Posted in magazines, media, newspapers on Jun 18th, 2010
A reporter interviewed me this week for an article about the future of local newspapers. At first, he referred to the terms ‘newspaper’ and ‘journalism’ interchangeably, and I clarified that the lack of a definition for journalism is what hobbles many conversations about the future of newspapers.
Newspapers are not a product, they are a service. [...]
Posted in community, customer experience, innovation, journalism, magazines, newspapers on Mar 20th, 2009
If you work in media or publishing, please, please, please, read the 2009 State of the News Media Report. While it does not specifically focus on B2B media, the trends seen in broader news magazines, newspapers and other media are instructive. It begins very soberly:
“Some of the numbers are chilling.”
Full of data, the report looks [...]
Posted in B2B, journalism, magazines, media, newspapers, niche media on Mar 13th, 2009
I have seen a resurgence in journalists and media folks asking whether news and media should be free or paid. EG: Should the New York Times have a big pay wall in front of it. Traditional media in particular has jumped on this discussion, with the hopes of rebuilding a business model and audience behavior [...]
Posted in B2B, magazines, media, newspapers 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 RSS, books, content, email, magazines, media, newspapers, print, twitter, websites 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 magazines, media, newspapers 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 B2B, advertising, magazines, marketing, newspapers 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 journalism, newspapers, online video 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 goodbye journalism, newspapers 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, [...]