by David | May 19, 2009 | Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Man, I didn’t think there was anyone left at the Chronicle to fire – and here I read that they just canned 151 more people? Delfin Vigil, a reporter at the Chron, took out an ad in the Examiner to decry the sorry state of the paper after all the cutbacks,...
by David | May 15, 2009 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Over at The Digitalists, the question of “What would micropayments mean for journalists?” was raised. Well, there are two schools of thought to this. The first is the one that was espoused there: What exactly do these people think that newspaper execs...
by David | Apr 2, 2009 | Mobile commerce, new media, Newspapers
Another quick hit, because I’m swamped with assignments right now. Many newspaper/media analysts have eagerly seized upon the micro-commerce capabilities of mobile phones and devices like the Kindle as possible ways to get readers to pony up for their content....
by David | Mar 26, 2009 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers, Video
Advertising, Riots, Twitter, Facebook and the Depression Curmudgeons skip directly to 7:50 or so, for the juicy bits. If you are in a crowded place, please allow at least 10 feet of safety space in all directions for when your head explodes. This is the first part of...
by David | Mar 20, 2009 | Digital Migration, journalism, New Marketing, new media, Newspapers
InDenver Launches – Rocky Mountain News Staffers DIY News Project If the future of news is that it will live as a web-only play, then the InDenver and Seattle PI sites, which are (to use the horticultural metaphor) scions of the original papers are perhaps...
by David | Mar 18, 2009 | Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Newspapers
The Big Scary Project that I’ve been yammering about for the last five months is finally live & open for business. The Audience Planbook was designed to guide newspaper execs through the process of transforming their familiar (but no longer safe) businesses...
