New York Times

In case you happen to be a journalist and Jeff Jarvis still has you thinking that newspaper problems are your fault, take a look at the New York Times from July, 1980 (and if you like catchy headlines, they don’t come much catchier than this):
First U.S. Experiments in Electronic Newspapers Begin in Two Communities; 13 Newspapers […]

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Strategy at the New York Times? Goes a little something like this…according to their earnings call:
There are four key elements to our strategy -

introducing new products and services, both in print and online;

aggressively managing our costs;

rebalancing our portfolio of businesses both by making acquisitions and by divesting properties that no longer meet their financial targets […]

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More Can You Trust The Media? trust fodder from the Online Journalism Symposium.
A paper titled “A Mediated, Interactive Call to Action: Audience Perceptions of Credibility and Authority for a Times Journalist in Print vs. Online” picked on the NYT’s Nick Kristof and asked people to rate his credibility as a columnist and video reporter.
Guess what? He’s a […]

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Scott Karp has an interesting suggestion for newspapers online. Put news first.
[L]et’s look at the New York Times. It’s homepage is arranged, like most traditional media brand sites, by what is most important.
Here’s the problem — if you visit the New York Times throughout the day, and no important news has broken, the homepage remains largely […]

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Here’s a piece I wrote recently for the BBC’s College of Journalism site. Andy Dickinson has some interesting - and more extensive - posts on the same topic.
Approaching the Telegraph’s clean, attractive new website video jumps straight out at you and starts playing. It’s a couple of comedians. They’re having a laugh. On behalf of Apple.
The […]

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