Monthly Archives: July 2008
E&P: 10 Newspapers that ‘Do it Right’
Editor & Publisher has published its 2008 ’10 That Do it Right,’ a list of newspapers that have shown innovation in specific areas, such as growing classified revenue or launching successful niche products. This is definitely worth a read. For … Continue reading
Google News Drives $100 million in Revenue to Google, says VP
Fortune magazine reports that Google vice president Marissa Mayer publicly stated that Google News –an aggregator that contains no advertising– draws in approximately $100 million in revenue from paid searches that get funneled through the site. You can check Melbourne … Continue reading
Google’s ‘Knol’ is Direct Challenge to Media Companies
Google today announced the launch of Knol, a Wikipedia-esque site that hosts articles from contributors. Google hopes the articles become among the most authoritative on the Web — which represents a direct challenge to media sites. In a June 2006 … mature milfs dating
A Metaphor for News Site Navigation
I ran across this image on Smashing Magazine tonight. I think it eloquently describes one of the biggest challenges specific to news site design: What do you think? Is creating an effective way for users to find enormous amounts of … Continue reading
Young Spokesman-Review Journos Publish Newsroom Reorganization Report
A group of eight young journalists at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash. were asked to produce a report on how the newsroom can reorganize to improve efficiency. Nick Eaton, a sports producer in Spokane, and the team have published the … Continue reading
Readership Institute Releases 2008 Readership Study
The Readership Institute has released its 2008 study on readership trends of 100 newspapers, which proclaims that “readers have not left the building.” The study (direct link to the PDF here), shows stability in many trends and some small readership … Continue reading
Google Improves Indexing of Flash Content
Just catching up on my pile of RSS feeds after getting hitched and spotted an important item: Google has improved its ability to crawl Flash content. Google has historically had trouble “seeing” any Flash content (.SWF files). This means anything … Continue reading
Registration for BlogOrlando is Open
Quick announcement: Registration for the previously mentioned BlogOrlando is now open! Registration for the Sept. 25-27 conference is free and open to anyone. Registration page is here. Registration was maxed out for last year’s conference, so act quickly. Yours truly … Continue reading
BlogOrlando 2008 Dates Announced
It’s baaaaaaack! BlogOrlando, the awesome unconference on all things bloggy will be back this year Thursday, Sept. 25 to Saturday, Sept. 27. Last year, registration was maxed out with more than 300 attendees, many of which were journalists from Florida’s … Continue reading