May 1, 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.
Companion article: What a Quartz Sale Might Look Like — and Why Reports of the death of the home page seem, these days, to have been premature. Take the example of serial innovator Quartz, the feisty business news site that launched in September, 2012 —and one now reportedly ...
Read MoreCompanion article: Q and A: Marty Baron shines a Spotlight on journalism It seemed like a boast out of ancient times, prominently displayed on WashingtonPost.com and given big house promotion play in the digital pages of the Post. Then, the same aspirational claim (“What we’re ...
Read MoreCompanion article: Is the Washington Post Really the Newspaper of Record? Is Marty Baron Oscar-worthy? The Washington Post editor has already collected a shelf full of Pulitzers for his work at The Boston Globe and the Post. Now, owing to the unlikely critical and popular acclaim ...
Read MoreTry this experiment. Pick up your smartphone and check the weather app for your hometown. Now pick another city on your list. Now go to your mobile browser and check out the latest at POLITICO. Finally, send a test text message to a friend, titled: “Thumb Testing…..” First published at ...
Read MoreIs local news worth a dollar a day? That’s the fascinating question The Boston Globe is now posing to its local readers. It’s a query that should resonate among the press around North America and Europe as well. Ninety-nine cents has become the golden price of digital media. ...
Read MoreWWGD should be a best-selling T-shirt. “What Will Google Do?” slips into many a conversation, most of them private, as the search giant’s massive workforce can be trained on most any digital opportunity and produce a big impact, if only sometimes a huge breakthrough. Recently, the answer to the ...
Read MoreToday, the Orange County Register’s parent Freedom Communications Inc. said it would file for bankruptcy protection Monday, at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Santa Ana. The long-expected move (which I’ve recently noted) further sets the stage for the continuing ...
Read MoreCan the New York Times track its doubling of digital revenue goal, to $800 million, by 2020? I explored the nuances and arithmetic of the strategy two weeks ago (“Newsonomics: The thinking (and dollars) behind The New York Times’ new digital strategy”) and talked to CEO Mark Thompson about it. ...
Read MoreAfter a mid-month lull, the drama of Tribune Publishing’s future is becoming more public again — on both coasts, and at the mothership in Chicago — highlighting a company still on the defensive. On Sunday, recently fired L.A. Times Publisher and would-be Times buyer Austin Beutner will get a ...
Read MoreRelated column: The Thinking (and Dollars) Behind The New York Times’ New Digital Strategy. Does Mark Thompson have 20/20 vision, or, perhaps better asked, does Mark Thompson have a vision of 2020? As the New York Times shared very publically its $800 million digital revenue goal for ...
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