studying the media ecosystem
The New York Times is throwing its weight behind a “compromise” federal shield law whose protections are described by by Times reporter Adam Liptak as:
“weaker than those in almost all of the 49 states that shield journalists from state actions through statutes and judicial decisions. They are also weaker than the protections in the Justice Department’s own guidelines for issuing [...]
Here’s another item in my skepticism series: More than six out of 10 consumers in the U.S. and Canada think “green” product claims are mostly hype. The survey was done by Ipsos North America, a division of the French market research firm Ipsos. The reports are separated into two brief writeups with some nuances between the American and Canadian sentiments, mainly to [...]
Sometimes I reach first for the Sunday circulars and peruse the household hardware, electronics and/or sporting equipment that I covet more often than I buy. Usually, however, I glance over ads without so much as a notice. What makes the difference in my interest, and how do my advertising tolerances differ from, say, those of my teenagers?
A Business Week article imagintively titled, [...]
Former 60 Minutes producer turned investigative guru Charles Lewis wonders whether kick-ass, take-names journalism should follow the ”The Nonprofit Road.”
Charles Lewis is a news-mensch, okay. Let’s get that out of the way. But despite is the passion, there is a fatal flaw in his Columbia Journalism Review article on the the failures of mainstream media and the prospect that foundation-supported journalism could help [...]
A friend sent me ”Can the Washington Post Survive?” a Fortune article by Marc Gunther. In it he describes Donald Graham’s mission to save his family’s legacy. It’s a well worth reading at least by newspaper aficionados (here is part one and part two.) Gunther flatters his subject, saying:
“If Graham and his people can’t build a business model for journalism in the digital world, nobody [...]
Briefly noted . . .
Behavoir uber alles? The Center for Media Research has summarized a self-serving study by behavioral advertising firm Revenue Science that suggests consumers buy more when the ads are served on the basis of past behavior (bought catfood, may want catnip) than contextual advertising (searched for “cat” and get cat-related ads).
Online immune [...]
Bob Cauthorn understands that the complexity of the toolkit is a barrier to adoption; plans explanations and simplifications.
In a blog entry last week I took a quick look last week at CityTools, a new journalism authoring system, and ended up asking more questions than I answered. That entry elicited a call from Bob Cauthorn who said he [...]
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