The Newsonomics of Journalist Headcounts

So let’s look broadly at those numbers. Count them all up — and undoubtedly, numerous ones are missing — and you’ve got something more than 65,000 journalists, working for brands of one kind or another.

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The Newsonomics of The Third Leg

Let's consider the new Associated Press-lead push for an industry-wide "rights consortium." While its daily newspapers try to stand taller on the two legs of digital ad and reader revenue, the business that could emerge from this new company is about syndication. In that sense, it could be a ...

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The Newsonomics of Replacement Journalism

The second half of the year has so far produced TBD’s hiring of 50 in Washington, Patch’s push to pick up 500 journalists across the country, and the new alliance for public media plan to hire more than 300 journalists in four major cities, if funding can be found in 2011. In addition, the ...

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The Newsonomics of TBD’s New D.C. News Site

Let’s look at the Newsonomics of launching what is the nation’s first combined local online news startup/24-hour news channel. That combination is the most basic to understanding the business of TBD, informing both TBD’s cost structure and revenue models. If TBD turns profitable within two to ...

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10 Reasons to Watch Next Week’s TBD Launch

The launch will come next week, in the doggiest days of D.C. summer, creating a regional DC alternative to the long-impressive WashingtonPost.com. I'll offer today a half-dozen reasons why TBD is a launch worth watching by all those in Old and Newer media. It may be the first significant ...

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Philly Report: Thinking About the Roll-Ups to Come

The magic word here from a business perspective: Roll-up. Whoever figures out how to roll up major audiences and monetize them wins. J-Lab's report holds out hope that may come about somewhat organically. History, though, teaches us that it's more likely to come by dint of more singular zeal.

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ABC/Healthline: Reconstruction by the Dollar and the Niche

ABC announced a deal with Healthline, to supply health content and increase its yield on some ad inventory. We'll see lots more of these deals, as the big brands -- from CBS using GlobalPost, Reuters using Politico, the New York Times using the Chicago News Cooperative and many more -- take ...

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The Newsonomics of New News Syndication

Some have said that in the digital world, news companies need to think of themselves both as creators and aggregators, doing what they do best and linking to the rest. Let’s amend that: creators, aggregators, and syndicators, doing what they do best, licensing with zest and linking to the rest.

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Hold On, It’s Coming!: New Election Money Could Newly Fund Media

The Supremes’ decision to allow unfettered commercial political speech could be a bonanza….for media companies. Commercial influencers — that would be corporations, and to a lesser degree, big labor — want to reach likely voters, and news media is a great way to find ...

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New D.C. News Start-Up Raises the Local Ante

This is how things go in the digital world. Politico started as an idea in January, 2007 -- a high-quality news site, led by veterans from Time Magazine and the Washington Post. It made its bones in the run-up to the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, and hasn't looked back, now placing in the ...

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