31 December 2013
28 December 2013
Finessing Typewriters for Nearly 40 Years, and Now Turning Over the Keys - NYTimes.com
A great, mostly sad, story.
25 December 2013
UPS backlog means missing Christmas gifts; Amazon responds - CNN.com
Newspapers surely missed out on this local opportunity.
24 December 2013
Planning a Trip - Guidebook Versus the Web - NYTimes.com
How about something similar for newspapers?
21 December 2013
20 December 2013
For Target’s Shoppers, a New Holiday To-Do List - NYTimes.com
Newspapers ought to do this far more often - explaining in detail what customers need to consider DOING.
19 December 2013
What The US Can Learn From Canada Ending Door-To-Door Mail Delivery | Here & Now
Implications for newspapers?
18 December 2013
66th World Newspaper Congress · 21st World Editors Forum · 24th World Advertising Forum - WAN-IFRA
Check out the representation of women, Africans and Latin Americans.
17 December 2013
Top Google trends of 2013: Mandela, Walker, and Monteith - CSMonitor.com
Newspapers once again deferring to Google to set the agenda.
16 December 2013
Google said to be considering a smart thermostat, again | Internet & Media - CNET News
Why aren't newspapers following the same path?
15 December 2013
NPR Gets $17 Million in Grants to Expand Coverage and Develop Digital Platform - NYTimes.com
Seems like a pittance.
14 December 2013
13 December 2013
Google Is Reported to Be in Talks to Buy Yelp - NYTimes.com
Where is the newspaper competitor to Yelp?u
11 December 2013
10 December 2013
New York Times Expects Digital Ad Growth in 2014 | Media - Advertising Age
We'll see, as they say....
Tech giants form AllSeen Alliance to standardize the Internet of Things | PCWorld
Role for newspapers?
09 December 2013
Invisible Child: Dasani’s Homeless Life - The New York Times
This appears to be magnificent reporting. Bravo to The New York Times! It reminds me, moreover, of how valuable it would be to see the same sort of thorough reporting applied to the homeless of other countries so that we can better understand the plight of all of the Dasani's of the world. What a wonderful cooperative reporting opportunity that is.
07 December 2013
La startup de stockage dans le cloud Box valorisée 2 milliards de dollars
Why don't newspapers bring the cloud "home"?
No Internet? Twitter to arrive for the unconnected | Internet & Media - CNET News
Has this become essential? Heaven help us!
06 December 2013
Dutch Paper Sorry for 'Tasteless' Mandela Article - NYTimes.com
A great newspaper would not let this happen.
05 December 2013
Machine That Printed Chaucer to Be Auctioned by Christie’s - NYTimes.com
What an opportunity for any newspaper!
One of so many
Today I was reminded why newspapers can so easily tick off their best customers. I called The New York Times because we did not receive a print copy by 7 AM. The first journey through the voice prompts told me only that I would credit for the missed paper. The next try finally got me to a person who said that the deadline for reporting a missed paper each morning is 6 AM!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, nothing I can do I was told. At about 8:30 AM, one of the local delivery managers appeared on our doorstep with a fresh copy of today's paper. I feel good about him and irritated unnecessarily by the Times costing me morning minutes just to be told sorry, can't help you. There are important dots there that badly need connecting.
04 December 2013
Hands-On Bavarian Count Presides Over a Pencil-Making Empire - NYTimes.com
So, what do newspapers and pencils have in common?
03 December 2013
02 December 2013
Long on Cutting Edge of Print, New York Magazine Cuts Back - NYTimes.com
This is especially relevant as the magazine started off as a publication sold with one of the New York City newspapers many decades ago.