It seems that the only time we write about newspapers these day is to write another obituary or speculate on which newspaper is on its last legs
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Fires Back at Newspapers
The Associated Press (AP) announced this week that it’s working on a system to "protect" its content from being "misappropriated" online. Murdok CEO Rich Ord posted a thought-provoking piece on the subject giving some background into the situation.
Murdoch Says Newspapers Must Charge For Online Content
News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch said on Thursday that newspapers must find a way to charge for online content to make up for declining ad revenue.
"People are used to reading everything on the net for free, and that’s going to have to change," Murdoch told attendees at the annual Cable Show event in Washington, D.C.
Murdoch cited The New York Times as an example, saying it has a "very, very good Web site." He said he did not believe the paper would make any money online unless it changes its current business model.
Newspapers Are A Dying Breed, Will You Miss Them?
I don’t read the Raleigh News & Observer during the week, but I do enjoy reading it at the weekend. There’s something relaxing and familiar about reading printed news with my coffee and breakfast. As much as I enjoy the experience, I’ve noticed that more and more ads are filling up the pages–with less articles, and in some cases, complete sections being retired.
Twitter Bigger Than Newspapers in the UK
Data from Hitwise shows that Twitter is getting more traffic than most newspaper sites in the UK. Twitter is the 54th most visited site there.
Twitter has overtaken sites like the Guardian, Times, Sun, Telegraph, and even Google News UK. Daily Mail is the only main newspaper home page that received more traffic than Twitter in the UK.
Yahoo Not Doing Too Bad in Newspapers
Google recently announced that it would be shutting down its print advertising business after announcing the pulling of the plug on a number of other services last week.
Newspapers Take Interest In Social Networking
Yes, the headline isn’t really breaking news to many of us. However, I received an interesting report this week that ties numbers to the tumultuous newspaper industry and its struggle to remain relevant, today and tomorrow. I wanted to share the numbers with you…
Lee Newspapers Sees Jump In Readership And Online Use
Lee Enterprises, newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and a number of smaller papers across the United States says the reach of its papers and online sites among young adults has grown from 54 to 64 percent over the last year.The findings are from a comprehensive audience study by Wilkerson & Associates in Lee’s 10 largest markets. It measured the seven-day reach of newspapers and their online sites from January to June in 2007 and 2008.
World Association of Newspapers Tries to Block Google-Yahoo! Deal
A couple weeks ago, Google said it would go forward with its proposed deal with Yahoo!, which would see Google supplying ads to Yahoo!, if the U.S. Department of Justice had not yet blocked them from doing so. In other words, they aren’t gong to wait for an investigation to play out before they begin.
Pew: Newspapers Circling The Wagons
The newspaper industry is at a crossroads, and a fresh report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism confirms this beyond all doubt. What’s interesting is that industry experts have a hard time agreeing on whether the intersection is good or bad, and whether to praise or blame the Internet’s role in shaping it.