As newspapers continue to struggle, traditional news-aggregation sites like AOL and Yahoo are planning to produce more original content. Are they the future of journalism?
Over the past several months, as many of the traditional pillars of journalism have begun to show severe economic strain, there are new signs of a growing future for original content [...]
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September 1, 2009
Can AOL and Yahoo Save the News?
June 17, 2009
How Media Can Profit from Twitter’s Big Week
by Larry Kramer
As if the year hasn’t been tough enough for the media, the press’ role in disseminating news took some harsh blows this week.
Consider this lead on a wire story on CBSSports.com on Wednesday:
“MINNEAPOLIS—Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love says on Twitter that Kevin McHale will not return as coach next season.
“In an update posted [...]
March 16, 2009
The Upside of the Seattle Paper’s End
The Hearst Corp. announced today that it will be the first major media company to convert a metropolitan daily newspaper into a website, and end it’s run as a printed newspaper.
When Hearst follows through on its promise to shut down the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on Tuesday, it will shift to an online-only news business.
This dramatic shift [...]
February 27, 2009
News Inc.? The Second Coming of Newspapers
Today’s collapse of the Rocky Mountain News has prompted the usual hysterics and hand-wringing over the death of print—but people need to get over the notion that quality news only comes on paper.
OK, so now it has begun. The Rocky Mountain News, Denver’s 150-year-old daily newspaper, is shutting its doors tomorrow. I fear this will [...]
January 6, 2009
The Next Great Media War
Who will win the battle between content providers like Viacom and distributors like Time Warner Cable? Viewers, of course.
The New Year’s Eve drama between Time Warner Cable and Viacom was the opening salvo in what promises to be a long and brutal battle for the future of our major media companies. It’s media’s version of [...]
December 11, 2008
More Bad News For Tribune
UPDATE: Tribune filed for bankruptcy Monday, Dec. 8
They all knew better, or at least should have.
When several private equity firms were looking at the Tribune Company early in 2007, they came to the same conclusion. Even though they would be taking over some of the biggest and most influential newspapers in the United States, including [...]
October 12, 2008
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