Posted in web on Jun 28th, 2008
I am reading Herodotus’ Histories, a 2,500 year old text on the history of the ancient world.
The Oracle of Delphi plays promintently in this world: helping to decide small and large matters for individuals and countries. I couldn’t help but see a connection between this and a more modern place people turn for advice on […]
I love magazines. I have found that as I spend more time reading articles and blogs on the web, my magazine consumption has become even more sacred to me. The web may be a conversation, but magazines are cozy.
How do I love magazines? Let me count the ways:
They offer depth.
I love reading articles that go […]
Posted in journalists, print, web on Dec 16th, 2007
More top publications are integrating their print and web editorial teams:
“BusinessWeek has joined the crowd, putting one editor in charge of print and online for each of eight major content areas… As part of the changes, a dozen business and editorial staffers will be laid off.”
“While coverage is intended to be seamless between the print […]
The New York Times looks at the print vs. web divide among video game magazines and their readers:
“Noel Goodman subscribes to three video game magazines, but he wants information faster than the magazines can reach his mailbox. “I can find out on the Internet information that won’t be in magazines for another month…”
“Magazine publishers say […]
An interesting print and web shut down:
“After nearly 100 years in print, Conde Nast will cease publishing House & Garden with the magazine’s December issue, WWD reported. Unlike previous such closures of print where the site lives on, in this case the site, houseandgarden.com will also be closed.”
Posted in journalists, print, web on Nov 1st, 2007
The Naples Daily News has been revamping their reporting operation:
“It happened a year ago at the Naples Daily News. Print reporters and photographers were all told that they no longer worked for the paper, says Phil Lewis, editor and vice president of naplesdailynews.com/Naples Daily News. They were all transferred to dot.com–which the company now sees […]
Posted in web on Oct 30th, 2007
Steve Rubel feels that we are in another Dot-Com-Bubble. As more and more startups raise funds, hold parties, and wax poetic about the future at tradeshows, Steve is tired of the hype:
“The bubble really began in earnest on October 9, 2006 when Google bought YouTube. That’s when every person with an entrepreneurial itch woke up […]
Posted in innovation, web on Sep 6th, 2007
Richard MacManus shares 10 Future Web Trends:
Semantic Web
Artificial Intelligence
Virtual Worlds
Mobile
Attention Economy
Web Sites as Web Services
Online Video / Internet TV
Rich Internet Apps
International Web
Personalization
In an interview with Chuck Cordray, vice president and general manager of Hearst Interactive Media, Mark Glaser of MediaShift looks Hearst Corporation’s strategy bring their magazine brands such as Cosmopolitan, Redbook and Seventeen, into the online space. In a little over a year, this is what they accomplished:
“….we built our content management system on an […]
Matthew Flamm of NewYorkBusiness.com looks at Time Inc.’s difficulty in both web and print:
“Time Magazine continues to lose ad pages despite its radical re-engineering of five months ago, and Fortune, Money and Business 2.0 have suffered double-digit advertising slides in the first half. But the decline of some of Time Inc.’s core print properties is […]
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