Sep
23
A few quick hits from the overloaded RSS reader:
- Media World Upheaval – Credit Crunch Hits Revenue Even More As Alternative Media Grows. Amid the financial upheaval, some newspaper stocks are up and some are down. Follow the Media has some guesses about what it all means. Related: U.S. newspaper revenue still down in August.
- Moonves: Why Pay $1.8 Billion For CNET? So We Could Take Money Away From Newspapers. From a Paid Content report: ” “We own 129 radio, TV stations, more billboard. In a local market, Chow can be sold and crossed with our properties. Does it allow with CBS stations to compete against local newspapers more effectivel? Clearly, we’re taking money away from newspapers.” Local is the battleground.
- To what extent should we embrace multimedia? A study that argues there are two types of learners — “visualizers” and “verbalizers” — suggest images may actually be getting in the way of some readers. Interesting, in an academic way.
- If you could start from scratch would you build the same product? Pat Thornton on newspapers’ websites, the price of legacy code and the pace of innovation.
- 12 Questions about Future of Journalism. Len Witt highlights two from Bill Kovach’s list. All 12 are worth reading and pondering, and I’m pretty sure the list could be expanded.
- How Newspapers Abdicated the Front Page’s Influence and How They Can Get it Back By Linking. You really need to read this Scott Karp piece, and the comments. At the moment, aggregation and linking do seem to be the winning strategy.
