Why SF Chronicle is Failing
John Battelle looks at what’s really ailing the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Chris Brogan, an entrepreneur and media creator, discusses making a business out of new media.
Fred Wilson is right. There’s lots of good information on blogs. Sometimes it is better than traditional media, sometimes not. The bottom line is that to get the best perspective on news and events, one needs to take advantage of a blend of old and new media. Scott Karp is right. His concept of “link…
From PaidContent: For the 12th straight quarter, newspaper websites saw their ad revenues rise; this time around, the increase was 22.3 percent to $750 million in Q1 compared to the same period a year ago, according to estimates from the Newspaper Association of America. For context, online made up 7.1 percent of total newspaper ad…
The Sunday New York Times splashed a page 1, above the fold story on painting a picture of gloom and doom in online retailing (“Some Buyers Grow Web-Weary, And Online Sales Lose Steam”). A chart even accompanies the sensational headline. The first sentence is particularly inflammatory: “Has online retailing entered the Dot Calm era?” Paul Kedrosky…
Regular readers know that I rant and rave about how content really doesn’t want to be free — and shouldn’t be. But with the announcement this week that the New York Times would stop charging for access to its columnists and much of its archives, the clamor about free content roared back to life. Add…
Over at K Street Cafe, Chris Moody of the Cato Institute offers up some tips on getting your advocacy campaign covered by bloggers. The post includes examples from a recent effort that included basics on etiquette as well as ideas for the best formats and approaches to use.
