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.
Is it really only the beginning of March? The news business’ gyrations seem to be moving at warp speed this year, and particularly this week, as two newspaper companies long in the news make new big moves. As Tronc reckons with the crash of its stock price and oh-so-private Alden Global Capital ...
Read MoreThe 39-minute Daisey piece did what dozens of previous stories on Foxconn’s massive manufacturing of our Apple (and other) wonders hadn’t accomplished: It captured listeners’ imaginations. Why? Daisey turned our portable pleasures to guilty ones. Then, within two weeks, The New York Times began ...
Read MoreIf close to right, the value of a unique visitor is 3.5x greater for the Times than for HuffPo, in advertising. It’s 4x greater for the Guardian than Mail Online.
Read MoreMarketplace reporter Eve Troeh and Poynter's Kelly McBride do a good job of connecting the dots: the power of scarcity as a few big old media brands connect with new media leaked files to create huge impact.
Read MoreIn fact, lower-cost entrants -- AOL, Yahoo/Associated Content, Demand +++ -- aren't just pests; they're changing the economics of producing content. That's not a small issue. It may well lead the next wave of disruption.
Read MoreEdmonds' final point for the handful of us in the analytic trade -- and those who follow the industry -- it will soon be quite difficult to compare the new numbers to the old ones (after a couple more old reporting periods come and go). That's true. The optics may seem better down the road, but ...
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