In case you were in some doubt regarding the future for online news James Murdoch is telling it straight. He says that online news will in the future have a smaller audience, be less important (than broadcast) and come with a premium price tag. James Murdoch, who is chief executive of News Corporation...
So, I've spent a week or two experimenting with Google Wave. I've had some correspondence with some journalists I know, a Vistage colleague in the US, other people who run digital agencies. And it's been a frustrating experience. I think partly the way they've done the beta release is...
In the truth is stranger than fiction dept, French satirical investigative journalism weekly “ Le Canard Enchaîné ,“ has outed holier-than-thou French president, Nicolas Sarkozy for violating copyright laws. In a stunning display of hypocrisy, the presidential department of audiovisual services produced...
I was a bit gob smacked to read that Tony Blair is likely to be the next head of the European Union… A job that The Times says, no one wants him for. Which means he’ll probably get it. Over here in America, they love him. That’s why Bush gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, rather than JK Rowling...
Did you happen to read the amazing interview in Monday’s Wall Street Journal with Jeff Horing, co-founder of Insight Venture Partners, a New York private-equity firm that was the lead investor in Twitter’s third and latest fund-raising round? These are the geezers who just pumped in $100 million in funding...
It's an oldie, by today's standards, but still a goodie. In April, the East Bay Express - a freesheet out of Oakland, California released 'Saving Newspapers - The Musical', an underappreciated YouTube gem. Handing out such pearls of wisdom as 'invest in internet porn' and, simply...
AOL, the former dial-up internet juggernaut, now online content and display advertising somethingortheother, seems to be building a vast Ark - a rescue vessel for the unemployed journalists who were nearly washed away in the floods of the foretold mediapocalypse. The internet company - if can we still...
One of the things you have to accept about the Internet in general, and the blogosphere in particular, is that you should only believe about fifty percent of what you read. Traditional newspapers and magazines – Even those aimed at the brain dead people who can’t get enough show biz gossip, pop culture...
I was intrigued to read last week that Blackwell's Charing Cross Road branch in London, now has the first example of the “Espresso Book Machine” in the UK. This is the digital one that prints and binds books on demand in five minutes, while customers wait. The printer carries an inventory of almost...
Newspapers, that is. Print costs are soaring, ad revenue is plummeting and readers are getting it for free online. The end has oft been heralded but this time it could be for real. In fact, we’ve already seen several go under Stateside and even more are struggling. Even our own Independent is mooting...
