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Fantastic interview with George Hincapie – I one wonder whether Mark Cavendish can keep winning without Big George pulling him that final few k’s? UK Newspapers are up in arms over the BBC’s iPhone application, arguing that it “will undermine … Continue reading
Britain’s Broken Society: Through a Glass Darkly
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15452867 The article highlights the impact media has had on increasing people’s perception that Britain is in a ‘social crisis’. The disappearance of local newspapers focused on local issues has left a void for national papers that are quick to make local … Continue reading
Vicious cycle of decline
You know those coupon flyers you find inside your daily newspaper – you still get a daily newspaper don’t you!? Well chance are they are courtesy of Valassis. But, much like the paper itself, you won’t be seeing them for … Continue reading
Craigslist benefits from newspapers demise
Serving as a proxy for the general decline in newspaper readership and ad revenues is this chart based on data from the AIM Group and the Newspaper Assn. of America (NAA): Newspaper classified ad revenues peaked above $16 billion in … Continue reading
Newspapers demise: by the numbers
Some interesting stats from the latest Newspaper Association of America (NAA) report: Print ad sales declined 29.7% to $5.9 billion Online sales down 13.4% to $696.3 million Classifieds down 42.3% to $1.5 billion Ad sales collapse 16.6% to $37.8 billion … Continue reading
Future of news by Alan Rusbridger
Alan Rusbridger is the Editor-in-Chief at The Guardian – probably the UK’s most innovative newspaper! In the video embedded below Alan talks about the challenges facing traditional newspapers and prognosticates on the future of news. Alan is a big proponent … Continue reading
Gin, TV, Social Surplus and 4-year olds
As anyone who reads this blog knows, I have a fascination with the state of the newspaper industry and its impending demise…it serves me well as a proxy for ‘old media’ in general. Its not the printing press, the TV … Continue reading
Newspapers – good news, bad news
Some interesting stats on the newspaper industry handily compiled by my friend Jeff Jarvis. What’s most disturbing is to see the newspapers continue to act like deer caught in the headlights. Their web sites suck (generally), they continue to push … Continue reading
Is Twitter journalism?
Lots of discussion following the Mumbai attacks about Twitter as journalism. Way I see it; 1. People witness an event – ‘journalist or not’; 2. They tweet about it; 3. Others read the tweets to get the latest….minus the opinion … Continue reading
Death by a thousand cuts
I’ve been a interested observer of the fate of the newspaper industry for a few years now and I believe the financial crisis and the economic downturn it presaged will be the final death knell. Ponder some stats dug up … Continue reading
