May
6
From the RSS reader so far (I’m working on three longish posts; we’ll see how many I get to today):
- New daily starts up in Liberal, Kansas. When the town’s daily cut back to two days a week, the publisher, editor and a bunch of others left to start a new print daily. As they say, you go where the readers are and, in Liberal, it seems there are enough of them to justify the cost of print. Another way to read this: Lancaster Management, which owns the former daily, in cutting costs may be on the way to cutting itself out of the picture.
- I hate numbers. The short version of Zac Echola’s latest: it’s about the connections, not the numbers.
- The Declining Value Of Redundant News Content On The Web. Scott Karp uses the overkill on the Microsoft-Yahoo dust-up to make a pitch for originality and thoughtful journalism by both traditional and new media. This is a big challenge for media: they need to recognize that “their” news is available from dozens (hundreds) of sources to anyone with an internet connection; at the same time they need to serve the declining number of locals who rely on them for comprehensive coverage.
- Vincent Musi… is excited about the self-publishing possibilities made available to photojournalists by the ‘net. Hart van Dusen writes: “Hopefully the possibilities include money.”
- A 6-step prescription for reinvigorating newspaper classifieds. Partnerships with local bloggers, free listings and sharing revenue with other sites are part of the plan. One of the keys: if the newspaper creates the platform, it can take a cut of all the action.
