Dec
16
I still haven’t gotten to the RSS reader, but have plenty of open browser tabs with interesting sites to pass along.
- Out on my limb: Predictions for 2009. The essential-to-read Martin Langeveld offers a look into the new year and some predictions. The good news: he doesn’t foresee any more newspaper co. bankruptcies and he says newspaper stocks will beat the market. The bad? Shuttered shops, mergers, reduced frequency of publication and more. Go read.
- Newspapers’ Outlook on Ad Revenue Growth and Strategic Initiatives. (Note: Link goes to PDF) Kubas Consultants’ report also looks ahead to the new year in both the U.S. and Canada, based on interviews with newspapers executives. They are expecting steep drops in advertising revenue and further cost-cutting. From the report: “All sizes of US newspapers are about equally pessimistic. Canadian newspapers are less pessimistic, but still expect declines in most (advertising) categories.” Via The Canadian Journalism Project.
- Tale of the Tape. From Paul Gillin: “Gallup has issued its bi-annual report on news consumption trends, and all mainstream media are down with the exception of cable news and the Internet.” The frightening part for newspapers is the accompanying chart of news consumption by type and age group.
- In defense of metered content. I’m not one of those to off-handedly write off the idea of newspapers charging fees for more frequent users. I think there’s something to Jason Preston’s arguments.
- The Oregonian to stop delivering to Oregon’s second-largest metro area. Eugene loses Oregonian delivery as the cost-cutting continues.
- 25+ of Danny’s Favorite Multimedia Tools. Danny Sanchez has a solid list of multimedia/social reporting tools. If you are one of my students, you might as well go bookmark this now.
- New Year’s Resolutions. Placeblog Torontoist is now in the dead pool. A final post explains why.
- MostEmailedNews.com. What a good idea: scrape together the most-emailed lists from dozens of media outlets around the world. A great way to stay in the zeitgeist loop.
- Q&A: Maclean’s editor/publisher Ken Whyte. An interview with the editor of the Canadian newsweekly, post-layoffs.
- Playing “god” in a digital age: The thin line between art and the subjectivity of photojournalism. Dennis Dunlevy’s mini-essays on photography and photojournalism are always thought-provoking.
