Scott Karp comments on how the Kathy Seirra story from the past week reflects the differences between bloggers and journalists. For those who don’t know, Kathy Sierra is a prominent blogger who received death threats, which caused her to cancel speaking engagements and stop blogging. Scott’s comments: “I have been watching in silent horror for… Continue reading Scandal Illustrates the Divide Between Bloggers & Journalists
From Connecting to Collaborating: P2P Networks
Read/Write Web takes a look at peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and applications. While the themes of collaboration, empowerment and access mirror those of other social media elements (blogs, etc) – these networks really take things to the next level. For a B2B publisher – it goes beyond just a communication platform for your industry. Now, individuals… Continue reading From Connecting to Collaborating: P2P Networks
The Rise of Tagging: Technorati Reports on Users and Growth
Technorati, the blog search engine, has just releases some compelling stats and info: “…we exceeded 9 million unique visitors, which is a 141% increase in monthly visitors in a single quarter.” “…the majority of our page views now are no longer just in real-time keyword or blog search, as would have been the case just… Continue reading The Rise of Tagging: Technorati Reports on Users and Growth
Do Books Have a Future?
Books. We love to shop for them, hold them, display them, talk about them, and occasionally even read them – but what lies in their future? I can’t help but feel that fiction and nonfiction will take two distinct paths. Today, I will be mostly exploring the evolution of nonfiction. The limits of books. Thinking… Continue reading Do Books Have a Future?
Will Editors Simply Become “Sifters?”
The Wall Street Journal has an eye-opening interview with Jack Kliger, president-CEO of Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. The chat focused on a couple of the print magazines that recently switched to web-only, including ELLEgirl and Premiere. On the roll of editors in an online world: “First of all, the editorial staffs [from print to web]… Continue reading Will Editors Simply Become “Sifters?”
Digital Savvy Essential for Ad Industry
Nike seems to be looking for a new ad agency who can has a mastery of the digital realm: “No matter how talented an agency’s creative team or how well the client’s management likes the firm’s executives, the agency is of limited value unless it embraces digital media.” I have a feeling this type of… Continue reading Digital Savvy Essential for Ad Industry
MySpace Makes $1 Per Month, Plus $29,999,999.00
Perhaps we are in a Web 2.0 bubble and perhaps social networks are a fad. But someone should tell that to Rupert Murdoch, who seems to be raking in $30 million a month with MySpace.
Ziff Davis: Digital Revenue Up 25%, Print Revenue Down 11%, YOY
Ziff Davis released their fourth quarter results. Lots of interesting data, but all echo this formula: digital revenue up, print revenue down.
InfoWorld Magazine Goes Web Only
PaidContent reports: IDG’s InfoWorld Magazine To Close Down; Focus on Online/Events. Some interesting tid-bits: “There won’t be too many layoffs as most of the team had been working on multiplatform already.” “IDG is doing a smart thing if merely experimenting with the model for how to move entirely online for the rest of the “fleet”.… Continue reading InfoWorld Magazine Goes Web Only
Bloggers vs. Journalists, Round 7
David Lazarus of the San Francisco Chronicle defends the value of journalism in a “we have blogs, who needs journalists” world. “…the simple fact is that newspapers do the digging that most bloggers do not. The blogosphere — a silly term coined by bloggers to legitimize their posturing — is comprised by and large of… Continue reading Bloggers vs. Journalists, Round 7