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… Continue reading Reporters Told They Now Work for Web
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Swimming in the Dot Com Bubble
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… Continue reading Swimming in the Dot Com Bubble
A Look Ahead: The Web in the Next 10 Years
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
Magazines Playing Catch-Up to Find Online Strategy
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… Continue reading Magazines Playing Catch-Up to Find Online Strategy
Time Inc. Finds Rough Waters in Print and Online
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… Continue reading Time Inc. Finds Rough Waters in Print and Online
The Ubiquity of Information Kills Paid Content
Two interesting stories on how the ubiquity of information on the web is making it very challenging for traditional publishers to differentiate their content from the competition. 27/7 Wall Street comments on how Portfolio, the new magazine from Conde Nast, is having a hard time offering anything timely or unique on their website: “Why would… Continue reading The Ubiquity of Information Kills Paid Content
“A Long and Painful Transition from Print”
Fortune takes a sober look at the future of newspapers, with a focus on the Washington Post: “Newspapers remain important institutions, providing a valuable public service, but their business model is slowly, or maybe not so slowly, going away.” “[Chairman and CEO of the Washington Post Co. Donald E. Graham] has made the paper’s digital… Continue reading “A Long and Painful Transition from Print”
1980’s Cartoons and Online Success
When I think of the challenges that media companies are experiencing in conquering the online world, the list includes these items: Mastering new media Embracing the competition Measuring effectiveness Managing the cultural shift Respecting their foundation while preparing for the future Are these really so different from the challenges that our 1980’s cartoon friends experienced?… Continue reading 1980’s Cartoons and Online Success
Majority of Americans Use Social/Media Technology
A new report from Pew reports on how Americans use the Internet and Web 2.0 technologies. Their key findings: 8 % of Americans are deep users of the participatory Web and mobile applications. Another 23% are heavy, pragmatic tech adopters – they use gadgets to keep up with social networks or be productive at work.… Continue reading Majority of Americans Use Social/Media Technology
Former Editor-in-Chief Points to a Digital Future
Former editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine, shared this advice at a journalism school class: “Her advice for graduating J-school students was to head straight for the digital world. Print magazines don’t have a wide open future anymore, now that many readers are moving online.”