Fred Wilson has suspended his Podcast, and I have to say, I don’t blame him.There are two reasons Podcasts don’t work for me: Creation: It is not as easy as simply talking a blog entry, and posting it. It is an incredible amount of work to conceive, record, and edit. Consumption: The internet has allowed… Continue reading The Death of Podcasts
Wayward Journalists, Please Come Back
I am once again impressed at Google’s constant tinkering to make a better experience for their users, and a more profitable place for its advertisers. Its latest effort focuses on user preferences: “This is designed to further ensure that users will find ads only when they’re most useful and advertisers will receive the most qualified… Continue reading Wayward Journalists, Please Come Back
Is it Too Late for Publishers?
David Carr asks this question in the New York Times: “Can traditional publishing provide the kind of growth required by a public company?” He goes on to profiles Time, Inc.’s current situation. Time’s CEO Ann S. Moore states: “We can’t just take all our old magazine people and turn them into multiplatform geniuses… we are… Continue reading Is it Too Late for Publishers?
Old Media Meets New Media
A report that traditional media companies are doing better online that previously indicated: “There has been a lot of handwringing about media companies not making any money in the online world but what the data show is that their position is better than we would have assumed. Traditional media firms have worked hard at finding… Continue reading Old Media Meets New Media
Enter the Age of Mobile Publishing
A quote from Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer of News Corp: “I believe that mobile could be one of the greatest media platforms ever created. It could rival television, the Internet and literally anything.” I would have to agree with him. In an age where hospitals rely on just-in-time delivery of supplies in… Continue reading Enter the Age of Mobile Publishing
Women in Journalism
Courtney Lowery offers a different perspective on how digital media is affecting journalism: “I’ve been hit on by sources, told “attagirl” by one of my reporters, and just this week had a freelancer sign off in an email with “thanks darlin.’” That kind of condescension I’ve become accustomed to. But not once, in all of… Continue reading Women in Journalism
Media & Marketing
Publishing 2.0 looks at the convergence of media and marketing: “It used to be that media was strictly a delivery mechanism. Now that media is becoming a two-way, participatory, community-driven 2.0 entity (MySpace, YouTube, blogs, etc.), media companies can do more than just deliver messages — they can create services across the entire marketing services… Continue reading Media & Marketing
Keeping Newspapers Relevant
The Isthmus Daily Page looks at how newspapers are changing with the times: “The business model is changing. An entire generation has been trained to believe they don’t have to pay for the news, and at the same time there are some very troubling economic indicators for newspapers.” “… ‘it’s the end of world’ for… Continue reading Keeping Newspapers Relevant
TV Guide: From Publishing to Web
PaidContent has an interesting article on the evolution of TV Guide: TVGuide.com Redesign Rolls Out Today; Emphasis On Info, Community. Seems like an interesting blend of features and a remarkable step forward for a brand that had to completely transform itself with the advent of digital media.
Online Privacy
More on Facebook and what privacy means online “Privacy is an experience that people have, not a state of data.” Will Facebook learn from its mistake