April 25, 2024
In five languages (English, Mandarin, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian) and two U.S. printing, “Newsonomics: Twelve Trends That Will Shape the News You Get” is the first Ken Doctor book. Sign up here for notice of the new Newsonomics Readers.
In old times, no big deal, but recall that the Times' just-announced 2009 profit was $19 million. Pay the retired workers or pay current workers; you're inevitably trading one off against the other.
Local -- not long ago the domain of newspaper, TV and radio behemoths so dominant that barriers to entry made competition seem unthinkable -- is now open territory, a vacuum to be filled by a combination of youthful journalistic energy and ...
"Our goal is to create the new civic square," he told Pacific Business News. It's a for-profit model, a healthy alternative to the proliferation of non-profits. What should make the initiative watchable (and of course visitable by any number of ...
It placed its story (on the state of California holding on to report on the increase in the number of women dying from pregnancy complications) in bigger regional media as diverse as the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED public radio and KGO-TV. Now ...
In context, that's a forced march from one era to another, jettisoning debt built in by acquisitions and/or investments that just won't pay off in revenue. In short, the 14 represent the corporate do-over plan: What we were doing didn't work; ...
Yelp is now -- for the first time -- the #1 site in the Bay Area, and moving up against local newspaper and TV sites around the country. News web trends often begin in the Bay Area and spread; think craigslist, Open Table, Yahoo, Google and ...
A wellspring of journalism innovation
Fitz & Co. Blog, knowledgeable comment, and one of the few to focus on newspaper company finances, with a deep understanding of their machinations.
So, as the Times reorganizes its digital business operations, add something new to the Times woes' of downsized ad spend, too great a cost structure and little way to gain other than ad revenues digitally until at least 2011 given its go-slow ...
New marketing dollars, new marketing dollars, new marketing dollars. Yes, three plusses. I believe that the biggest impact of the tablet, in whatever six- to 11-inch forms stick will be in being a magnet for marketing dollars. I'm not saying ...
