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Should Colleges Subsidize Print News, Or Switch to Kindle?

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»

Attention Nonprofits! It (Still) Pays to Advertise

The 2008 Report on Nonprofit Marketing (The State of Nonprofit Marketing: A Report On Priorities, Spending, Measurement, and The Challenges Ahead) produced jointly by the American Marketing Association and Lipman Hearne, surveyed leading nonprofit organizations. The number one finding of the report indicates that building awareness is overwhelmingly the leading priority, regardless of size or subsector. Smart nonprofit organizations know that they need to advertise, in both good times and bad. READ»

Do Not Underestimate the Selling Power of a Well Designed Website

As time and attention spans shrink - the need to provide quick and relevant information increases. There is both art and science in the design and creation of what may be the most powerful sales asset of your business. READ»

Time, Inc's Former Editor on the Future of the Magazine

Over the last three decades Jim Gaines has served as editor in chief of Time, Life and People magazines, as well as the corporate editor of Time, Inc. Today, August 11, is his sixty-second birthday--but unlike many of the print ...READ»

Why the Hell Do We Need Dan Abrams' "Mediaite"?

"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»

News Flash From the Future: What Will Journalism Look Like?

With newspapers’ traditional business model in free fall, the top media minds at global design firm IDEO (designer of the Apple mouse, consultant to Fortune 500 companies) were asked to imagine: How will we get our news after the traditional model falls apart? Here's their answer.READ»

Can Great Design Save Print?

Came across this insightful presentation from European newspaper designer Jacek Utko. He's doing amazing stuff and taking a fresh look at an old media. If you love print it's worth a ...READ»

Blurb's $30 Million Sold Proves Print Still Rocks

Eileen Gittins runs Blurb, a profitable print-on-demand startup that sold $30 million worth of books last year.READ»

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Google & the Future of Newspapers

"The White House has gone Googley," says "Google expert" Stephen Arnold. And the world of print is following close behind. Conference organizers say their panels of experts, insiders and competitors will help ...READ»

Emerge

In case you missed the memo that print is dying (or you’re simply in denial), you can head to Washington, D.C., to talk about “trends, technologies and strategies that are keeping print relevant.” Conference co-hosts include ...READ»

The Shady Ways Advertisers Track You Online

Wednesday Google [GOOG] announced it would begin using behavioral targeting in its online advertisements, renewing discussions about the probity of the practice. There aren't any laws that dictate what kind of information advertisers ...READ»

UK's Guardian Newspaper Embraces Future With Free Digital Content

The New York Times recently took a stab at what a proper online version of a newspaper might look and feel like, and there were recent suggestions that the newspaper might be better off going for an all-Kindle digital distribution ...READ»

wood grain bamboo flooring

Impregnated wood grain bamboo flooring is a unique technology work with bamboo plank, use impregnant processing to “print” wood pattern on solid bamboo surface, it’s more cost efficient compare with heat film transferring ...READ»

Learn and Advance (part 1)

If the world evolves, why not evolve with it?  Within the world of business, many people consider themselves "experts" in their fields and often times create an octagon for themselves; often times entering the octagon and ...READ»

What to look for in a design firm!

In the ever changing, standardized world of web, it is becoming ever more difficult for small businesses and non-profit organizations to find quality freelancers and firms.  Why?  Because we live in the world of referrals!  The ...READ»

The Internet and the Death Rattle of Print Advertising

The phrase death rattle is not a pleasant one, however, it may describe the current state of print advertising, specifically, as it relates to real estate. Print advertising has been the main venue of real estate advertising for ...READ»

Is Print Dead?

Is Print Dead? How Digital Media is Changing the Face of Publishing Mobile phone. Audiobook. Ereader. Social Media. Widget. What do these all have in common? Each of these forms of digital media, and the rate of consumer ...READ»

Mediabistro Circus: Conversations on Technology and the Changing Face of Media

Next week, on May 20th and 21st, Mediabistro.com will hold its first conference – Mediabistro Circus. "Most conferences are dry and boring. That's why we're calling ours a circus," says mediabistro.com founder ...READ»