The New Internet Bubble

Last week was the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, and it seemed to leave many attendies unimpressed. Dan Farber from ZDnet was left hungry for more innovation: “Many people I talked to identified a lack of big innovations, little companies with features but not products, too many products crowding the same space, too many… Continue reading The New Internet Bubble

Everyone is Your Competition

How does that headline feel? If you work for a media company, it’s sad but true. As information overload invades our culture, and your audience become more time-crunched, competition for their time becomes overwhelming. While it is convenient to view your competitors as only those who work within your industry, it overlooks the full picture… Continue reading Everyone is Your Competition

News of the Week

Interesting news from around the web: The LA Times gives a fascinating look at the real value of journalism in the world. In the article, Susan D. Moeller and Moisés Naím talk about the deaths of reporters in search of truth, including the recent death of Anna Politkovskaya. “It is harder to quash the millions… Continue reading News of the Week

Print is Dying

The future is now: “Europeans now spend more of their week online than they do reading newspapers or magazines, according to a report.” While many may scoff at reports like this, it is hard to ignore a trend that will dramatically shape the next generation of information products: “…15-24 year-olds spend most time online, with… Continue reading Print is Dying

10 Ways for Newspapers to Succeed Online

From Washington Post editor Len Downie: “…when it first became apparent that the Internet would change the news business, executives and editors worried that its influence would erode the quality of journalism, increase competition, and become a distraction for the reporters and editors working on the print edition of the paper. But he said instead… Continue reading 10 Ways for Newspapers to Succeed Online

Leveraging Content Channels on the Web

Hayden Shaughnessy looks at new types of content that are unique to the web. He explains the following: Online newspapers Channel Aggregators Social bookmarking Content Re-use New Search Engines Wikis Accidental Content Sites IPTV (Television over IP networks) Personal TV and Citizen TV. User content TV Corporate and political TV Live Performance Games and Virtuality… Continue reading Leveraging Content Channels on the Web

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Online Newspaper Readership Up 31%

From Reuters: “The average number of monthly visitors to U.S. newspaper websites rose by nearly a third in the first half of 2006, a study released on Wednesday said, though print readership at some larger U.S. newspapers fell.”

For One Company: Magazine Ad Spending Drops 78%

Burger King marketing chief Russ Klein made some interesting statements in today’s Wall Street Journal regarding the companies drastic move of ad dollars from print and TV to online and emerging media: “We weren’t going to wait around for the traditional measurement systems to catch up with it. The eyeballs have already moved. …Plenty of… Continue reading For One Company: Magazine Ad Spending Drops 78%

Does the Web Trump TV and Print for News & Information?

The Christian Science Monitor looks at changes in the print publishing industry, focusing on a trend: “It’s not how many subscribers you have; it’s who they are.” “Among newspapers, the rise of the elite media can be seen in the growing and increasingly nationalized circulations of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.… Continue reading Does the Web Trump TV and Print for News & Information?