I often see the New York Times’ TimesSelect service referred to as a viable option to easily monetize blogs. The Times put several columnists behind a paywall and asked readers to pay for access. While revenue may have gone up, relevance has gone down: “A good measure of their popularity is the Times’ most emailed… Continue reading Journalists Trapped Behind the PayWall
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Journalists Confront News Aggregation
A recent conference brought journalists face to face with the man behind Google News – the aggregation service that has sent chills through the media industry. There are two perspectives on this matter. The first: “For some publishers — watching covetously as Google earns billions from contextual advertising — the search engine’s success rests on… Continue reading Journalists Confront News Aggregation
Are Days Numbered for Large News Organizations?
Are Days Numbered for Large News Organizations? Jeff Jarvis reports from a conference on “the future of news.” As he reviews the viewpoints of several speakers, he laments: “I’m sorry that we’re separating “traditional” and “new” news. That, itself, is much of the problem today.” This seems to be a common theme, but Jeff points… Continue reading Are Days Numbered for Large News Organizations?
7 Reasons Journalists Should Blog
New media companies like Google aren’t resting on their laurels: “Google Inc. has accelerated its efforts to sell advertising for magazines and newspapers while continuing to gear up for potentially lucrative opportunities in broadcasting and mobile devices, Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said Thursday.” The company is also looking at revamping its many products in… Continue reading 7 Reasons Journalists Should Blog
Are Blogs & Editorials the Same Thing?
Jeff Jarvis compares editorialists to bloggers: “The irony is that the editorialists have long been guilty of the sins most often attributed to bloggers: They rarely report and mostly just leach off the work of other journalists. And they work anonymously. Worse, they attempt to speak as the voices of institutions, issuing opinions as if… Continue reading Are Blogs & Editorials the Same Thing?
NY Times Markets its Journalism
The NY Times will begin a new marketing campaign that focuses on the quality of their journalism. Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff had this response:”A branding campaign for The New York Times seems like an odd thing to me,” he said. “They essentially have a branding campaign that arrives every day — the paper, the… Continue reading NY Times Markets its Journalism
Threats to Journalism
The story of HP’s tactics to uncover media leaks keeps getting deeper and more unnerving: “HP’s leak investigation involved planting false documents, following HP board members and journalists, watching their homes, and obtaining calling records for hundreds of phone numbers belonging to HP directors, journalists and their spouses, according to a consultant’s report and the… Continue reading Threats to Journalism
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
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
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