Two reports (from Jeremy Pepper and Eric Savitz) on the keynote from the New Media Summit: At the end of the day, every company is becoming a media company. Community is going to be the most strategic asset in how media gets created. Community is the center of everything. Instead of you finding content, content… Continue reading All Media is Digital Media
Author: Dan Blank
Newspapers See 22% Increase in Online Ad Revenue
The Newspaper Association of America has new estimates that indicates: “US newspaper groups experienced a 22 per cent increase in online advertising revenues but the sharp rise was not enough to offset the decline in revenues from traditional print advertising.”
Media Changes, Yet Journalism Remains
Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley talks about how technology is changing media, but the purpose of journalism remains the same: “Technology may change how journalists work, but it has never changed what journalists do… The clear imperative today is that we have to go where the users are, and fit our content and… Continue reading Media Changes, Yet Journalism Remains
WSJ, NYT, CNN, TIME Add Aggregation to their Websites
Scott Karp reports that many traditional media brands are adding aggregated third-party content to their sites, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time and CNN. Scott’s reasoning: “Linking to other media companies’ content used to be unthinkable for traditional media brands, but attitudes have changed after Google made $10 billion in advertising by… Continue reading WSJ, NYT, CNN, TIME Add Aggregation to their Websites
D: All Things Digital
This week is the D: All Things Digital conference, which is organized by the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. The conference covers an array of topics in media and technology, and has some great guests. I am working my way through the videos, (still on the Steve Jobs & Bill Gates meeting),… Continue reading D: All Things Digital
Associated Press: Tracking Content & Protecting Copyright
The Associated Press is taking steps to monitor how its content is spread online, and protect its copyright: “…the AP will subscribe to a service developed by Attributor Corp. to track how its stories are distributed across thousands of Web sites. The monitoring tools eventually will be expanded so the news cooperative will be able… Continue reading Associated Press: Tracking Content & Protecting Copyright
Digital Becomes Portable: Google Gears
Google is announcing a new functionality, Google Gears, that will allow users to take their data offline. For example, if you use Google’s RSS Reader, you will be able to push a button, download the content to your computer, and then view and interact with the content without being connected to the internet. Next time… Continue reading Digital Becomes Portable: Google Gears
The Death of Print – the Rebirth of Print
Microsoft just announced a new product, and a new category for computing: “surface computing.” The idea: “every surface can become an interface for a computer.” Popular Mechanics has a really compelling video explaining surface computing, and how you can integrate it into your life, much like you are used to dealing with paper. I love… Continue reading The Death of Print – the Rebirth of Print
Journalism at Risk: Is Professional Reporting in Decline?
Neil Henry, a former Washington Post correspondent, and a professor of journalism at the University of California at Berkeley opines the current state of journalism, amid massive cuts at traditional news sources. Some excerpts: “There certainly won’t be any less news or fewer scandals to report, mind you: Only fewer trained watchdogs on hand to… Continue reading Journalism at Risk: Is Professional Reporting in Decline?
The Race to Create Online Ad Networks
The Wall Street Journal looks at the race to create online ad networks: online “exchanges which use automated systems to match buyers with sellers of unsold [ad] space.” To give a sense of scale: “The biggest Internet companies, including Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., are focusing attention and money on the emerging business,… Continue reading The Race to Create Online Ad Networks