Nov
18
The internet, as always, is chockfull o’ goodness.
- Crosscut.com editor steps down as the Seattle site goes non-profit. I didn’t read about this is my daily Crosscut email, but at Poynter. Going non-profit means a briefly interrupted cash flow, so editor Chuck Taylor is stepping down, “at least for a while.”
- Calling on the American Press Institute to go one more step. The people in the room discussing what’s next for newspapers, writes Jason Kristufek, should be the “energetic, tech-savvy, open-minded individuals who embrace the chaos and for whatever reason still care about this industry because the ability to do really cool things still exist.”
- Not Dead: The Paid-for Online Model. Monday Note is becoming one of my favourite reads, because of posts such as this one that argue that while the fully paid-for model doesn’t work online, there are possibilities.
- Paper Losses. Mark Potts channels Alan Mutter and takes a look at the depressing state of American media company stocks and the apparent massive loss of shareholder faith in the future of newspapers.
- 6 Newspaper sections rendered obsolete by the web. Obsolete may be too strong a word, but Mark Luckie’s post should give newspaper folk pause.
- Repowering newspapers: Taking a lesson from Toyota and GM. Alan Jacobson at Brass Tacks Design is the latest to weigh in with advice for newspaper publishers. The short version: forget the puny money-making abilities of the newspaper website as it currently exists and concentrate on making money.
- Look for changes in daily, Sunday paper. The remaking of the American daily continues with changes in Knoxville, including a new, two-section-only Monday paper of quick news reads, details from weekend sports and classifieds.
- Toward a National Journalism Foundation. David Sasaki proposes to tax telecommunication company profits to fund a $3-billion a year fund to support journalism. Tim Windsor, in his post Let’s put the government in charge of journalism!, makes the persuasive argument that this is a very bad idea. You should take the time to read both. Somewhat related: Paying for the News: Finding Solvency One Wine Shop at a Time.
