BuzzMachine |
August 5th, 2008 |
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My Guardian column this week is an interview with the Googliest author I know, Paulo Coelho about the power of free and friendships online. The lede: Paulo Coelho certainly has nothing against selling books. He has sold an astounding 100m copies of his novels. But he also believes in giving [...]
BizJournals |
August 5th, 2008 |
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Alabama's largest daily newspapers are losing circulation and trimming payroll amid falling revenue and higher operating costs.[...]
BizJournals |
August 5th, 2008 |
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It may seem odd that the Times Union is building a 66,000-square-foot addition to its Colonie offices when the newspaper industry is in a state of decline.[...]
Gannett's board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share, payable on Oct. 1 to shareholders of record as of Sept. 12.[...]
The Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal became the lastest in a series of newspapers to eliminate the public editor position, Public Editor Pam Platt announced in a column Sunday.[...]
Maegan Carberry -- who has already put in stints at two leading newspapers and one of the most popular blogs -- will be probing (with your help) how younger journalists can shape the future of news and storytelling, along with ethical and news consumer concerns.[...]
Eight months after becoming the only local daily in the city, Gannett Co.'s Cincinnati Enquirer is seeking to buy out 50 staffers.[...]
My print column this week examines a growing segment of the survey industry known as automated polls. These polls, which are cheaper than their live-interview counterparts, use recorded voices and computer technology to record respondents' answers. Despite their solid record of forecasting election results, these polls aren't covered by the [...]
Portfolio |
August 5th, 2008 |
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Charlie Calomiris and two co-authors have a piece in today's Washington Post making an improbable case: Most Americans have not experienced any significant decline in the value of their homes -- nor are they likely to. "In our research," they continue, "we conclude that declines in house prices are highly [...]
AdWeek |
August 5th, 2008 |
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NEW YORK This year will mark the first time in U.S. history that broadcast television gets more advertising dollars than newspapers. If the prognostication from Veronis Suhler Stevenson is correct, broadcast TV will be the No. 1 advertising medium in the country, knocking newspapers from the spot they have held [...]
EarthLink CEO Rolla Huff hasn't been shy about pushing for consolidation of the dial-up Internet business. He may have a chance to jump on an opportunity as early as this week. Time Warner executives are expected to announce Wednesday they have completed the necessary steps to separate AOL's dial-up access [...]
MediaShift |
August 5th, 2008 |
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I just wanted to update readers on changes that are happening here at PBS MediaShift and Idea Lab. In early June, I put out a call for new correspondents and "embeds" to write for MediaShift. I want to add more voices to this blog besides mine, open it up to [...]
MediaShift |
August 5th, 2008 |
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Recently, MediaShift started running reports from "embeds" at various media outlets and educational institutions. This report comes from Alfred Hermida, an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia. "Multidisciplined" and "flexible" were just two of the words in a recent ad for a [...]
MediaPost |
August 5th, 2008 |
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Newspaper publishing revenues at the Washington Post Company plummeted 13% to $197.3 million in the second quarter compared to the same period last year--placing the company's flagship newspaper squarely in the same crowded doghouse as the rest of the newspaper industry. The company also saw revenue declines in its broadcast [...]
Michael Silver, a former veteran exec with the The Tribune Company for two decades, is taking on the new post of executive director of the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium. The post is described as "advisory," though Silver will also be responsible for the management and oversight of the agreements between the [...]
NY-New York City, Position Description The Wall Street Journal Online seeks a part-time video editor to edit and publish video on a part-time basis. The job involves some encoding and editing of video, writing headline[...]
FL-Tampa, The Winston-Salem Journal, a Media General property, and Journalnow.com is searching for a high level Interactive Account Manager to be a key catalyst for revenue generation for Media General's relati[...]
FL-Ft. Lauderdale, We represent a well-established premier marketing company that has recently launched an exciting new ONLINE enterprise focused on the ENTERTAINMENT industry: Music, Fashion, Stage & Screen, Writing, F[...]
FL-Ft. Lauderdale, Job description : The Marketing Manager will oversee marketing and merchandising plan creation for the website and marketing vehicles, segmentation, personalization and offer strategy for email, produ[...]
