November 2007 – Page 7 – Dan Blank: Publishing, Innovation & the Web

The Big Circulation Decline at Newspapers

Romenesko looks at the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ circulation data on more than 700 daily newspapers. For the six-month period ending September 2007: New York Times: Daily circulation fell 4.51%; Sunday fell 7.59%. Washington Post: Daily down 3.2%; Sunday down 3.9%. Philadelphia Inquirer: Daily rose 2.3%; Sunday fell 2.9%. Boston Globe: Daily dropped 6.6%; Sunday… Continue reading The Big Circulation Decline at Newspapers

Cutting Out the (Media) Middleman

Jeff Jarvis continues to chat about his Dell case study… but it never gets old: “Dell and its customers are collaborating on the creation of content, media and marketing – without content, media or marketing companies. Advertising is no one’s first choice as the basis of a relationship. For marketers, it’s expensive and inefficient. For… Continue reading Cutting Out the (Media) Middleman

eBay Innovation: Making it Easier for Buyers

Wired takes a look at some new services eBay has recently rolled out: A downloadable eBay Desktop application allows users to bid and get streaming price updates without opening a web browser. Three new widgets can be used on blogs and social networks outside eBay’s walls: eBay To Go, GiftBay and eBay Marketplace for Facebook.… Continue reading eBay Innovation: Making it Easier for Buyers

Newspaper Writer Leaves Print – Starts Own Website

The Daily News TV critic David Bianculli is leaving the paper, and started his own website brand: TV Worth Watching.

Tracking Your Copyrighted Work Across the Web

A company called Attributor is building a service that will allow content creators (eg: big media) to track who uses their copyrighted material elsewhere on the web: “The company has developed software that identifies an electronic “fingerprint” for a particular piece of material — an article, a picture, a video. Then it hunts down any… Continue reading Tracking Your Copyrighted Work Across the Web

Picking a Fight With Content Creators

Marc Andreessen find the entertainment industry’s writers strike to be ill-timed for studios: “If you’re a mogul, the key question has to be, what would the founders of my industry have done in this situation? Really, what would they have done? Thomas Edison, Darryl Zanuck, Jack Warner, Irving Thalberg, Adolph Zukor, David Selznick, Louis Mayer,… Continue reading Picking a Fight With Content Creators

Wall Street Journal at 1 Million Online Subscribers

The Wall Street Journal now has over 1 million subscribers to their online content. As talk heats up of them tearing down the pay-wall… you have to wonder how many businesses ponder giving up this kind of paying audience.

Commenting on Other People’s Blogs can Drive Traffic to Yours

Darren Rowse has a great example of how commenting on other people’s blogs can drive traffic to yours. Blogger Caroline Middlebrook spends a lot of time commenting on other blogs: “The key to her success with this is that Caroline doesn’t spam blogs with meaningless comments – but she contributes to the conversations already happening,… Continue reading Commenting on Other People’s Blogs can Drive Traffic to Yours

5 Tips to Learn More About Your Competition

Ouriel Ohayon offers tips on learning more about your competition, especially for startups, which can be particularly difficult to get data on: List your competitors. Get analytics on them from multiple sources. Track job boards. Attend conferences attended by your competitor. Meet them.