David is the founder and Director of Spot.Us. He has written for Wired, Seed, Columbia Journalism Review and The New York Times. While working toward his master’s degree at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Cohn worked as the editor at newassignment.net, which focused on citizen journalism and ways news organizations could explore the social… [Read more…]
June 2, 2012
The London Evening Standard and other printed newspapers have a “healthy life” ahead of them, according to Jon O’Donnell, commercial director at the London title, which this year is expected to turn in a profit after years of heavy losses. Jon O’Donnell: commercial director at the London Evening Standard O’Donnell was speaking at the Media360… [Read more…]
June 2, 2012
The Newspaper Marketing Agency, the organisation that has promoted the strengths of the national press sector to advertisers since 2003, has re-launched today as Newsworks, a move said to recognise that “the old language of press or paper doesn’t fit any more”. Newspaper Marketing Agency relaunches as Newsworks The symbolic shift is being driven by… [Read more…]
June 2, 2012
Good news for paywall and subscription site execs: audience resistance to paywalls seems to be decreasing! According to a recent study of digital media professionals by DigiCareers, 42% said that they would research pricing if they hit a paywall, while 52% said they would immediately leave the site. While that’s not the most desirable number,… [Read more…]
May 31, 2012
Ken Doctor pieceon how circulation is becoming the most-important revenue stream at newspapers is a must-read: Unexpectedly, newspapers — of all things — are becoming the leaders in reader-supported media. As the public journalism movement (the enterprising start-ups led by the likes of The Texas Tribune, California Watch, and MinnPost) and public media (née public… [Read more…]
May 31, 2012
Who would you rather support journalism, advertisers or readers? It’s a new question, one that made less sense to pose just three years ago. Now, though, with major shifts in the news market, it’s one to think about. We’re about to move into a period in which reader revenue surpasses advertising revenue as the main… [Read more…]
May 31, 2012
The latest figures for the newspaper industry are in, and they show no evidence of a rebound or even stabilization in advertising revenues. According to the Newspaper Association of America, total ad revenues dropped 6.9% from $5.5 billion in the first quarter of 2011 to nearly $5.2 billion in the first quarter of 2012. This… [Read more…]
May 31, 2012
What does the word ‘news’ mean to you? What’s happening in the world right now? Instant information? Or something to read when you get chance…? In India, new news sources are challenging the long established daily newspapers which have been the love of India for decades. On a trip to India a couple of years… [Read more…]
May 28, 2012
Today’s news about the Media General/Berkshire Hathaway deal reveals just how dire things have become for our newspaper princes. Unable to turn its newspapers around, Media General has traded its print properties and a big chunk of its future value for $142 million in cash and enough financing to refocus its business on its television… [Read more…]
May 28, 2012
William Davis, Editor of the Bangor Daily News in Maine, USA, discusses how his 50,000-circulation daily newspaper moved from an outdated content management system (CMS) to using web-based tools that has improved its online efficiency. Mr Davis says that in the old way of doing things, the print CMS didn’t talk to the website or… [Read more…]
May 28, 2012
With the debut of its redesigned website, French national daily newspaper Le Monde combined enhanced visual media and user participation in hopes of creating a more social news experience. Le Monde.fr, the third most trafficked media site in France, launched its new format on Monday, as previously reported. Features of the site include more space… [Read more…]
May 25, 2012
Those who closely follow the fortunes of the newspaper business might have had a little trouble reading the tea leaves Thursday. In New Orleans, the Pulitzer Prize-winning paper, the Times-picayune, announced that it would no longer publish every day as a printed newspaper. It will continue its daily news website but print the newspaper only… [Read more…]
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