NYT’s Carr Doesn’t Understand Webworld

Posted on January 13, 2009 by jestevens

In yesterday’s NYT, David Carr suggested that Steve Jobs’ iTunes model, in which many people pay a tiny amount for stories, might serve as a way of convincing people to pay for news.
Those of us who are in the newspaper business could not be blamed for hoping that someone like him comes along and ruins [...]

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It’s Not About The Business Plan

Posted on January 8, 2009 by jestevens

Business plan. Business model. Business plan. Business model. Jeez Louise it seems that’s all you hear about these days. To survive in Webworld, it’s going to take a lot more than developing a new business plan. To adapt to Webworld, the entire approach to news has to change. No business model will help. If you [...]

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Friday picks

Posted on November 14, 2008 by jestevens

Newsecon: Newspapers better hope Nick Denton’s wrong on advertising in ‘09 — Zachary Seward in NiemanJournalismLab. The best part is his review of Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker’s analysis of where online advertising’s going.
A Gavin O’Malley article in Online Media Daily about research by tech firm Attributor: Nearly 60% of views of publishers’ content takes [...]

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Obamanet’s a model for journalism

Posted on November 11, 2008 by jestevens

News organizations can learn a thing or two from the Obama campaign’s Web strategy — about community-building and creating a place for members of a community to meet, organize and take action. That’s not the role of journalism, you say? Bear with me.
First a few intriguing facts about Obamanet. In the Washington Post, Shailagh Murray [...]

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