by David | Nov 12, 2009 | Digital Migration, infographic, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Print die-hards claimed that all that was needed to reverse the audience migration to the internet was to make newspapers more “lively” in appearance. Early verdict: looks pretty, but the advertising still isn’t there, and that sound you heard was...
by David | Sep 24, 2009 | Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Online Video
It was a cinematic night, as event organizer Brad Nye looked like he was making an entrance in a James Bond film, and Jason Calacanis did a Q&A (thanks for taking my question first, BTW), and looked a little like Citizen Kane. It’s late and I’ve got a...
by David | Sep 1, 2009 | Digital Migration
This looks like something out of “True Blood” – the part where there’s been some devil-worshipping sacrifice and the whole lawn is tinged with red after some poor sweaty schlub got chucked into the wood chipper. Just breathing the air here in...
by David | Aug 28, 2009 | Digital Migration, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
This week’s debate is not as acrimonious as in the past (although there are exceptions to that, of course), and in the wake of the biz models released by the Aspen conference, some people are taking building new revenue streams seriously. At least, they say...
by David | Aug 16, 2009 | Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
In which I get very “Meta” and write a blog post that aggregates other blog posts that were written about aggregation. I am also posting this over on the AIM Group blog, as part of what I think might become a regular feature, “This week in the paid...
by David | Aug 10, 2009 | Digital Migration, New Marketing, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch
Another quick hit, this one courtesy of an article in AdAge about how the free-fall in the ad industry has at least stopped, but what’s emerging out of the wreckage is that things will never go back to the way they were. “This current economy has...
