April 2009
138 posts
“Double-digit carnage at major metros: The New York Times’ Boston Globe,...”
– New FAS-FAX Shows (More) Steep Circulation Losses
What The Trend? Find out WHY terms are trending on... →
Fun to watch!
Magazines are feeling it too!
“The number of advertising pages in magazines fell nearly 26% in the first quarter, according to numbers released this week by the Publishers Information Bureau, continuing the acceleration of revenue declines that have caused many publishers to close struggling titles.”
Magazines Suffer Big Drop in Ad Pages - WSJ.com
“It looks as if the future of supersized ads really is unavoidable. If you’ve...”
– Is Social the Future of Online Ads?
Someone's finally jumped on the innovation idea!
Took a while…
“Moody said he was “honored to embark on this new venture at a critical time in our industry when change so often begets opportunity. […] News Corp. did not provide any other details about what it described as the ‘formation of a new portal that will allow its worldwide editorial properties to share content and resources across the entire...
Computers at the breakfast table?! BLASHPHEMY!
Love this reply from Henry Blodget of Business Insider to Bloomberg’s David Pauly… the latest bemoner of the death of newspapers.
Pauly: “My wife Jeannie and I buy three newspapers Monday through Friday and two on Saturday and Sunday. What would we do during and after breakfast without them? Don’t tell me that we’ll have our computers propped open on the kitchen table to read...
“The fact is that there are fundamental economic forces at work that drive the...”
– “What went wrong” with newspapers wasn’t what went wrong — Eat Sleep Publish
The Blog Police?
From Reason Magazine:
“As part of its review of its advertising guidelines, the FTC is proposing that word-of-mouth marketers and bloggers, as well as people on social-media sites such as Facebook, be held liable for any false statements they make about a product they’re promoting, along with the product’s marketer….”
Right, and are you going to go after the...
Investors Bet on Small-Market Papers - WSJ.com →
Yes, but watch for services like Patch.com!
Reading Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky right now. “The Power of Organizing Without Organizations.” Love the tagline, too: “Revolution doesn’t happen when society adapts new technology, it happens when society adopts new behaviors.”
Zillow iPhone app tells you how much that house... →
This is what the future of mobile applications needs to be doing.
Flickr: The Official White House Photostream's... →
A Few Things I found Interesting from Mashable's...
From tonight:
50% of American women don’t have children.
Powerful niches are key!
Women are a great source to tap into.
Only launch your project when you are ready! Strict deadlines not necessary.
Your team: choose initiative over experience.
Social influence is power: Twitter, Facebook communities, etc…
Creative People = Friction = Good
It seems so logical.
How e-Pulitzers can elevate journalism
Favorite quote: “Of the 1,028 total journalism submissions from around the country, there were 65 entries from online enterprises. Thirty-seven online-only news organizations entered. But only one was mentioned by name in the Pulitzer results: Politico (and it has a limited print version), whose editorial cartoonist was a finalist.”
Take my survey! Print media dying, or no? http://tinyurl.com/d4m4hv
Prezi - The zooming presentation editor →
HAVE to use this. No more Powerpoint, thank you!
How to Add Nested Comments to Your WordPress Theme... →
Perfect explanation.
Burning Of Witches In Africa: Video Of Accused... →
Disgusting. Graphic warning.
The Fair Syndication Consortium… to the rescue?
“Since then, newspapers have built their online audience to 75 million monthly...”
– NNN’s Jason Klein: Newspapers Are Down but Not Out - Advertising Age - MediaWorks
“One question kept nagging at me as I was looking at this latest Google effort at...”
– Papers: more creativity please » Nieman Journalism Lab
New York Times Stock May Be Worth $0 -- Analyst... →
From Awful to Horrendous: NYT Earnings.
The advertising outlook for newspapers is going from awful to horrendous. The New York Times announced first quarter earnings today, revealing that total advertising revenues for its news media group (which includes the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and other regional newspapers) declined 28.4 percent, versus an 18.4 percent declinelast quarter.
From TechCrunch.
NYC Plane Scare: From Twitter to a News Report in...
N.Y. plane scare: From terrifying tweet to news report — in 4 minutes » Nieman Journalism Lab
Yes, the news broke on Twitter, but the first solid reporting emerged from a newspaper — just four minutes after Trachtman’s tweet.
Condé Nast Folds Portfolio →
Tracking out of state internet sales is nearly...
California consumers are actually supposed to keep track of everything they buy online from out-of-state stores and pay a “use tax” at the end of the year. The problem is that nobody does — the law is almost impossible to enforce — and California is losing out on significant income.
From VentureBeat.
Hobbyist bloggers, make some cash!
Israeli startup Triond says it has figured out a way to enable more hobbyist bloggers to make a living as paid writers. The company has started a service that functions as a publisher and distributor for writers, a kind of middleman that is the equivalent of an old-world book publisher.
From VentureBeat.
Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinform - By... →
Twitter offers a dangerous avenue for panic and rumour. As such, our government should be fully aware of this service’s dangerous potential and take measures to protect our citizens.
Circulation Drops at Most Big Newspapers - WSJ.com →
The Stoning of Soraya M. →
Powerful.
H1N1 Swine Flu - Google Maps →
Join our cause as well.
Bar Serving Alcoholic Mist Gets You Drunk as You... →
Genius.
Is Twitter evil? - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com →
Are we honestly still on the kick that meaningful stories should be told through 140 character blocks? AGAIN: Twitter is a sharing tool, it’s a MICRO blogging service. It’s a new way for people all around the world to connect and interact quickly with small bits of information and updates. Am I going to try and understand the complex situation in Ukraine this way? No. But I may send...
Listening to Ash Amin from Durham Uni. on the Politics of Urban Space. Free lunch. Intellectual and tasty!
“Of course you’d like to think that most of your daily conversation is...”
– In defense of Twitter
“According to a 2002 study, the “appeal of the overall visual design of a site,...”
– A List Apart: Articles: In Defense of Eye Candy
Don't let the man get you down, Internet.
Get Ready For A Web Sales Tax (AMZN)
TwitPub a Marketplace for Twitter →
Premium 140 character content?
Bendy, Digital Paper! The wave of the fuuuture!
(Better known as Apple is now in the front seat; Google fell out the back.)
Apple Picks ‘Netbook’ Manufacturer, Says Chinese Paper (AAPL)
The iPhone Is A Game Changer For Mobile Ads (AAPL)
Amazon Has Already Sold 300,000 Kindle 2s, Says TechCrunch (AMZN)
Rumor: Hulu’s iPhone app looks sharp, due soon
Meanwhile NYT is getting something right?
Now Even The New York Times Is...
10 Great Web Apps for College Students
From Mashable
Services I’ll be trying/use bolded.
“Cramster,” “Internship Ratings,” a carpool community, “box:” a collaboration tool, “Twitter”, “Remeber the Milk,” a way to get paid for good grades… sponsorship style, “Evernote:” clip notes… even real ones from your iPhone, “Zumeo:” online...
To be honest, Facebook and Internet etiquitte...
Gizmodo - And Now a Facebook Public Service Announcement - public service announcement
A 3 Point Summation of the Oprah Twitter Effect
While 94% of CNN’s audience doesn’t use Twitter…
“How will the Oprah moment change these numbers? It would be interesting if CNN asks the same question next week.”
Ashton Kutcher comes out with something moderately intellectual!
“Ashton Kutcher plies Oprah with a lame explanation for his million-Twitter-follower race with CNN: It’s not...
Hit & Run > Newspapers Dead Since 1918, Still... →
With graphs!
How Many New Twitter Users Post-Oprah? A Lot.... →
The Oprah Effect: Twitter style.
An Internet Watered Down →
An excellent internet slideshow on how to save and breathe life into our mobile web from a Razorfish, fish.