Ken Sands, online publisher at the Spokesman-Review, is one of The Media Center's new guest contributors for morph. His paper is beginning to experiment with participatory media, such as recruiting citizen ombudsmen and inviting the public into their morning and afternoon news meetings. I wanted to give this forum a heads-up, because Ken is looking for advice and comments as his paper embarks on this grand adventure, which he talks about in his first post.
Ken Sands, online publisher at the Spokesman-Review, is one of The Media Center's new guest contributors for morph. His paper is beginning to experiment with participatory media, such as recruiting citizen ombudsmen and inviting the public into their morning and afternoon news meetings. I wanted to give this forum a heads-up, because Ken is looking for advice and comments as his paper embarks on this grand adventure, which he talks about in his first post.
Ken Sands, online publisher at the Spokesman-Review, is one of The Media Center's new guest contributors for morph. His paper is beginning to experiment with participatory media, such as recruiting citizen ombudsmen and inviting the public into their morning and afternoon news meetings. I wanted to give this forum a heads-up, because Ken is looking for advice and comments as his paper embarks on this grand adventure, which he talks about in his first post.
The Financial Times reports that India may change its 50 year old cabinet resolution that continues to ban the publication of foreign newspapers. The Indian minister for information, broadcasting and culture S. Jaipal Reddy said recently at a seminar on the newspaper industry, "Our mind is now not as closed to the publication of foreign newspapers as it has been." An exact date for the lift of the ban has not yet been set.
Source: The Financial Times through paid subscription
The Financial Times reports that India may change its 50 year old cabinet resolution that continues to ban the publication of foreign newspapers. The Indian minister for information, broadcasting and culture S. Jaipal Reddy said recently at a seminar on the newspaper industry, "Our mind is now not as closed to the publication of foreign newspapers as it has been." An exact date for the lift of the ban has not yet been set.
Source: The Financial Times through paid subscription
Poynteronline reports on a free new tool called PubSub, intended to help monitor the blogosphere and other online information in real time. PubSub scans more than 9 million weblogs, more than 50,000 Internet newsgroups, and all SEC (EDGAR) filings. Journalists can use PubSub in a variety of ways. To name a few, PubSub users can know the moment a topic of interest is mentioned across more than 9 million blogs, determine the extent to which a topic is being discussed across the blogosphere, use the SEC/Edgar filing alert to monitor when a company may go public, or pull updated stats on the size of the searchable blogosphere.
Source: Poynteronline
Poynteronline reports on a free new tool called PubSub, intended to help monitor the blogosphere and other online information in real time. PubSub scans more than 9 million weblogs, more than 50,000 Internet newsgroups, and all SEC (EDGAR) filings. Journalists can use PubSub in a variety of ways. To name a few, PubSub users can know the moment a topic of interest is mentioned across more than 9 million blogs, determine the extent to which a topic is being discussed across the blogosphere, use the SEC/Edgar filing alert to monitor when a company may go public, or pull updated stats on the size of the searchable blogosphere.
Source: Poynteronline
Reuters reports that a Dow Jones executive foresees more U.S. publishers to start charging subscription fees for online versions of their newspapers. The Dow Jone’s The Wall Street Journal is the only national U.S. newspaper to have an online edition virtually entirely composed of paid content and currently has more than 700,000 paid subscribers. President of electronic publishing at Dow Jones Gordon Crovitz said, “It would be good for the industry" for more publishers to follow suit. The publishing industry currently faces the challenge of balancing the potential revenue from required subscription fees versus the revenue from advertisers more attracted by advertising on free websites.
Source: Reuters
Reuters reports that a Dow Jones executive foresees more U.S. publishers to start charging subscription fees for online versions of their newspapers. The Dow Jone’s The Wall Street Journal is the only national U.S. newspaper to have an online edition virtually entirely composed of paid content and currently has more than 700,000 paid subscribers. President of electronic publishing at Dow Jones Gordon Crovitz said, “It would be good for the industry" for more publishers to follow suit. The publishing industry currently faces the challenge of balancing the potential revenue from required subscription fees versus the revenue from advertisers more attracted by advertising on free websites.
Source: Reuters
"I've been involved with newspapers, in some form or another, for a quarter century. If I don't see a compelling reason to read them, why should anyone else?" Found at ABC News, veteran columnist Michael S. Malone's damning editorial about the future of the newspaper supports recent predictions of print's demise with experienced opinion, opinion which is quick to dismiss the newspaper as a sustainable medium. Malone describes how he and many of his colleagues have grown so accustomed to the convenience, immediacy, and customizing of Internet news that they don't think that print subscriptions make sense anymore. And although he admits that he gets most of his news online, Malone doesn't feel that established, well-respected publications are using the Internet to its fullest capabilities, an opinion in which he certainly does not stand alone.
"I've been involved with newspapers, in some form or another, for a quarter century. If I don't see a compelling reason to read them, why should anyone else?" Found at ABC News, veteran columnist Michael S. Malone's damning editorial about the future of the newspaper supports recent predictions of print's demise with experienced opinion, opinion which is quick to dismiss the newspaper as a sustainable medium. Malone describes how he and many of his colleagues have grown so accustomed to the convenience, immediacy, and customizing of Internet news that they don't think that print subscriptions make sense anymore. And although he admits that he gets most of his news online, Malone doesn't feel that established, well-respected publications are using the Internet to its fullest capabilities, an opinion in which he certainly does not stand alone.
Happy Easter bloggers!
And for today a good paper from Peter Wilby in The Independent about the differences (or similarities) between tabloids and quality newspapers: "In principle, I applaud the decision by the editors of up-market papers to withdraw from the British Press Awards. But I also detect snobbery. The posh papers do not like being judged alongside the tabloids...
The secret of most big tabloid stories is that they are not the result of genuine investigation, but of somebody getting a fat fee or wanting their 10 minutes of fame. Nearly all "kiss-and-tell" stories fall into this category: a woman has sex with a footballer or a pop star and decides to cash in, usually through an PR industry intermediary such as Max Clifford. Is this journalism as traditionally understood? Probably not. But I do not think most broadsheet journalism today is significantly different."
Thanks to Alain Neuville, ANIMA CEO, for his authorization to publish his toughths when they are related to newspapers. This week, Alain analyzed the situation of the European Newspaper industry:
"There is at least one metric that is broadly shared by a great majority of countries; newspapers readership and circulation slump. Newspaper readership posts -0.6% in Italy. Circulation of national titles dropped by 0.5% in France. Circulation and readership are falling in Ireland. All the data recently released are in the red. The national dailies have been losing readers for some time now. The regional press had remained one of the few positive shelters in the British market. It is no longer the case since the last ABC figures have been released. In light of this difficult situation, publishers have to find new solutions..."
Thanks to Alain Neuville, ANIMA CEO, for his authorization to publish his toughths when they are related to newspapers. This week, Alain analyzed the situation of the European Newspaper industry:
"There is at least one metric that is broadly shared by a great majority of countries; newspapers readership and circulation slump. Newspaper readership posts -0.6% in Italy. Circulation of national titles dropped by 0.5% in France. Circulation and readership are falling in Ireland. All the data recently released are in the red. The national dailies have been losing readers for some time now. The regional press had remained one of the few positive shelters in the British market. It is no longer the case since the last ABC figures have been released. In light of this difficult situation, publishers have to find new solutions..."
Thanks to Alain Neuville, ANIMA CEO, for his authorization to publish his toughths when they are related to newspapers. This week, Alain analyzed the situation of the European Newspaper industry:
"There is at least one metric that is broadly shared by a great majority of countries; newspapers readership and circulation slump. Newspaper readership posts -0.6% in Italy. Circulation of national titles dropped by 0.5% in France. Circulation and readership are falling in Ireland. All the data recently released are in the red. The national dailies have been losing readers for some time now. The regional press had remained one of the few positive shelters in the British market. It is no longer the case since the last ABC figures have been released. In light of this difficult situation, publishers have to find new solutions..."
Posted by John Burke on March 24, 2005 at 12:04 PM
The Newspaper Law and the Press Arbitration Law which have recently been passed in Korea and have been questioned since their conception will now be under review after one of the country's major dailies, Dong-A Ilbo filed a constitutional petition against the laws. The paper claimed that the laws violate the rights of freedom of press and publication, freedom of vocation, and economic freedom protected in the Constitution. Its petition will be heard by the country's Constitutional Court on April 2.
Source: Dong-A Ilbo
