May 19, 2024
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Ask Jim Ledbetter about his new site’s driving idea, and he’ll tell you that, in part, it really just comes down to four companies. It’s the “SAGA manifesto" approach to business journalism, a term Ledbetter, editor of Slate’s new The Big Money site came up with, ...
Read MoreYou gotta like media analysis that starts with The Simpsons. This week, Matthew Schwartz, senior editor of ScribeMedia interviewed me, on the trials and tribulations of the news industry. His intro: "In an episode of The Simpsons (that takes place in the not-too-distant future) local- news ...
Read MoreAs I train down to D.C. for the Online News Association conference (moderating a panel hopefully titled, Optimize and Monetize, tomorrow; if you’re there, say hello), the dizzying news industry news of the last week raises more questions than answers. Here’s my top nine of the ...
Read MoreImportant Details: The New York Times is moving to a two-section local edition paper, starting Oct. 6. The Times will be putting its Sports section behind its Business section and its Local and Opinion page into its main section. The move affects only the metro New York City area, and not the ...
Read MoreYes, the rich are different. They may disproportionately affect which national newspaper "wins," as the Wall Street Journal increasingly targets the New York Times’ readership and advertising dollars. The latest shot in the war will be launched Saturday, as the Journal debuts ...
Read MoreImportant Details: As the run-up toward the US presidential election turns serious, CNN has announced a strengthening of its relationship with Metro newspapers, having its cable news anchors and commentators contribute text columns to Metro free dailies in Boston, New York and Philadelphia. ...
Read MoreWell now, all-platform reporters are all the rage. CNN’s among the most prominent of news companies claiming the turf. Its recent announcement that it was starting — yes, starting in the summer of 2008! — 10 new US bureaus (Columbus, Ohio; Denver; Houston; Las Vegas; ...
Read MoreImportant Details: It’s a truism of the internet age: less and less content being published by traditional publishers comes from their own paid staff, and more and more content comes from, well, amateurs. With legacy revenues challenged, lots of publishers have fewer staff than they had ...
Read MoreImportant Details: Centro, which has become a major supplier of national online-only advertising revenue to US news websites, has bought the Real Cities national ad network from McClatchy. The price of the transaction was not disclosed. The acquisition reinforces Chicago-based Centro’s ...
Read MoreImportant Details: Social networking has grabbed global attention, as tens of millions of web users have flocked to – and spend lots of time on – such sites as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, and many smaller ones. The revenue value of social networking has been, at best, a work in ...
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