Posted on March 9, 2010 by Bill Densmore
Bill Densmore, 2008-2009 Fellow
U.S., Korean and Japanese news-industry strategists wraup up today three days in Missouri to assess the impact of the soon-to-be-launched Apple iPad on the news business — and on the fast-changing “E-reader” marketplace. On Monday, they considered the possibility of forming a news-industry consortium, and that idea is on the agenda today.
It’s been the spring meeting of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute’s Digital Publishing Alliance. The day-and-a-half symposium (VIEW AGENDA) will be videocast live and there will be a running text commentary to which viewers and contribute — and even ask questions.
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Posted on March 8, 2010 by Michele Mclellan
Michele McLellan, 2009-2010 Fellow
If you’ve been following along, you’ve seen my list of promising online news sites grow quite a bit since we first posted it in February.
Thanks to everyone who has sent in suggestions and to my able assistants, Adam Maksl and Catherine Pearson, who have been busily reviewing your many suggestions.
By late last week, we had examined about 800 sites and found nearly 80 that meet our criteria. We’ve got more than 50 on our published list with more to be added.
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Posted on March 6, 2010 by Bill Densmore
http://gillin.com/blog/2010/03/curations-growing-value/
*Paul Gillin’s Social Media Report*
*March 4, 2010*
EXCERPT:
“Curation is an increasingly important part of the information value chain . . . Trusted curators who point us to the most valuable sources of information for our interests will become the new power brokers. Matt Drudge figured this out many years ago . . . .
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Posted on March 4, 2010 by Bill Densmore
Bill Densmore, 2008-2009 Fellow
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will tackle economics, technology, ownership and antitrust as it convenes next week the second of two “workshop”-style hearings on the future of journalism.
UPDATE: Here’s the link to the audio:
http://http.earthcache.net/htc-01.media.qualitytech.com/COMP008760MOD1/FTC2/030910_ftc_audio/index.html
or: http://bit.ly/9ZcKfn
The session entitled: “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet?,” will run from 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. on Tues., March 9 and from 10 a.m. to approximately 3:30 p.m. on Wed., March 10 at the FTC’s Washington, D.C., offices. We participated in the Dec. 1-2 sessions and created a wiki resource covering much of the testimony.
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Filed under: Business Models, Future of Journalism | Tagged: antitrust, FTC, jouranlism, l3c, ownership, regulation, technology, Washington | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 25, 2010 by Stephanie Padgett
Stephanie Padgett, 2009-2010 Reynolds Fellow
Last week, I attended the first Borrell’s Local Online Advertising conference in NY. It was the first event where I saw radio, TV and newspaper sales people interacting and sharing information. In addition to the traditional media reps, the room was sprinkled with new digital players who hope to attract advertising dollars from local businesses. It was a strange mix of participants that truly underscored how the business of local media is rapidly evolving.
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Posted on February 11, 2010 by Michele Mclellan
Michele McLellan, 2009-2010 Fellow
I interviewed operators of three Chicago online news sites – Gapers Block, Windy Citizen, and Chicago Talks – recently and found the mix of content and revenue ideas worth following. I’m adding several Chicago sites to my list of promising online news sites.
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Posted on February 9, 2010 by Clyde Bentley
Clyde Bentley, 2009-2010 Reynolds Fellow
Though the notion of moving the Web from PC to mobile in just three years is mind-numbing, leave it to Google to propose and even more daunting deadline. This week the company said that with “about two years” it will have a mobile software that will translate voice conversations in several languages.
There are doubters that this is even possible, but I wouldn’t put anything past Google. Google already has a great full-page Web text browser translator plugin that works in 52 languages and a rather terrible text-to-voice paragraph translator. Read more »
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Posted on February 7, 2010 by Stephanie Padgett
Stephanie Padgett, 2009-2010 Fellow
When I am not “fellowing” at RJI, I help private schools with their media and marketing efforts. Just five years ago, most of these campaigns focused on finding the right mix of school and camp guides. Some schools were lucky enough to afford a billboard or two. It was a fairly predictable business and success which was measured by the number on the waiting list.
Those days are over—just ask any newspaper or city magazine that still attempts to produce a bi-annual school directory. Schools are just one of many organizations to realize that parents begin their search for product information online. Thus budgets have shifted to paid search, SEO and online ads. Read more »
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Posted on February 6, 2010 by Bill Densmore
Putting journalism under non-profit ownership is no panacea for financing it, a six-person panel found during an 80-minute discussion at the New England Newspaper & Press Association annual meeting in Boston moderated by Reynolds Journalism Institute 2008-2009 fellow Bill Densmore.
There are challenges to obtaining foundation funding. Local-news operations in New Haven, Conn., and Brattleboro, Vt., are testing the waters and in Boston the New England Center for Investigative Reporting is working with Pulitzer Prize-winner reporters. Meanwhile, Congress will be asked to endorse a new form of ownership called the Low Profit, Limited-Liability Corporation (L3C), a for-profit that puts a social mission ahead of profits. You can hear thoughts on these and other topics by watching archived video of the panel, or by reading running notes of moderator Bill Densmore, all linked from this wiki page.
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Posted on February 6, 2010 by Clyde Bentley
When I first saw Gartner Research’s list of predictions for IT organizations and the people they serve, I was amused. Guessing games are always fun. As I read on, I became concerned. Then a bit afraid.
But now I’m just fired up for a challenge.
Gartner is no slouch at forecasting trends in technology and business using sophisticated research tools to make more-than-educated guesses. This year’s predictions ranged from India taking the lead in cloud aggregation to Internet marketing coming under government regulation. Read more »
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