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While print newspapers are losing subscribers and advertisers in the rest of Europe, an Italian print publication launched by an investigative reporter is thriving because of its independent voice.Il Fatto Quotidiano (The Daily Facts) has been slaying sacred cows since 2009 and makes its money from subscribers and newsstand sales — roughly 6 million euros […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí.I have been inspired by a book about 13 new digital media launched in Spain by entrepreneurial journalists.The book — Microperiodismos: Aventuras Digitales en Tiempos de Crisis — profiles some news organizations that are defying the voices of pessimism, the economic crisis in Spain and competition from the traditional media.The authors, Eva […]
Read More »Let’s not cry any more about the decision of Advance Publications, a profit-driven enterprise, to reduce its newspapers in New Orleans and Alabama to publishing three days a week. It is sad for the people who were laid off, and we who love print are disappointed. But this was inevitable. The big newspaper chains have […]
Read More »Two years ago the buzz was that mobile was the next big thing, and now that consumers are moving to tablets and smartphones, the moment has arrived. Nielsen says that 50.4% of mobile users now have a smartphone. More than two-thirds of those in the 25-34 age group have a smartphone. The report is here. […]
Read More »Yoichi Nishimura (photo by Yang Shaogong) Versión en español aquí. Japan’s newspapers expanded their role of serving the community by using social media in the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. Yoichi Nishimura, former managing editor of Asahi Shimbun, with daily circulation of 8 million, said news organizations cooperated to share information about missing persons […]
Read More »Last weekend I spent a day and a half participating online in NewsU’s Revenue Camp for Journalism Entrepreneurs, an intense session on some of the new ways journalists are making money on the Web. (The entire course will be available to view online in a few days; Twitter comments from the course are at #revcamp.)If you have a […]
Read More »This weekend I spent a day and a half participating online in NewsU’s Revenue Camp for Journalism Entrepreneurs, an intense session on some of the new ways journalists are making money on the Web. (The entire course will be available to view online in a few days; Twitter comments from the course are at #revcamp.) The biggest mistake […]
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