by David | Oct 13, 2014 | Digital Migration, new media, newspaper crisis
Readers want “candy.” Do we give it to them? Every so often, you’ll read a long, impassioned essay about how Americans are stupid, because they aren’t paying attention to world events, how we’re distracted by the latest tawdry celebrity...
by David | Sep 25, 2014 | Digital Migration, new media, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Mediapart in France is profitable because it gives readers what they are willing to pay for. Imagine that. Quick hit here for my students, who are increasingly upset about their job prospects after graduation. I shared an article from Neiman about the upheaval in the...
by David | Aug 18, 2014 | newspaper crisis, Newspapers
Web-native companies strive to eliminate “transactional friction.” Newspapers? Not so much. I’ve been a subscriber to the LA Times for as long as I’ve lived in Los Angeles, and I’ve watched as the big beast evolved from a gray morass of...
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 | 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...
