May
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Some media-related posts of interest:
- Orlando to eliminate 24 journalists, blow up their newsroom. The last part refers to a new focus on multimedia which includes some interesting decisions: separation of reporting and production and making all editors in areas affected by the changes reapply for their jobs.
- Google Said to Be Among Possible Bidders for Dow Jones. Someone wrote yesterday that Murdoch’s bid for Dow jones would get interesting. It certainly has.
- Why “Mr. Magazine” canceled his Newsweek subscription. Questioning the wisdom the media giving it away on the web, all the while without cross-promoting the print product and its value.
- Greek frees lead in readership. The top two best-read newspapers in Greece lasst year were both freesheets.
- Marketing Men As News Directors At Big Group Owner? Doug Fisher points to this great discussion at tvpsy on the value of local news in the TV world. A great glimpse inside the TV news beast, of which I know too little.
