by David | Dec 1, 2016 | adsense clickfraud, advertising, Digital Migration, journalism, new media, Politics & New Media
Is a market-based solution the best way to solve the fake news problem? There’s been a sudden realization outside the cozy confines of digital business model nerds, that the open nature of the web has allowed an entire class of scammers to establish themselves,...
by David | Oct 18, 2016 | Digital Migration
While rummaging around the various souvenirs and mementoes from all our travels, I ran across these: With the inflation rate running in the near-four-figure range (the way it did in ’88 when I was an overwhelmed editor there), I wonder if there is even a...
by David | Feb 20, 2016 | Digital Migration, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Ken Doctor at Neiman’s “Newsonomics” points out that the “self-asphyxiation” cycle is nearing endgame I cross-posted a response to this on Facebook, so if you’ve already seen it there from me, my apologies. But I’ve been...
by David | Feb 2, 2016 | Digital Migration, New Marketing, Sip With Caution
Industry-leader social management tool Hootsuite “deprecates” Klout – but who’s next? Klout, you were mean to us and made us like it. You made us feel inadequate, and spend far too many hours indulging in unnatural behaviors to please your...
by David | May 29, 2015 | Design, Digital Migration
Shorter: Mobile is still undervalued. Hackers suck. China is about over; India is next. Professional content producers still doomed. But good design still matters. Every year, Mary Meeker produces a massive presentation that quickly makes the rounds on Teh Interwebz...
by David | May 18, 2015 | Digital Migration, journalism
The kids are all right. Despite my best efforts… On Friday, I had five cohorts of students graduate from Annenberg-USC. Three graduate student cohorts (broken down into two cohorts that attended USC for two years, and one in the brand-new one-year accelerated...
