by David | May 29, 2013 | Digital Migration, new media, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Unemployment over 50% – banking system collapse – political instability – newspapers run out of options When asked what are the enduring lessons of the last five years for newspapers, various pundits have opined “Don’t enter an economic...
by David | Apr 17, 2012 | Digital Migration, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch
27 Print Dollars for $1 Digital; Social News; Papers in Trouble; Kodak v. Fuji I posted this picture via Twitpic earlier today, and my digital brethren quickly chimed in on how much they felt like this in their daily lives. And I get it. Working in the media industry...
by David | Sep 27, 2011 | Digital Migration, newspaper crisis
This is painted on the ceiling of the Rila Monastery in the mountains of Bulgaria, one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. I can’t help but wonder whose eye this ancient artist used as the model for the Eye of God. The history and beauty of this complex...
by David | Aug 19, 2011 | Digital Migration, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
The eulogies for the newspaper industry are starting to become almost commonplace, as the generation that matured and worked during the Salad Days of the 70s and 80s totters off into the sunset. Mark Heisler, the NBA beat writer at the LA Times, has weighed in with a...
by David | Aug 7, 2011 | New Marketing, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers, television
The good folks at CNN asked me to appear on Backstory” to talk about the News of the World’s phone-hacking scandal. I tried to oblige them with some insights onto why this kind of scandal keeps happening, and why. You can see the results of the interview...
by David | Jul 1, 2011 | Digital Migration, journalism, new media, newspaper crisis, Online Video, Video
The clash of ancient and modern is never more stark than in these developing nations I’ve been in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the last week, training the local journalists and government information officers (aka PR flacks) on how best to take advantage of the...
