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The Future of Newspapers

BY Richard Watson
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:48 PM

In this age of user-generated content and citizen journalism, it might seem like newspapers are becoming yesterday's news. But there's more life in them yet.READ»

NEWSPAPERS | 2 comments

Can Better Design Save Newspapers? This Guy Thinks So

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Apr 15, 2009 at 9:47 AM

Architect turned graphic designer Jacek Utko doesn't look insane, and he doesn't sound insane. But he makes an insane argument: That by redesigning newspapers, and giving more power to designers, newspapers can save themselves from ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | Comment

Dow Jones; Protect the Journal

Relevancy Score: 100
Tue May 1, 2007 at 3:53 PM

Dow Jones Co. Inc., owners of The Wall Street Journal, received an unusual and surprising offer this morning. According to CNBC, Rupert Murdoch and his company News Corp. offered $60 a share for all outstanding shares in order to ...READ»

MEDIA | Comment

No Gloom For Newspapers In The Developing World

Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Mar 21, 2007 at 4:14 PM

Today, a fascinating front page story in the Wall Street Journal took a close look at the tensions between Arthur O. Sulzberger and Hassan Elmasry, a London-based portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley, a large ...READ»

ONLINE NEWSPAPERS | 1 comment

Google Wants to Save Newspapers With a Micropayment Engine

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Sep 10, 2009 at 6:13 AM

We know Google loves to jab its fingers into many different pies, but this latest effort is interesting: Google's developing a micropayment engine, and looks to be courting the ailing newspaper industry as customers for its ...READ»

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | Comment

Public Interest

BY Anya Kamenetz
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:19 AM

A modest proposal to save the newspaper trade.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 5 comments

Hyper-Local Hero

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:14 AM

Ten years ago, Rob Curley was covering city hall for the Topeka daily paper. Now he's lighting up the entire industry. How a "nerd from Kansas" discovered the web, and hit the big time.READ»

CHANGE MANAGEMENT | Comment

Will the Indian Media Bubble Burst Soon?

BY Anupam Mukerji
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Apr 20, 2007 at 12:50 PM

For the first time in a decade, newspaper readership in India has declined. Even the seemingly booming TV news industry may be suffering from overcapacity. Are these early signs of the Indian media bubble burst? Round 1 results of ...READ»

PUBLISHING + BROADCASTING | 3 comments

When the Storytellers Become the Story

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 97
Tue Mar 14, 2006 at 3:39 PM

My heart went out to the employees of several Knight-Ridder newspapers this morning, when it became clear that their ongoing roller coaster ride was not yet over. Although the McClatchy Company won the bidding for the newspaper ...READ»

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An e-Circular Argument

Relevancy Score: 88
Mon Oct 31, 2005 at 4:45 PM

Good news. Online newspaper readers will no longer miss out on local grocery store circulars. They can thank Gannett - along with a renewed appetite from traditional media for Internet firms. In June, Gannett bought media marketer ...READ»

SEATTLE | Comment

Does the Seattle P-I Going 100% Web Signal the End of Newspapers?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 88
Tue Mar 17, 2009 at 9:57 AM

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»

MAINE | Comment

The Woes of a Union in Trouble

BY Melanie Brooks
Relevancy Score: 87
Thu Jun 19, 2008 at 10:18 PM

I understand why unions exist. Fair wages, fair hours, fair benefits. But what happens when you are a part of a union that you don’t agree with? I am a new hire at MaineToday and the Portland Press Herald. The job I was hired ...READ»

INTERNET + WEB | 2 comments

Putting the "Gee" in Email

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 84
Thu Apr 1, 2004 at 11:53 AM

Given that today is April Fool's Day, I'd be tempted to think that Google's announcement that it is launching a free, Web-based email service called Gmail was a spoof. But the news is all over the wire services and in all the ...READ»

ADVERTISING | 1 comment

Opportunity for Newspapers?

BY Brian Reich
Relevancy Score: 81
Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 4:58 PM

A new report from the Newspaper Association of America (written up in the New York Times) shows that growth in online advertising has slowed and revenues at newspapers are, once again, on the decline. Online advertising as an ...READ»

MARRIOTT | 3 comments

Marriott Cuts Free Newspapers for Guests, 'USA Today' Feels the Pain

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 81
Mon Apr 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM

The familiar sight of newspapers scattered on the floor outside hotel rooms might soon be a thing of the past. In what is being billed as an environmentally-conscious move, Marriott International Inc. announced today that ...READ»

INNOVATION | 2 comments

Are Newspapers Becoming Ancient Relics?

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 77
Tue Sep 19, 2006 at 8:27 PM

Fast Company Innovation Resource Columnist Richard Watson writes: "If newspapers were invented tomorrow they would be hailed as a miracle innovation. They are cheap, paper thin, easy to annotate and don't use batteries. You can read ...READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

News Analysis: It's the Culture

BY Warren Bennis
Relevancy Score: 75
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:42 AM

It takes more than one bad reporter to damage the paper of record.READ»

ENTREPRENEURSHIP | Comment

How Must Media Change to Get Funded by Venture Capital?

BY Francine Hardaway
Relevancy Score: 71
Tue Dec 2, 2008 at 5:11 PM

There's not much love between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, although more and more they need each other to thrive. Years into the digital revolution, it is still difficult to find venture funds that understand content creation like ...READ»

KINDLE 3 | 3 comments

Amazon's Big-Screen Kindle 3 Due This Week

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 71
Mon May 4, 2009 at 5:40 AM

A long-predicted update to the Amazon Kindle, with the key feature being a significantly larger screen, is due as soon as this Wednesday. The hottest discussions center on how Amazon's Kindle 3 could help boost sales of ...READ»

E-NEWSPAPERS | 8 comments

Should The New York Times Ditch Paper, Distribute Kindle E-readers?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 69
Mon Feb 2, 2009 at 5:42 AM

All the news that's fit to Kindle? Silicon Alley Insider's Nicholas Carlson has done some inspired mathematical guesswork and come to the conclusion that The New York Times could save itself by ditching paper altogether. Giving every ...READ»

MEDIA | 4 comments

Newspaper Circulation Falling Faster and Faster

Relevancy Score: 69
Tue Oct 31, 2006 at 12:20 PM

Gone are the days of the smoking-jacketed man with his armchair, pipe and evening paper. The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported a 2.8 percent decline for weekday circulation and 3.4 percent decline in Sunday circulation for the ...READ»

DESIGN | Comment

The New York Times's Latest Prototype: Skimming

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 63
Sun Feb 15, 2009 at 8:55 PM

Newspapers may be dying, but The New York Times has been admirably farsighted in trying to remake the medium. The company's recent experiments have included remarkable online info graphics and the underappreciated but brilliant ...READ»

LEARNING, TRAINING, + DEVELOPMENT | 1 comment

Managing Convergence

Relevancy Score: 61
Mon Aug 9, 2004 at 1:17 PM

Last week, I was at a conference known as Unity 2004, where almost 10,000 journalists from across the country mingled. One of the things I got out of it is what's called "convergence," which involves journalists working across ...READ»

FC CALENDAR | 1 comment

Google & the Future of Newspapers

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 59
Thu Apr 23, 2009 at 10:00 AM

"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»

INNOVATION | 1 comment

Journalism's Evolution In An Era Of Social Media

BY DJ Francis
Relevancy Score: 57
Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 8:07 AM

Journalism is at a crossroads, with two distinct groups voicing their opinions. On one side, many journalists don’t buy the trend toward social media and have their heads firmly entrenched in the sand. They believe in their ...READ»

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