Posted in magazines, websites, innovation, journalism on Dec 14th, 2006
Chris Anderson takes an in depth look at what it would mean to create a transparent magazine.
In part 1, he looks at what has changed since Wired magazine’s website originally launched. My favorite:
THEN: Media as Lecture: we create content, you read it.
NOW: Media as Conversation: a total blur between traditional journalism, blogging and user comment/contributions.
In […]
The Bivings report studied magazine websites for their use of web 2.0 elements. Some key findings:
The most common online feature offered by magazines is RSS feeds (48 per cent).
Message boards/forums are offered by 46 per cent of magazine websites.
38 per cent of the magazines require registration to view all of the site’s content
38 per cent […]
Posted in journalists, newspapers, aggregation, magazines, tagging, news, websites, innovation, web on Sep 7th, 2006
Adrian Holovaty has a follow up to the recent Bivens report for Tips to Improve Newspaper Websites:
“…more fundamental shifts need to happen for newspaper companies to remain essential sources of information for their communities. One of those important shifts is: Newspapers need to stop the story-centric worldview.
Conditioned by decades of an established style of journalism, […]
Posted in web metrics, websites, web on Sep 7th, 2006
Two new reports out:
Current demographics of internet users
Online Classifieds Increase in Popularity; Category Visitation Surges 47 Percent in the Past Year
Greg Sterling offers his thoughts on state of classsified:
“Obviously newspapers have to make some bold moves online (beyond their existing vertical relationships) to build their destination consumer traffic and/or find additional distribution for their classifieds […]
Posted in journalists, print, media, Publishing, newspapers, news, websites, innovation, web on Sep 6th, 2006
The BBC looks at people’s expectations when it comes to the words “news” and “free”:
“This is a generation who grew up with the world wide web. They usually get their news delivered to them in their e-mail inboxes or at the click of a button. It is difficult to persuade young people that news should […]
Posted in privacy, social media, websites, innovation, web on Sep 6th, 2006
Facebook added some new features to its website. Some commentary on both sides. First the postive from Michael Arrington:
“It’s interesting because Facebook clearly gets the idea of an attention metastream, where page views aren’t the currency that matters but rather how effectively the service allows users to communicate. Facebook users will now have a much […]
Posted in print, advertising, media, magazines, websites on Sep 5th, 2006
The Audit Bureau of Circulations is working on a new way of reporting media’s reach by “…combining the publication’s print readership with a day’s worth of its Web site traffic.”
Steve Rubel would like to see it taken a step further:
“It seems to me that advertisers would benefit from having a similar system to measure the […]
Posted in journalists, social media, websites on Sep 4th, 2006
A few weeks ago, I discussed how the value of expert opinions was dwindling. Well, The New York Times profiles an online music company that extends this theme:
“All told, music consumers are increasingly turning away from the traditional gatekeepers and looking instead to one another — to fellow fans, even those they’ve never met — […]
Posted in journalists, newspapers, websites on Aug 31st, 2006
Techdirt looks inside the debate that many old media companies go through when moving online:
“A reporter at a paper in Missouri writes to Poynter Online, discussing an internal debate that her newspaper had over whether to include external links to stories in other publications. Ultimately, the higher ups decided against it on the view that […]
Posted in newspapers, websites on Aug 31st, 2006
The Bivings Report offers up 10 Ways for Newspapers to Improve Their Websites. On the list:
Start Using Tags
Provide Full Text RSS Feeds
Work with External “Social” Websites
Link to Relevant Blog Entries
Get Rid of All Registration
Partner with Local Bloggers
Offer Alternative Views of Your Content
Modernize Your Site’s Graphic Design
Learn from Craigslist
Make your content work on cell phones and […]
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