Ted Leonsis offers some great ideas of where to go next. The heavy lifting is actually changing the mindset of the folks who make the points on this plan happen.
My Ten Point Plan to Reinvent The Newspaper Business – Ted’s Take
That guy you know from the Internet, probably.
Ted Leonsis offers some great ideas of where to go next. The heavy lifting is actually changing the mindset of the folks who make the points on this plan happen.
My Ten Point Plan to Reinvent The Newspaper Business – Ted’s Take
Mike’s thoughtful (and painful) take on the falling fortunes of the Merc go into some detail about the organizational challenges faced by those who would innovate there if they were free to.
The Boonville Daily News gets a shout-out in this E&P story on just how fine small town papers are doing.
Small Towns, Big Profits: How Many Papers Survive Slump – E & P
What a two-wave hold-down can teach us about change in the news industry.
Maverick’s, surfing, corporate failure and non-linearity » knackeredhack
Landmark Community Newspapers. For sale?
Yes, that. Especially the bit about how circulation departments are tasked with keeping content, er, advertising in front of eyeballs.
Even before the Internet, news was pretty close to free – The Curious Capitalist – Justin Fox
“There’s an old joke in the newspaper business about the publisher who decides it’s time to retire, and decides to pick a successor from his senior staff. He calls each one of them in for an interview….”
Len Witt talks with Jason about local newspapers. Jason thinks it’s hard to make a run at profitability with 2,000 readers for each site. Howzmbout a national ad network?
Jason Calacanis Cold to Local Newspapers as Business – PJNet
The most intelligent thing Thomas Friedman has written in months. Oh, wait, I haven’t read him since TimesSelect started. Congratulations, NYT, consider me a unique visitor who wouldn’t have stopped by today if TimesSelect was still in place.