April 28, 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.
CNN’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 More"If you are looking for deep political wisdom from Wolf Blitzer, that's like fishing for manta rays in the Gowanus Canal." Dan Gross talking about health care bill-related punditry and "the culture of stenography" on On the Media. Well worth a listen overall.
Read MoreOne thing due for review: digital ad dominance, given Google's recent acquisition of mobile ad leader AdMob. AdWords + DoubleClick + AdMob provides Google unprecedented clout in the fastest growth source of advertising in the country, and Western World.
Read MoreWait a minute. What's the difference between an "online-only" product, with two or three weekly editions and three-day-a-week "daily" newspapers with stronger online presence? That distinction confused many of us, and it may well confuse those charged with making the transitional moves. No one ...
Read MoreYou’ve had the sensation. You DVR up last night’s The Daily Show or Colbert Report, expecting some laughs and relaxation, and you get them. But you get more: You get news reporting, stealthy news reporting that pretends to be comedy, but is actual news. Last week, I loved Jon ...
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