12 February 2009
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09 February 2009
06 February 2009
05 February 2009
04 February 2009
02 February 2009
31 January 2009
30 January 2009
"Is Community-Funded Journalism The Answer?" - NPR
I think getting people to pay more for news is a good idea but I am very uncomfortable with this approach; it threatens the independence and professionalism of journalism in my mind.
28 January 2009
"Free Newspaper Venture Depends on Local Blogs" - NYTimes.com
There is one of these in France, too. It might work, but needs to anticipate fully what people are going to value when printed on a piece of paper.
"Cox newspapers in NC cutting 28 jobs to save costs" - ABC 13
We are going to see a lot more of this.
"Washington Post to End Book World as Stand-Alone Section" - NYTimes.com
Whether this was a good move or not depends on whether the Post has reoriented its thinking about books and attempted to insert itself in the new electronic link that most book readers now enjoy. Is there, for example, a stand alone - but fully linked behind the scenes - website/page on books with the Post's name on it? In my view, everything then flows from that. The only page I could find is not very compelling or especially useful. It needs to redone starting with the customer - the reader and maybe buyer of books who can be convinced that the Post has something to offer in pursuing that interest. That includes advice and purchasing or borrowing books.....and it all has to be done in the name of the Post in order to stick and succeed.
13 December 2008
06 December 2008
"Worldwide, Employment on a Sharp Decline" - NYTimes.com
This is a very informative and chilling story about unemployment trends here and around the world in both the manufacturing and service sectors.Despite everything that has happened in web-based services, and specifically on the nytimes.com site, there is NOTHING here that in anyway helps a reader/customer who would like to see next month's (if that is when it comes) update of this chart. Why cannot the NYTimes offer either a link to the place where it will appear or at least promise to send me an e-mail if and when the Times chooses to publish an update on this story? Instead, the person reading this story in the paper and/or viewing it here comes up against a deadend. That, increasingly, seems to me to be incredibly short-sighted when it so relatively easily can be fixed with great value delivered to all in the process.
20 November 2008
19 November 2008
The New York Times
I am happy to see The New York Times earning revenue from companies like Apple.
What I am not happy about are the Mac ads that seem to appear with some frequency on the home page of the NYT. they are space-hoggers, resource hoggers, and a very big irritation to me as a customer.
Surely, there has to be a better way for Apple to reach people who are using the NYT site.
What I am not happy about are the Mac ads that seem to appear with some frequency on the home page of the NYT. they are space-hoggers, resource hoggers, and a very big irritation to me as a customer.
Surely, there has to be a better way for Apple to reach people who are using the NYT site.
17 September 2008
11 September 2008
09 September 2008
08 September 2008
06 September 2008
"Times Plans to Combine Sections of the Paper" - NYTimes.com
The incredible shrinking American newspaper.
04 September 2008
03 September 2008
26 August 2008
25 August 2008
23 August 2008
22 August 2008
"Brian Wilson Pacts with Gannett for Web Release" - mediaweek.com
It sure takes newspapers a long time to start doing this sort of thing.....
"Nearly Half of Top 30 Newspaper Sites Decline in 'Time Spent'" - Editor & Publisher
In terms of an informed population, think about these numbers. An average person spent about 30 minutes TOTAL during these MONTHS on newspaper websites. Whether it is up a little, or down a little, the real concern ought to be over just how tiny an amount of time that is.
20 August 2008
16 August 2008
23 June 2008
31 March 2008
"Newspaper Ad Revenue Down 7.9%" - NYTimes.com
The newspaper business in the United States is in a desperate position. There are certain fundamentals needed to run a newspaper as now organized and they are in serious jeopardy of eroding, declining and disappearing.
What is needed is a fresh effort to pick up the critically important pieces of what made newspapers valuable to people -- both the editorial content and the advertising content, plus related services mostly not carrying adverting -- and reassert them in a new context more viable in today's world.
Only one newspaper needs to do this in order to show the way. Which one will it be? Time is slipping by us and the business very fast. Who will step forward and show that a newspaper, conceived in the public service history of the business, determined to make the lives of its customers better, respected, determined and valuable....that such a newspaper can succeed and in digital terms, besignificantly but professional of the people, by the people and very much for the people that newspaper seeks to serve.
Who will it be? Pretty soon, there will be no time for volunteers.
What is needed is a fresh effort to pick up the critically important pieces of what made newspapers valuable to people -- both the editorial content and the advertising content, plus related services mostly not carrying adverting -- and reassert them in a new context more viable in today's world.
Only one newspaper needs to do this in order to show the way. Which one will it be? Time is slipping by us and the business very fast. Who will step forward and show that a newspaper, conceived in the public service history of the business, determined to make the lives of its customers better, respected, determined and valuable....that such a newspaper can succeed and in digital terms, besignificantly but professional of the people, by the people and very much for the people that newspaper seeks to serve.
Who will it be? Pretty soon, there will be no time for volunteers.
26 March 2008
"The Buzz on the Bus: Pinched, Press Steps Off" - New York Times
This is discouraging, but really only if newspapers do not act creatively and professionally to deal with the challenge. There are ways to do quality for less.
21 March 2008
"Online Ad Sales Network For Newspapers Grows" - WSJ.com
As big a supporter of newspapers as I remain, this wreaks of being too little far too late. Something much more fundamental has to change before newspapers can assert a leadership role. This is not much more than applying oil to the billing and ad placement machine; it does not change the machine or, more, importantly, replace it with a much more sophisticated model that ties potential viewers of such advertising to the needs and interests of advertisers.
14 March 2008
21 November 2007
Congressman Mark Steven Kirk - 10th District of Illinois
This Congressman provides no means for anyone other than his constituents to contact him. I find that offensive.
Turkey Again, Thanks to the Italians - New York Times
The video here is really helpful. What a great supplement to the printed recipe!
29 October 2007
"In Canada, a New Newspaper Faces Off Against a Well-Established Family" - New York Times
There remains something very enticing about starting a newspaper......despite how very hard it is to do.
04 October 2007
03 October 2007
16 September 2007
Steph Jespersen -- Talk to The Times -- The New York Times -- Reader Questions and Answers - New York Times
Does Billy BLOGGER have such a position?
15 September 2007
Young Players, Serious Injuries - The New York Times
Another on long list of why newspapers as institutions are still so important. Who is likely to do this kind of story other than an institution like the NYTimes? Local newspapers ought to understand again why this kind of reporting is so important and why the resources are worth allocating to make it happen. To make it successful, however, readers and POTENTIAL readers need to be told of what is being done. In the case of this story, links ought to be circulated to every high school in the US, including every high school newspaper.
14 September 2007
NYTimes "letter to the editor"
This is a superb demonstration of what is so critical about the expertise and ability of The New York Times. Would Billy Blogger have put this in the context that it deserves and got here? This is testament to the importance of combining superb reporting with a commitment to air competing views. Out of a multitude of voices, the truth does indeed emerge.
13 September 2007
12 September 2007
Iraq
It is quite astounding how little we hear from Iraqi newspapers (or other media) about what they are doing or saying. While there has been some recently in connection with the PETRAEUS/CROCKER testimonies, it's really very little and it speaks very little to what Iraqi media are telling their readers and other customers. Cannot we do a better job of following what they are doing?
08 September 2007
Troop Buildup, Yielding Slight Gains, Fails to Meet U.S. Goals - New York Times
It sure is hard to imagine Billy Blogger ever producing this kind of reporting. Period. It's a superb piece of the reason that newspapers are still so important to all of us.
02 September 2007
Turning the Tribes in Iraq | The New York Times
A fine demonstration of how one can combine the expertise (Michael GORDON and his photographer) of the New York Times - a newspaper - and the power of graphics and audio on the web to produce quality journalism in the internet medium.
01 September 2007
China's Influence Spreads Around World - New York Times
When reading a piece like this one, it is important not to lose sight of the fact that the Associated Press is a co-operative owned by most of the daily newspapers in the United States.
Gen Sir Mike Jackson attacks US over Iraq - Telegraph
While this story flows from a financial deal with the author/publisher, it is notable that it appears on a newspaper website instead of any other.
31 August 2007
Printing New York Times blog postings
Almost every time I try to print a posting on one of the NYTimes blogs that are often highlighted on the home page of NYTimes.com, my computer slows/freezes and I have to close out of Internet Explorer in order to move on....without anything printed. I think it has something to do with the huge number of pages that these blogs represent. Would it help if they broke them into smaller numbers, by day, week, etc.?
30 August 2007
Bonner County Daily Bee - Your source for Sandpoint Idaho news and information
What's valuable about this article is that it comes from a close-to-the-Idaho-LOCAL newspaper in the state that Sen CRAIG represents. That's easy to check unlike some entity with a blog who could be that proverbial internet dog. In addition, it's worth noting that this is a news story obviously written by a reporter who knows journalism, again in contrast to so many who think their futures lie in something call "citizen journalism".
Report Finds Little Progress On Iraq Goals - washingtonpost.com
It is hard to imagine an overall confidence level as high as most people would have seeing this story on a leaked document appearing in the Washington Post. If it appeared in some schmuck's opinionated blog, even if accurate, it simply is not as good as that which has gone through the Washington Post's editorial process.
Steelers linemen bid for starting spot - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Most read on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review site.
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