The media industry seeks a path to survival, even as the layoffs continue. The cost-cutting is far from over. There’s talk of a modest rebound for newspapers in 2010, but how do you define rebound? So how do the educational institutions that provide the talent and energy to help save the business succeed in this […]
Because big city newspapers have history behind them, they also generally have real estate of high value. That’s particularly true for the papers that have been around a while. Many sit on valuable downtown property. Some have classic historic buildings. Some have modern-era concrete and glass boxes, many looking dingy because the pressure washer budget […]
Or is that a train loaded with unused newsprint rushing full speed ahead at us? Three promising signs indicate that possibly, maybe, perhaps the newspaper industry is finally starting to break free from the bottom, where it has been mired for many, many months. Those signs: 1. The New York Times reports that The Seattle Times, […]
Bill Robinson – writer extraordinaire, the man who dubbed Richard Petty “The King,” the man who once rolled a flat tire into the office to save his job – died last month in Alabama. What does that have to do with this blog’s normal topic, digital news and trends? Nothing and everything. More on that […]
Some businesses ignore it (other than wondering WHY their employees are on social media during the workday). Others adapt and embrace, and make it their own. Here’s one from the latter category. Consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton has launched an internal social media networking tool called Hello. Booz has all the “normal” digital tools: email, […]
I’ve never been in a boat with a cracked hull, watching it fill with water, bailing with an old milk jug. And planning my next ’round the world cruise. But that’s what it feels like today in the world of newspapers. There’s a leak in the boat, the water line inside rises as the hull […]
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