It's nice that CEO Eric Schmidt feels Google has a "moral responsibility" to help reinvent the newspaper industry. But how?
Hyper-personalization might be the way, according to the Neiman Journalism Lab at Harvard, which pressed ...READ»
Rupert Murdoch is so concerned about the future of traditional (i.e. his) news publishing at the hands of Google, he's launched paid Web newspapers via an online club. But if Google's so evil, why doesn't he block its ...READ»
Wikileaks is like Wikipedia for sensitive information: a user-populated dossier of classified and leaked stuff, submitted by anonymous sources all over the world. Johnny Law has attempted to shut it down both domestically and abroad, ...READ»
This week Wesleyan University announced that an anonymous donor had given the school $20,000 to subsidize paper New York Times subscriptions for students for the next two years. One hundred and fifty miles away at Princeton ...READ»
The Wall Street Journal is set to begin charging $2 per week for iPhone readers, reports Paid Content. Rupert Murdoch said that other News Corp. properties may begin using a similar model, in which Fox shows would no longer be free on ...READ»
Print Is Dying Because... It's Printed
"The Printed Blog" was an experiment in publishing: a hybrid online publication with a printed counterpart that could be delivered to your house. The venture's founder, Josh Karp, believed that ...READ»
"It's my hope that you will see this as a unique property that will quickly become the must-read for anyone interested in the media, the business of it and the personalities behind it."
So begins the "Note from Dan Abrams," a kind ...READ»
Tuscon, Denver and Seattle have all recently lost their printed newspapers. One, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, has moved to an all-online model, cutting its staff of 136 to down to just 20. It joins growing Web-papers like The ...READ»
As of today the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is a 100% online publication, with the final print run of its paper edition already complete. Does this move sound a death knell for physical newspapers?
The Post-Intelligencer has ...READ»
The newest form of electronic journalism, in 1981, is quite hilarious in retrospect. My favorite bit: "This is an experiment, we're trying to figure out what it's going to mean to us as editors and reporters and what it ...READ»
The space between media and public relations is filled with gray, but we're learning very quickly that the more things change, the smaller that space becomes. Already, each of us has experienced profound change in our industry. I say ...READ»
A couple of weeks ago Jason Calacanis announced he was retiring from blogging. This, from a guy who many consider the catalyst to professional blogging. In his follow up email (re-posted here by TechCrunch), Jason details his ...READ»
I read a tweet from a journalist/blogger yesterday who advised a budding public relations rookie not to pitch. In his words, "Pitch=Spam". Interesting take, right? So, how does this guy get his news anyway? I was quick to ...READ»
On the heels of the heavy-handed announcement
by the Associated Press to strictly enforce copyright guidelines on
bloggers, Jim Kennedy, vice president and strategy director of The
A.P., decided he and his group would ...READ»
Since I started blogging about social media and PR, I've managed to
spark a lot of discussion around some seemingly overlooked
opportunities for newspapers, journalists, brands and agencies to
embrace and integrate social media. ...READ»
Since I started blogging about social media and PR, I've managed to
spark a lot of discussion around some seemingly overlooked
opportunities for newspapers, journalists, brands and agencies to
embrace and integrate social media. ...READ»
With 140 word Tweets, IM applications and new social media release templates calling for narrow, bulleted points it's no wonder the journalism and PR communities are so vocal about social media these days. If I were a veteran newsie, ...READ»
At PitchEngine we're constantly trying to improve and implement social media tools into our PR efforts. One of the topics we're discussing is the new press release format - we'll call it "social media release" as that's been ...READ»
I blog consistently about our desire as media and PR pros to change and adapt to social media. An inspiring example is that of David Cohn and his new venture Spot.us- community funded reporting.
Here's a synopsis from Cohn on the ...READ»
If there was ever a sign that PR and media are seeking change I think PitchEngine is a good barometer. In just 30 days our network is approaching 100 members and has been referenced around the web as an up-and-coming resource in the ...READ»
