NYTimes.com

The as yet unsolved strategic mystery.

Que pensent vos parlementaires de l'intervention en Syrie? | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin

What an effective reporting job and use of technology!

28 August 2013

Press Adds ‘What if?’ to Five W’s in France - NYTimes.com

Fascinating. I don't see that happening with Nice Matin.

27 August 2013

26 August 2013

WAN-IFRA Search - WAN-IFRA

On Morning Joe this AM - Aaron KUSHNER; pretty impressive.

25 August 2013

24 August 2013

23 August 2013

Skype : dix ans de succès pour l'ancienne petite start-up européenne

Newspapers have largely missed this opportunity.

22 August 2013

Nasdaq Market Halts Trading - NYTimes.com

Newspapers need to pay attention to this sort of thing not just to cover it.

19 August 2013

Crash de Google : 28 années de SMIC perdues en cinq minutes

Interesting way of describing this.

Crowdsourcing, for the Birds - NYTimes.com

And how are newspapers linking into this?

NPR CEO Gary Knell to Depart - The Hollywood Reporter

What an impressive career he is having; his successes are something that newspapers ought to be enjoying.

Soon, advertising models based on 'eye tracking' - Indian Express

How are newspapers responding to this?

To Cover New York, Zillow Buys a Rival Site - NYTimes.com

How are newspapers covering New York?

18 August 2013

3 Books Offer Ways to Cut the Cord, If Only Briefly - NYTimes.com

Newspapers ought to be talking more about this.

Expecting the Unexpected From Jeff Bezos - NYTimes.com

Life at the Post must be unusual at this moment, to say the least!

14 August 2013

Times Says Web Site Failure Is Unrelated to Cyberattack - NYTimes.com

A subject that would never have made the columns of the Times in a pre-digital world.

12 August 2013

Searching Big Data for ‘Digital Smoke Signals’ - NYTimes.com

Shouldn't newspaper be doing the same?

Ikea installe tous vos meubles chez vous... virtuellement

Why hasn't a newspaper offered this for all of its advertisers?

11 August 2013

How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age - NYTimes.com

Something here for newspapers, too?

How the Post Was Lost - NYTimes.com

There is a lot of merit in this piece.

09 August 2013

How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age - NYTimes.com

How about writing a newspaper news story?

08 August 2013

07 August 2013

Times Co. Chairman Says Paper Isn’t for Sale - NYTimes.com

I wish them well and hope they succeed.

New York Today: Tested - NYTimes.com

Why haven't newspapers figured out how to offer "what you need today in New York" versions for each market?

Tech Magnates Bet on Booker and His Future - NYTimes.com

There is a lot of parallel between this story and recent news of newspapers.

06 August 2013

Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff to Co-Anchor ‘NewsHour’ - NYTimes.com

The people who edit television news tend to be so much more visible than those who edit print or digital.

Magazine Newsstand Sales Plummet, but Digital Editions Thrive - NYTimes.com

What is the difference between a newspaper and a magazine?

Writers as Architects - NYTimes.com

There has to be a way to apply all of this to newspapers.

The Washington Post Reaches the End of the Graham Era - NYTimes.com

There will be much more written about this.

A Mogul Gets a Landmark in the Capital - NYTimes.com

This is an extraordinary story.

05 August 2013

Katharine Weymouth Takes Charge at the Washington Post - NYTimes.com

I hope she succeeds in a way to make her ancestors and family all proud.

The Last Temptation of Tina Brown - NYTimes.com

This will be studied for years, maybe decades!

04 August 2013

Workers of Amazon Divergent - NYTimes.com

Crossing borders is tough.

03 August 2013

Finding print ads online

Today, I remembered an ad for a product that I had seen in the printed New York Times. There is no way of which I am aware to search for NYT advertising, or the advertising in any other newspaper, online. This is true both of ads in print and ads online that appear in the newspaper's offering. What a missed opportunity!

Newsweek Sold Again - The Hollywood Reporter

This and the Boston Globe nearly on the same day!

New York Times Company Sells Boston Globe - NYTimes.com

So much change in so little time.

01 August 2013

With Moto X, Google Enters a Crowded Smartphone Market - NYTimes.com

Google is "coming at us" from many directions. Where could newspapers find a successful role here?