by David | Jan 1, 2009 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
First day of the new year, reading through the S.F. Chronicle, ho-hum. Governator Arnie’s got a plan, despite being holed up in Sun Valley skiing, the local sports columnist wonders if Barry Bonds might make it back into the major leagues, despite facing Federal...
by David | Dec 30, 2008 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch
Michael Arrington apparently wants my morning coffee to wind up on the keyboard. Display advertising revenue is going to fall of a cliff in Januaryaccording to a number of content sites I’ve spoken with who rely onadvertising for revenue. “Sales through December...
by David | Dec 27, 2008 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch
Been a while between posts here – I’ve had writing deadlines, presentation deadlines and a dauntingly ambitious editing task to try to manage. Anyway, despite this being the Christmas season, oft-assailed gadfly & jilted lover of newspapers...
by David | Dec 4, 2008 | Digital Migration, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch
Apropos of the continuing thread here aka “Whither journalism” aka “Let’s all run around in circles and scream” … This week, there have been a number of really meaty, interesting articles & posts about the emerging...
by David | Nov 13, 2008 | Digital Migration, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Let’s set the stage. First, Ron Rosenbaum unloads on Jeff Jarvis for being “increasingly heartless” about newsroom cutbacks, layoffs & the general death spiral. A sampling: Not all reporters had the prescience to become new-media consultants. A...
by David | Oct 31, 2008 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch
Just as a follow-up to my earlier post on the Time, Inc. restructuring — CEO Ann Moore spoke in front of the Audit Bureau of Circulation about the generally dismal state of the magazine publishing industry, which she reckoned is being hit by “an economic...
