Posted in newspapers on Nov 21st, 2006
Yahoo! just a deal with 7 newspaper chains representing 176 daily newspapers. The deal is twofold: “In the first phase of the deal, the newspaper companies will begin posting their employment classified ads on Yahoo’s classified jobs site, HotJobs, and start using HotJobs technology to run their own online career ads.” “..the long-term goal of [...]
Posted in Google, media, search, web, web metrics on Nov 20th, 2006
The past few days have seen quite a few prominent articles that question Yahoo!’s leadership position online. From the “peanut butter memo,” to the New York Times analysis of Yahoo!’s brand – the buzz on the web is that the company is at a crossroads. Fred Wilson took a look at Yahoo!’s numbers to see [...]
Posted in blogging on Nov 20th, 2006
I just sat down and did something I haven’t done in awhile. You see, I have been somewhat busy lately, trying to fit as much as I can into each day, and giving 100% to a couple projects. So tonight, I went into my home office, closed the door, and powered up my stereo. I [...]
Posted in blogging, content, journalists on Nov 19th, 2006
Robert Scoble takes a look at content malls online. These are networks that collect niche blogs, and then use a centralized sales and support structure to monetize them. The four elements that Robert feels his own content mall will be judge on are: Audience Revenue Brand Quality Engagement It is a fascinating time online, as [...]
Posted in blogging, journalists, newspapers on Nov 19th, 2006
I often see the New York Times’ TimesSelect service referred to as a viable option to easily monetize blogs. The Times put several columnists behind a paywall and asked readers to pay for access. While revenue may have gone up, relevance has gone down: “A good measure of their popularity is the Times’ most emailed [...]
Posted in Publishing, blogging, magazines, media on Nov 19th, 2006
The Economist looks at how blog publishers are faring online. They first look at personal journals online, and then at: “The second main kind of blogs are, in effect, niche magazines that choose to publish in a blog format.” Jason Calacanis, who runs Weblogs Inc, calls the best of these blogs: “…the most profitable media [...]
Posted in user-generated media on Nov 19th, 2006
Scott Karp looks deeply into the concept of “user-generated content,” concluding that much of this on the web is simply people re-publishing other people’s content. “What’s radical about the new digital reality is that I can publish anything that I made — and I can publish anything that anybody else made.” While sites like MySpace [...]
Posted in citizen journalism on Nov 18th, 2006
The BBC is now soliciting user generated content. They are offering to pay for material that is “particularly editorially important or unique.” But then, aren’t they missing the point? Trying to control user generated media – becoming the editors for the world, is simply a missed opportunity for a giant tiptoeing into a vast ocean [...]
Posted in aggregation, citizen journalism, journalism, journalists, media, newspapers, social media, user-generated media on Nov 18th, 2006
A recent conference brought journalists face to face with the man behind Google News – the aggregation service that has sent chills through the media industry. There are two perspectives on this matter. The first: “For some publishers — watching covetously as Google earns billions from contextual advertising — the search engine’s success rests on [...]
Posted in innovation, web on Nov 17th, 2006
I was reading Techcrunch this morning, and thinking about the nature of Internet business at this point in time. The lead story as I write this is “Yahoo! Acquires Contest Site Bix.” The intro says a lot: “Online karaoke and contest site Bix has signed an agreement to be acquired by Yahoo! Bix CEO Mike [...]