Editorial – The Horror
Nothing highlights the total disfunction of Washington and both political parties more than the current debate about the vacancy in...
read moreThe Charley Reese Column
You have probably gotten this in your email. And you’ve either totally accepted it and passed it on to everyone you know, or...
read moreRipping Off Newspapers
I’ve touched on this topic before – the whole premise of sites taking content from a newspaper, then republishing parts...
read moreWhen The Last Copyeditor Leave...
Journalism will be in a world of hurt. Copyeditors were always my bane – arguing with me over whether the word was...
read moreMedia Alert: We’re All G...
One thing that always drove me crazy was how we in the media too often blew out of proportion the latest death threat from some...
read moreHow Print-First Is Working Out
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune recently started a new experiment of holding certain stories for its print edition first. Alan Mutter...
read moreOnline Newspaper Readership Le...
I find this pretty amazing, but according to a recent article over at Nieman Journalism Lab, only about three percent of newspaper...
read moreTime For Some Links
On vacation, well trying to be and it’s not working out, but that’s another story. Anyway, there’s a couple of...
read moreWhy Should I Buy A (Print) New...
I don’t know. And now I’ve said it. And it sucks saying it because it was my life for roughly a quarter of a century....
read moreHolding Back The ‘Good S...
It’s called “print exclusive” and the plan by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune might be the start of where print...
read moreWeb Traffic For Newspapers Is ...
It’s not the Holy Grail, and to be honest, a lot of web traffic is just plain useless. I would argue overall newspaper traffic...
read morePaid Content – Yeah, The...
And currently has 1.1 million paid subscribers. Yep, the Wall Street Journal charges for its online subscription. God forbid....
read moreIt’s Monday, And Everyth...
Well, at least in the media/advertising world based on a couple of new posts. In a nutshell – advertising is going down, down...
read moreState Of The News
Happy times. The latest “State Of the News Media” report is out from the Pew Project for Excellence In Journalism. Quote:...
read moreNews Content: To Charge Or Not...
Seems to be the question of the day/week/month/year. And here are actually a couple of people who know about the subject – Jeff...
read moreGeeks And Dead Trees
So any one can start a blog. But does that qualify them as “journalists?” And more importantly, whom can, or should, you...
read moreNo Newspaper? One-Third Won...
And isn’t that just some cheery news to offset all the negatives – newspapers shutting down, massive layoffs, bankruptcy,...
read moreEveryone – But Newspaper...
The debate over newspapers charging for content probably will never end; but we should at least address those “third...
read moreWhere Are The Journalists?
Daily Show host Jon Stewart wins the takedown/smackdown/whateverdown this week for his eight-minute blast against CNBC. You can check...
read moreThe Must Read, Don’t Wan...
Jim Romenesko’s blog is probably the most depressing thing to read if you’re a journalist. He chronicles the world of...
read moreShould Newspapers Charge For C...
In a word – yes. When I was a publisher back in the 90s, I charged for content. I thought it was asinine to give our content...
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