Posted in media, newspapers, magazines, B2B on Feb 24th, 2008
Rolling Stone has an article profiling record producer Clive Davis, titled “The Last Record Man.” (no link because its not on their website.) Clive characterizes the current state of the music industry:
“You get rich in this economy by finding a way to charge for what has already been free. Water. TV. Radio. But the music […]
Posted in newspapers on Feb 22nd, 2008
I was delighted to find my newspapers still arrived despite several inches of snow this morning. Nothing stops traditional media!
Posted in print, media, content, newspapers, magazines, RSS, books, websites, email, twitter on Jan 9th, 2008
Every day, media is thrust into my life:
Two newspapers on the driveway.
Magazines in the mailbox… more than 10 subscriptions.
RSS feeds in my RSS reader… about 100 subscriptions.
This is before I look at my Blackberry, open Instant Messenger, surf a single website, think about the book on my nightstand, or even fathom the idea of watching […]
Posted in media, newspapers, magazines on Jan 5th, 2008
On a recent outing in New York City, I couldn’t help but notice three buildings in particular, each representing a publishing giant.
The New York Times building is brand new, the Hearst Tower is a new building built on top of the old one, and the McGraw-Hill building (their former headquarters) is vintage art deco.
Standing in […]
Posted in advertising, newspapers, marketing, magazines, B2B on Jan 4th, 2008
Magazines and newspapers are looking to attract readers online, and find ways to monetize their attention. However, there are a variety of obstacles in the way, not least of which is the elephant in the room:
“The $3.1 billion merger between Web search king Google and online ad giant DoubleClick approved by U.S. regulators yesterday may […]
Posted in newspapers, online video, journalism on Jan 3rd, 2008
Shel Israel explains why online video can be so much more compelling than the printed word. He tells a story of when he was a reporter in the 60’s, and TV news began to be real competition for him:
“While the best I could do was tell you what it was like to have been there, […]
Posted in newspapers, goodbye journalism on Jan 1st, 2008
I think its only fitting to start the new year with fewer potifications on what great new technologies we will see, and give a sober look at what journalism and publishers are facing.
After 126 years, The Cincinati Post has created their final edition. BusinessWeek writes:
“Originally called The Penny Paper when it was started in 1881, […]
Posted in newspapers, magazines, niche media on Dec 29th, 2007
So many predictions for the publishing and media industry for 2008. See them here:
Magazine Predictions for 2008
A Look at B-to-B and the Economy in 2008
2008: What the Bankers Think
2008: The Year of Micro
What newspaper execs see on the advertising front for ‘08
Some of the more interesting predictions:
“Print advertising will continue to shrink, and I think […]
Posted in media, newspapers, magazines, innovation, journalism on Dec 28th, 2007
There are lots of 2007 media industry recaps online, I will try to recap them all!
Online Journalism Review: “Five Lessons from 2007.”
Breaking news blogs take off, as does distribution of content via widgets. The media are still figuring out how to best leverage user-generated content.
Folio magazine: “2007: The Year in Magazines.”
Some magazines fold, some titles […]
Posted in newspapers, journalism on Dec 16th, 2007
The American Journalism Review takes a sober look at the future for newspapers as they look to the web to make up for the decline in print. Some great quotes from teh article:
“Newspaper Web sites are attracting lots of visitors, but aren’t keeping them around for long. The typical visitor to nytimes.com, which attracts more […]
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