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1. Dave D. on Transforming American Newspapers (Part 2)
...Ian writes : " there must be a core of protected news producers who are vetted and proven trustworthy ". ..That's what newspapers claimed to have had, but the protection they got ( Sullivan v. NYT ) eroded their trustwothiness to trash status. Therein lies the seeds of their destruction, as a business founded on trust can't survive the manipulation of news for political purposes that has been revealed to be the stock in trade of the media, especially newspapers. ..Todays news consumers 'vet' ›››
August 28, 2008 11:32 AM

2. go media guerilla on Transforming American Newspapers (Part 2)
Dude, your basic premise may be on track, but way too much extraneous #@&^ to digest. I'm not an editor, but tighten it up. We get it. there's another point from the advertising side that relates to readership/usership. advertiser ROI. print long held the premier position of delivering results for advertisers. That has kept them coming back. In my opinion the internet has delivered tangible results in the classified arena and many newspaper companies are back in the game there. Retail and p ›››
August 27, 2008 12:01 PM

3. nicolas. on Transforming American Newspapers (Part 2)
In the list of reasons why newspapers failed to offer what is actually in demand, you could probably add the newsroom structure. Thinking in terms of methodological individualism, you see that neither the journalists nor the editors have an incentive to publish what readers want, since most ventures build up a big wall between business and editorial. Then, what makes a journalist's work rewarding? Peer respect. And that's why you have so many stories calibrated for a Pulitzer when what we need ›››
August 27, 2008 11:41 AM

4. Ian on Transforming American Newspapers (Part 2)
This is an excellent perspective. As an employee of a media company, I've been trying to understand why there is such a gap between what I hear management of newspapers saying, and where the culture is headed. We really do have no way to deliver unique content that each individual wants by printing truckloads of folded recycled newsprint. Wasn't it 60 years ago that businesses learned the rule of "creative destruction"? We need new blood to make that happen. The old guard is not going to let go ›››
August 26, 2008 1:31 PM

5. steve on Transforming American Newspapers (Part 2)
This change can be liberating for newspapers, who no longer have to print soccer stories, for example, but can go back to the days of concentrating sports coverage on men's professional and college basketball, baseball and football. Sports pages no longer have to cover women's sports or soccer that have less mass appeal. And while newspapers no longer have to bother with foreign or national news, no one has come along yet to replace them for local news. Yes, I know about blogs, but can they sust ›››
August 26, 2008 11:06 AM

6. Shafqat on Transforming American Newspapers (Part 2)
So what you are saying is that the reason newspapers are failing is due to their inability to innovate and distribute personalized, relevant news to individual news consumers? If so, I agree. ›››
August 26, 2008 3:52 AM

7. Concernedcitizen on Transforming American Newspapers (Part 1)
Where's a good editor when ya need one... ›››
August 26, 2008 12:13 AM

8. Wasted 3 min of my life on Transforming American Newspapers (Part 1)
"violated the Principle of Supply & Demand" - wow, how could have those media executives not realize this obvious fact? ›››
August 24, 2008 8:05 PM

9. Mike Lyons on Transforming American Newspapers (Part 1)
I'm confused. Buzzwords aside ... is it the Internet or not? ›››
August 21, 2008 9:35 AM

10. Cimarron Buser on What to watch as The Sporting News launches free online formatted magazine.
This digital edition version was producted by Texterity. You can sign up for free to receive it at http://www.coverleaf.com/sportingnewstoday. ›››
July 25, 2008 3:11 PM

11. Keith Johnson on The Freemium Business Model: Anything There for the Media?
The Freemium Business Model, especially for web-based businesses, is excellent, I believe, and a real solution to the penny gap economics of the web in particular. Yes, everyone wants everything free, but for a company to survive as a business entity, there has to be cash flow to at least pay its business expenses. The freemium model, at this point of the game, is the way to keep customers happy and also to ensure the survival of businesses providing needed services. ›››
July 17, 2008 12:02 PM

12. typetapy on Hard data confirms changes in Wall Street Journal’s news choices under Murdoch
Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.--Terry Pratchett (1948--), British SF and fantasy author ›››
July 16, 2008 3:09 AM

13. Letchursebreme on Hard data confirms changes in Wall Street Journal’s news choices under Murdoch
I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.--Clarence Darrow (1857--1938), U.S. attorney ›››
July 15, 2008 6:25 AM

14. OM on Why MagHound is Brilliant -- And Why It Won’t Work
It could be fun if they decide to re-use magazines. I ship them back the magazine in a prepaid brown envelope, and get the new (used) one in the mail. Reading "Better Homes and Gardens" in the bathroom has never been so great as it could be with a mysterious disease on every page. ›››
July 2, 2008 12:40 AM

15. Dorian on Twitter Journalism
No, there aren't a lot of people Twittering in the larger universe. But the influencers are, and it's getting traction. Whether it's Twitter and its many offshoots and addenda and integrators (anything from TwitPic to Friendfeed to Twirhl...) or another technology, the cloud is forming and we'll see a lot of use of handhelds in short bursts, posting and communicating in multiple direction. Maybe Twitter's already jumped the shark? http://www.theonion.com/content/statshot/what_are_we_twittering ›››
May 23, 2008 8:37 AM

16. David Markum on Twitter Journalism
I see people writing about twitter a lot. Its everywhere...twitter this and twitter that. The reality is that so few people use twitter I dont know why its even a story. Twitter has less then 200K UU according to Quantcast. This means there are roughly 11,000 sites that have more traffic. Its no where close to mainstream. ›››
May 20, 2008 9:32 AM

17. dorian on The Freemium Business Model: Anything There for the Media?
Fremium, is really a mixed model. Mixed models work well for niche media -- and most news sites are niche either geographically or by interest. The Times got it wrong, but perhaps with the type of content, not the concept. They put opinion behind the wall because they couldn't make money off it with high-cpm ads, not because of any user orientation. I keep thinking of the old Wisconsin paper that had a paid Green Bay Packers website that made a decent chunk of change for extra stats and so on. ›››
May 12, 2008 8:02 PM

18. why? on Newspapers Aren't General Interest on the Web
Someone should explain the concept to this person. hanfordsentinel.com/blogs/?p=80 ›››
April 24, 2008 7:30 PM

19. Paul Bradshaw on The Freemium Business Model: Anything There for the Media?
Disney call this model the 'velvet rope', i.e. you pay to cross the velvet rope into the 'VIP' area with added benefits. I wrote more about this in my 21st century newsroom part 5: http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/01/28/making-money-from-journalism-new-media-business-models-a-model-for-the-21st-century-newsroom-pt5/ ›››
March 25, 2008 5:14 AM

20. Ben Compaine on The Freemium Business Model: Anything There for the Media?
Yes, according to Wilson in the follow up post in the link provided by Anonymous (a very prolific writer who seems to comment at countless disparate blogs) Jared Lukin came up with the Freemium label. Governor's post was just before Lukin's and I read the wrong name for Lukin's post. Thanks. ›››
March 21, 2008 9:35 AM

21. Anonymous on The Freemium Business Model: Anything There for the Media?
Interesting article, but looks like you got the source wrong: http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/03/the_freemium_bu.html ›››
March 21, 2008 8:16 AM

22. Raby Saltmon on The Freemium Business Model: Anything There for the Media?
Your article on Freemium, really begs the question, if the economy moving towards in that direction, I have been following some few other companies like: http://showmypc.com http://skype.com http://google.com/goog411 and other google service http://thefreesite.com I am sure there are many more but they all have something common, that is a free modal, with business targeted options. The winner is the end is the consumer. ›››
March 20, 2008 9:44 PM

23. Rachel on What is 'New Media'?
Good grief man, make your point. Whatever you decided "new media" meant by the end of your article (sorry...I had to decide--"have a life" or "read article"), can we also insert in the definition "remarkable for facilitating communication promoting clarity of thought, succinctness, useful information as opposed to just data, the ability to enlighten (key root='light') and not bludgeon"? If nothing else, all these new opportunities to communicate one-to-many or many-to-many should provoke an ›››
January 26, 2008 7:16 PM

24. Bob on What is 'New Media'?
I don't think the problem is the article's length but instead its logic. First, Crosbie claims that going back to old meanings, prior to the existence of a technology, is Better than claiming that a term's meaning can be extended as new developments emerge (e.g., calling einsteinium an element or baseball a game). No reason is given, and I can't see why we should change from the extension of "intermediary" that was made in the 1850s and seems natural to us now. Second, the article gives no p ›››
January 17, 2008 12:04 PM

25. Vin Crosbie on The Uncertainty May Be Over for Hi-Def DVD: And the Winner is Blu-Ray
I think the Blu-Ray versus HD-DVD format battle will become largely moot during the next 18 to 36 months as BitTorrent-based broadband downloading will become the default method for consumers to view cinematic and television productions. Netflix and Blockbuster are already beginning to switch to that method. A few of the Hollywood studios have begun to rollout services based on that method. And Apple this week announced a service (albeit not BitTorrent-based) that will rent downloadable videos ›››
January 16, 2008 9:36 PM

26. YINKA AGBEDE on What is 'New Media'?
GOOD JOB, AN EYE-OPENER. ›››
January 10, 2008 6:41 AM

27. Mike Nolan on Media entrepreneurship is vibrant and encouraging, even beyond the Internet
10,000 feet, in a small single engine plane. The unthinkable happens. The engine sputters, and stops. The good thing is, this is something you’ve practiced over and over again. The procedure is to immediately trim the plane for Best Glide Speed. This is the speed at which you stay in the air the longest. Any faster speed, you hit the ground sooner. Any slower speed, you hit the ground faster. Then you try to restart the engine, call for help, find a place to land, etc. It occurs to me th ›››
December 30, 2007 11:29 AM

28. geri on Media entrepreneurship is vibrant and encouraging, even beyond the Internet
The demassification of media sources has led to very diverse formats and sources of information, I agree. I have enjoyed bringing my brand of news ("good news") to the media landscape and recognize in myself the missionary, and in my outlook, zero barriers. Geri Weis-Corbley The Good News Network ›››
December 30, 2007 9:23 AM

29. Idetrorce on If the Wall Street Journal Were Free
very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce ›››
December 15, 2007 7:19 AM

30. Professor Ivory on Could Google Be as Transformative for the Cell Phone Model as it Has Been for the Media Industry?
No. ›››
November 26, 2007 11:14 AM

31. Professor Ivory on The Press Will Be Outsourced Before Stopped
Obviously the San Francisco Comical is not a paper about making money. It's not even a capitalist venture. It is a paper owned by rich people who are willing to spend their billions on promoting their personal agenda. Doesn't take a genius to see that. ›››
November 26, 2007 11:12 AM

32. Paul on What is 'New Media'?
The difficulty of many to many capabilities when hosted by an institution, especially a business institution, is that they lose control. In a one to many relationship there is control of message. In new media the well-formed message that works to the favor of the sponsoring institution can be turned against the originator. When broadcast copywritten material is posted on Utube by many communicators the loss of control by the originating institution is potential revenue loss. When politician ›››
November 14, 2007 1:42 AM

33. http://wwttmuseum.com on The Press Will Be Outsourced Before Stopped
Readers have simply been burned too many times by monologue. They are stopping the presses, not the institutions. Rust will have the final edit. http://wttmuseum.com ›››
November 1, 2007 2:24 PM

34. Shafqat on It's Time for News Organizations to Stop Defining Themselves by Obsolete Products
Once again, great point. Unfortunately, some of the news organizations themselves still look in the mirror and see 'newspaper.' The one's who don't are the ones who will survive in the New World. The platform or medium of distribution is not the important part. For the mainstream media to thrive in the new web-enabled world, they need to remember the old adage, content truly is king. Shafqat blog.newscred.com ›››
October 21, 2007 9:45 AM

35. Shafqat on 'Citizen Journalism' Is Only One Of Many Necessary Tools
Hi Vin. I picked up this post late, but I couldnt agree more. Citizen journalist is a noble cause, and a much needed movement. We absolutely should support our community when it can add value to the effort of news gathering and distribution. However, you make a great point -- Citizen Journalist is not the solution to any of the problems facing mainstream media today. There will always be a place for the major news media organizations. After all, who will do the actual news reporting if they go a ›››
October 21, 2007 9:40 AM

36. Anthony on What is 'New Media'?
I am currently writing a book chapter on sport and new media and appreciate your elegant analogy to help define what's new in new media. I would like to cite your analogy and was wondering if you have published these thoughts in any traditional publications or will I have to cite this web based article. Cheers ›››
October 21, 2007 12:50 AM

37. Steve Boriss on The Attributes of a Journalist or Marketer
This list was developed by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel in their 2001 book "The Elements of Journalism," which attempted to create a professional code for journalism. These are Old Media concepts that are being wiped away as Modern Journalism meets competition on the Internet. To survive, journalists must reject this list. For instance, they have to stop thinking of themselves as a public service with loyalty to "citizens" and instead think of themselves as businesses which are loyal to "cu ›››
October 20, 2007 6:45 AM

38. Juan Giner on "Seismic" events reshaping media landscape? I think not.
Why not a "re-evolution"? ›››
October 19, 2007 11:43 AM

39. lavender on If the Wall Street Journal Were Free
could you give me your spreadsheet of your calculations? I'm doing a project with it... I can't find the number though... i wanna know how you calculate these numbers by your consumptions? ›››
October 17, 2007 9:45 PM

40. lavender on If the Wall Street Journal Were Free
could you give me your spreadsheet of your calculations? I'm doing a project with it... I can't find the number though... i wanna know how you calculate these numbers by your consumptions? ›››
October 17, 2007 9:44 PM

41. Dorian on Newspapers' iPod Moment
Save journalism? A device won't do that. ... but someone who provides journalism in a fashion that's highly appealing on such a device might have a chance of making a viable business of it. ›››
October 14, 2007 6:20 PM

42. Howard Owens on Newspapers' iPod Moment
How will that device save journalism and not just be another disruption? ›››
October 14, 2007 6:11 PM

43. Ben Compaine on When Everyone's an Advertiser Where Does the Money Go?
The Breakingviews column at The Wall Street Journal site, speculates that the "Pay-what-you-want" approach may turn out to be very profitable for Radiohead. It seems that the $10 price point for a album at iTunes is concerned a fair price by music buyers, especially compared to the $15 or so list for a CD.  But the bloggers point out that without having to pay EMI and with low marketing expense, Radiohead could clear $6.40 for each $10 payment, considerably more than if they sold ›››
October 10, 2007 3:18 PM

44. Dorian on Newspapers' iPod Moment
Thanks, Steve. Well-taken. I guess what has to happen is the marketing push of Nokia or someone else to bring the "moment" to the masses. Right now what you describe is a business application for the tech savvy. I think the 'iPod moment' requires consumers en masse. Apple has been a master at that. Not sure who else can do it. ... But if Nokia could, by making a device like the tablet more accessible to the average consumer, they'd be in place to be very hot, I think. The reviews I see make it s ›››
October 3, 2007 9:59 AM

45. Steve Yelvington on Newspapers' iPod Moment
I can actually do all that on my Nokia Internet Tablet: 800x600 high-res display, touchscreen, fits in my pocket, wi-fi at 54 megabits or EDGE through a Bluetooth connection to my phone. Full video and audio, blogging and email. Offline functionality is through an RSS reader, podcatcher, et cetera. None of this is in a "newspaper" format, but that doesn't seem to be an issue for most people, who are not actually looking for newspapers in the first place ›››
October 3, 2007 8:21 AM

46. Vin Crosbie on Payment for Online Content isn't Dead, Despite TimesSelect's Demise
Greg, I agree. Aggregating micro-content (semantic web) and aggregating payment into one bill. ›››
September 27, 2007 11:06 AM

47. Greg on Payment for Online Content isn't Dead, Despite TimesSelect's Demise
I think aggregating payments isn't going to make it easier for end users or publishers. I think aggregating micro-content is what's going to be the catalyst for paid content. ›››
September 21, 2007 8:44 PM

48. Dorian on If the Wall Street Journal Were Free
Essist, You make a decent point ... and my later post, linked from the top, concedes that ads are probably the way to go over time. Also sites like yours that give the Journal links for free -- quasi-legal and actionable though they may be -- are something the Journal may be tired of fighting. Congoo, where I contribute and have a relationship, has been working with the Journal to give a number of stories to users under legal license for free. ›››
September 19, 2007 2:27 PM

49. essistme on If the Wall Street Journal Were Free
Here's a reality check for your math: >> Most people aren't paying $79/year as you describe, or even the $99/year that is offered online in some places for WSJ.com subscriptions. >> Print subscribers can get it for $49 as post-sale add-on. >> Dow Jones is HEAVILY discounting their online subscription in their promotions. i.e. You can get **BOTH** the PRINT and ONLINE subscriptions combined for $125 for 1 year. (details: http://1.wallstreetjournaI.googlepages.com) PLUS, they'll throw in an ad ›››
September 19, 2007 1:43 PM

50. me on What is 'New Media'?
It is such a great post; i found what i want Good work, ›››
September 9, 2007 9:36 AM