adrian monck

Month: July 2008

  • Privacy and the media

    Should these matters be private? The state of Steve Jobs‘ health. Jobs heads a business valued at US$140bn, its stock trades publicly on the NASDAQ. The possible extra-marital liaisons of John Edwards. Edwards is a former Senator, V-P candidate, and ran for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination. He is not a current office holder. His…

  • How dangerous is journalism?

    Having had occasion to put my life, rather than just my lunch, on the line for journalism, I was interested in this graph from Windows on the Media reflecting on the relative safety of journalism as a profession. Yes, but…

  • links for 2008-07-26

    How much did it cost the Guardian to reclaim the website top spot? | CounterValue The Guardian had a 3 million-visit uplift compared to May so, at between 1p and 2p per click by buying search terms from Google, you have to wonder whether the company spent somewhere north of £30,000 to regain its position.…

  • The crisis facing newspapers: a small case study

    What if you had a newspaper with a guaranteed geographic and social community, no distribution costs, no staff costs, and only printing to pay for. Could you keep it going without taking it online? Try and solve the real-life business conundrum below. We think that having an independent press has made a difference to the…