April 20, 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.
Who knew what and when did they know it? This is no longer hacking-the-royals affair, but a major criminal case. So the questions, up and down the News Corp/News International (parent of all UK newspapers) becomes which execs knew what, when. That's from Rebekah Brooks to Rupert Murdoch ...
Read MoreFor anyone following Murdoch's long-standing campaign against the BBC, and its public funding -- a campaign now having an effect as Britain suffers through terrible economic times -- Fox's drumbeat of anti-NPR coverage is no surprise. Public radio, and public media, are a counterweight to Fox; ...
Read MoreWhy it's a big story: 1) The size of the gift. $1 million. 2) The size of Rupert Murdoch's presence in the news world. 3) The size of Fox News in the political news landscape. 4) The size of Murdoch's influence at the Wall Street Journal.
Read MoreCan CNN find a digital upgrade to the analog King?
Read MoreThat’s left me wondering exactly what value is in good editing. Are there any Newsonomics of editing, value to be gained and harvested?
Read MoreCNN’s ratings slides is beginning to look like daily newspaper’s long circ slide. The hot cable media — Fox, especially, and less so, MSNBC as well as CNN’s own HLN, with its screaming, tabloidy, violence-centered coverage — all are beating it, and ever more ...
Read MoreIt’s quite a cat-and-mouse game. The cat is Rupert Murdoch, a lion in the winter of his career. Astoundingly, he’s become the leading spokesman for American journalism. The mouse is the crafty Google, adjusting its algorithms and its tactics, faster than publishers can bemoan, “who moved my ...
Read MoreSo the newspaper industry is taking a page from indie film ("A Day Without a Mexican"), dailies are hiring execs from the alternative press, and we're seeing new, almost-daily, mating rituals between older and newer news media. What's going on? Nine questions to start: How ...
Read MoreIf there's a better realpolitiks player in the news industry than Murdoch, please stand up. If not, Murdoch knows that News Corp putting up a pay wall would be akin to unilateral disarmament -- and that's something only pinkos do. Put on up a pay wall when many others improve their ...
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