Google announced yesterday that it will close its business that sells advertising space in newspapers, saying the effort failed to deliver the impact it wanted (article). The program, which had attracted more than 800 US newspapers since it began in 2006, produced “good results” for some advertisers. But as the director of Google Print Ads, […]
We’ve recorded another podcast! WeMedia is producing a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent media, technology, and social change figures, as well as distinguished experts on current affairs and news. Today marks our second installment. Our goal is to help the WeMedia community understand the roots of the changes taking place in our […]
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has been put up for sale by the Hearst Corporation. If it does not find a buyer in 60 days (56 days and counting…) — most analysts believe it won’t — the paper will cease production. This week, I am outlining my plan for how to save the Seattle PI, return it […]
WeMedia is podcasting! Beginning today, WeMedia will produce a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent media, technology, and social change figures, as well as distinguished experts on current affairs and news. Our goal is to provide the WeMedia community understand the roots of the changes taking place in our society, hear from the […]
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has been put up for sale by the Hearst Corporation. If it does not find a buyer in 60 days (56 days and counting…) — most analysts believe it won’t — the paper will cease production. This week, I am outlining my plan for how to save the Seattle PI, return it […]
There is a new player in the online news space. Welcome www.globalpost.com. Their mission: “GlobalPost intends to build a community of top correspondents as well as a community of users of the site who share the need and the desire for quality news about the world.” More here. Brian ReichBrian is Managing Director of little […]
On Friday, the Hearst Corporation announced that it was putting the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the older of Seattle’s two daily papers, up for sale. If a buyer is not found within 60 days (57 and counting…) then the paper will cease its print production. The prospects of finding a buyer, according to analysts, is slim and […]
It’s rare that a blog post is so personal, or powerful, or relevant, or honest, or dignified… whatever that special quality is… that it re-defines the whole medium for me. But it happens.
In an article posted online yesterday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told Adam Lashinsky of Fortune Magazine that he wished he could save the newspaper industry, but he didn’t know how. Very generous. Dan Froomkin, former Washington Post reporter and now head of the NeimanWatchdog.org wrote on Huffington Post some suggestions for how Google can help […]
I like newspapers, a lot. I subscribe to two newspapers in print, and read dozens more each morning online. But I don’t rely on newspapers for news. By the time the morning newspaper arrives (or posts online) the news is old, obsolete. I get my breaking news online, via text message and Twitter, or through […]