In the days of 30 percent margins, 700,000 circulation Sunday papers and 500-staffer newsrooms, the copy desk chief walked into my office and said, “We have two people out on the sports desk the next two days; I don’t know how we can get the job done.” Everything is relative to the time you are […]
Content, Digital, Innovation, Newspapers, Social Media
Everyone knows that media sites – particularly newspapers – are struggling mightily to find the right Internet business model, one that will sustain them as print continues to decline and digital becomes more important and no longer viewed as an interesting appendage, as it has been by too many in the recent past. Anyone who […]
Digital, Newspapers, Radio, TelevisionSometimes the road to new habits and new technology is littered with temporary bridges and make-do paths, products with a very important but very short shelf-life, and products that fill a gap until a better idea comes along. Is Google Fast Flip one of these, or is it the start of something much bigger? In […]
Content, Digital, Newspapers
Or is that a train loaded with unused newsprint rushing full speed ahead at us? Three promising signs indicate that possibly, maybe, perhaps the newspaper industry is finally starting to break free from the bottom, where it has been mired for many, many months. Those signs: 1. The New York Times reports that The Seattle Times, […]
Content, Digital, NewspapersSome businesses ignore it (other than wondering WHY their employees are on social media during the workday). Others adapt and embrace, and make it their own. Here’s one from the latter category. Consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton has launched an internal social media networking tool called Hello. Booz has all the “normal” digital tools: email, […]
Digital, Social MediaI’ve never been in a boat with a cracked hull, watching it fill with water, bailing with an old milk jug. And planning my next ’round the world cruise. But that’s what it feels like today in the world of newspapers. There’s a leak in the boat, the water line inside rises as the hull […]
Content, Digital, NewspapersSome think so. A new study by Anderson Analytics shows that only 29 percent of Facebook and LinkedIn users say they could “probably do without” those networking services. That’s 71 percent of respondents who profess how absolutely critical social media is to their everyday lives. Facebook led the list with 75 percent of the social media […]
Digital, Social NetworkingFor years – before anyone even thought about their digital identity – wise image-builders counseled clients to take stock of your digital footprint, search your name and see what you get, be cautious about what you post. It still applies, but oh, haven’t we moved so much farther along. Even for those without keen digital […]
Digital, Social NetworkingWhat’s your school of thought when it comes to publishing systems – newspapers, radio, TV, whatever – and speed to market? Make it perfect, dot every i, cross every t…spend a couple years. Or get a good one in quickly and grow it, as needs grow? Okay, you’re thinking this is not exciting, and why […]
Content, Digital, Innovation, Newspapers, Radio, Television…. will today’s dirge on “the death of newspapers as we know them” be replaced by “the death of radio as we know it,” and “the death of TV as we know it”? Probably not so directly said – because TV and radio won’t provide as much “ink” to their financial woes as newspapers have […]
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