Saturday, May 10th, 2008
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I've been asked to speak at several events in the last year, discussing how technology is reshaping the media landscape.
One recurring meme in my talks is this: social media has changed the expectations of many people in terms of media, and if news organizations don't adopt ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
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I've been toying around with social media all day today, discussing the future of media with lots of smart friends -- particularly those who think that I'm a little half-cocked and off my rocker when it comes to the future of journalism.
It's good, mostly. It certainly ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
After much debate and discussion, I've decided that the end of the book needs to be an outline for what a modern newspaper should look like. I've been kludging through these ideas with industry folks and tech mavens so I don't expect this will be my final draft on the ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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Rick Edmonds has a post at Poynter discussing the decline of print readers and the slow adoption of online readers at newspapers.
The contention is that online will not grow enough for some time -- maybe ten years -- to replace the readership that has left. There are some ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
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All the blog research says that you're headlines should be of a positive nature to attract readers. I don't always do that. I'm doing it right now.
::Props::
I've been scanning The Wired Journalist site, a place where journalists can congregate to discuss what's going on at the papers -- ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
I'm about to commit heresy. I'm going to be accused of breaking down the Church-State wall that has "existed" in journalism since the dawn of time. I'm going to anger old-school journalists (which is funny, since most people think I'm old school in terms of my reporting -- and attitude).
The ...
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
I drove to Pittsburgh this weekend to meet with a friend, Cynthia, who is working out a business plan for a new type of media organization, who that isn't quite a local news organization, isn't quite a portal, isn't quite a social network and isn't quite an aggregator.
It's somewhere in-between ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
comScore released its month advertising numbers, ranking the top ad networks online.
While AOL may be struggling mightily with its traditional media parent company, its online advertising network continues to dominate the landscape, reaching more than 90 percent of all US Internet users. Yahoo and Google followed, reaching 85 and 80 ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The Internet Advertising Bureau has a series of studies on its site that track the local ad market throughout the last few years. There's loads of information, but the one fact that stood out: the local online advertising economy was expected to sustain local papers and television stations. By ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Jacqui Cheng, who I tried to stalk in Chicago and SXSW along with the rest of Ars Technica staff, has written a piece about changing attitudes with online advertising. The premise: people are aware that they are being tracked, they get annoyed when that tracking leads to poorly targeted ...
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