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Facebook & Pajamas Media: the “Site Traffic” Monetization Myth

by David | Feb 4, 2009 | advertising, Digital Migration, google, journalism, New Marketing, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers

This is going to have to be quick – I haven’t had any spare time to blog, since I’ve been finishing up on editing the Great Big Scary Project, and I have to churn out my intros to said project, along with sprucing up my multimedia examples for my...

Further Thoughts on Obama-Hating Scam

by David | Nov 21, 2008 | Digital Migration, journalism, new media, Politics & New Media

This came in through the comment threads, and is thoughtful enough that it merits more attention: It sounds like both media channels worked as I would expect them too. The mainstream media sticks with the low risk stories that are easy to substantiate and defend while...

Sarah Palin and “Colors”: A Lesson in Image Control

by David | Oct 24, 2008 | Blogging, Blogs, journalism, New Marketing, new media, Online Video

One of the key moments in “Colors” came when “Pacman,” the young hothead cop (Sean Penn) was incorrectly identified as the guy that mistakenly shot an innocent black kid during a raid gone wrong.  The word came down that the gangs, in...

Replacing Newspapers: A Cocktail Approach

by David | Oct 6, 2008 | advertising, Blogs, Design, Digital Migration, journalism, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers, Online Video

I hate like hell to keep doing quick, off-the-cuff bites at such big topics, but maybe I should just resign myself to accepting the web ethos of not trying to do all things at once.  Yeah, yeah, I know – “Eat the elephant one bite at a time.”So...

Quick Hits: Old Media Loses Trust in France, OC Register May Go Tabloid and Google Only Spys On You For Nine Months Now

by The Wordyeti | Sep 10, 2008 | journalism, newspaper crisis

Still up in lovely Point Reyes, decompressing and re-imagining our web presence, so the output here has been seriously cramped.  However, these three little items just beg for notice. 1. We've all seen the "MSM sucks, don't believe what it says"...
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