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I came away from reading the State of the News Media in 2011 with the sense that newspapers in particular are being left farther behind by all of the advances in technology and payment systems. One example is Apple. Although it is selling subscriptions to publications on its iTunes platform, it is taking 30% of […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí. A study of 54 independent journalism sites in Latin America has found that 20% of these new ventures produce no revenue. What’s more, only one-fourth of the for-profit operations are covering their costs. Most did not do a financial viability study before launch and less than half are taking advantage of […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí. Jorge Domínguez, general manager and co-founder A chain of websites in Chile called Mi Voz (My Voice) is taking advantage of user-generated content to provide an alternative to crime and celebrity news. The news sites span the country and cover topics neglected by the mainstream media, such as technology, social issues […]
Read More »Newspapers battered by the collapse of the traditional business model might turn to this type of text-based SMS service as a new source of revenue. (La versión original en español se encuentra aquí.) El Periódico of Guatemala has launched a headline service for cellphones that is producing $60,000 a month. After only four months, the […]
Read More »Una versión de esta columna en español se encuentra aquí. The blessing and the curse of the web is that everything is measurable. For reporters working in newsrooms that measure the traffic of articles on a minute-to-minute basis, it can be discouraging to see fluff trump substance. In some newsrooms, reporters are competing for raises […]
Read More »This blog entry was made earlier in Spanish. Several people have asked for an English version. Jorge Domínguez, general manager and co-founder A chain of websites called Diarios Ciudadanos (Citizen Dailies) in Chile is taking advantage of user-generated content to provide an alternative to crime and celebrity news. The news sites span the country and […]
Read More »Acabo de encontrar a Justin Arenstein, el fundador y presidente de una cooperativa de periodistas en Sudáfrica que ha establecido una reputación envidiable por periodismo de investigación. Al mismo tiempo estos periodistas independientes han logrado en 17 años un nivel de sustentabilidad financiera con un modelo diferente. Arenstein estuvo en Washington para una reunión de […]
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