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Mis colegas docentes son expertos en la economía de la industria de los medios de comunicación, y hace poco tuvimos un animado debate sobre cómo revertir la crisis financiera del periodismo. El colapso del modelo de negocio de la industria está poniendo en peligro a la institución periodística –el Cuarto Estado, el contrapeso al poder–, […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí. The two most important traffic measurements for news entrepreneurs are NOT unique visitors and page views. Those numbers can mislead you. They count people who arrive at your website by accident or search, glance at a page and leave. As Ken Doctor has so eloquently put it: “Unique visitors are a […]
Read More »English version here. Por muchos años he estado utilizando el ejemplo de Brian Stelter, columnista especializado en medios y comentarista de televisión, como un ejemplo para los estudiantes sobre cómo un periodista joven puede construir su propia marca personal. Stelter no fue a una universidad famosa ni tampoco tenía conexiones familiares especiales. Aún así, logró […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí.For several years I have been using Brian Stelter, the media columnist and TV commentator, as an example to students of how a young journalist can build a personal brand. He did not attend a famous university and had no special family connections. Yet he quickly made a name for himself online by […]
Read More »The digital publishing industry will hit a significant milestone this year when for the first time it will book more ad revenue than all print newspapers and magazines. The really bad news for print media, even those with robust web operations, is that most of the revenue is going to non-print publishers such as Google, […]
Read More »Versión en español aquí. When web entrepreneurs take a deeper look at their traffic in Google Analytics, they might be surprised and alarmed to learn that most of the visits probably last no more than an eyeblink, 10 seconds or less. (This is not the bounce rate, but we will get to that in a […]
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