by David | Jan 19, 2009 | adsense clickfraud, Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch
Three quick hits: 1. Here’s an interesting article about the one bit of bright news the newspaper industry had in the past year or so – the APT partnership with Yahoo that allowed newspapers to use Yahoo’s user-targeting technology to serve up ads....
by David | Jan 12, 2009 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Short takes, because I’m editing stories these days, as well as writing 9 of the little buggers myself. First, there’s the news that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is up for sale, and that if it doesn’t sell in the next two months, it’ll either...
by David | Jan 1, 2009 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
First day of the new year, reading through the S.F. Chronicle, ho-hum. Governator Arnie’s got a plan, despite being holed up in Sun Valley skiing, the local sports columnist wonders if Barry Bonds might make it back into the major leagues, despite facing Federal...
by David | Dec 30, 2008 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch
Michael Arrington apparently wants my morning coffee to wind up on the keyboard. Display advertising revenue is going to fall of a cliff in Januaryaccording to a number of content sites I’ve spoken with who rely onadvertising for revenue. “Sales through December...
by David | Dec 27, 2008 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch
Been a while between posts here – I’ve had writing deadlines, presentation deadlines and a dauntingly ambitious editing task to try to manage. Anyway, despite this being the Christmas season, oft-assailed gadfly & jilted lover of newspapers...
by David | Dec 4, 2008 | Digital Migration, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch
Apropos of the continuing thread here aka “Whither journalism” aka “Let’s all run around in circles and scream” … This week, there have been a number of really meaty, interesting articles & posts about the emerging...
