Category: News business

  • What would Jeff do?

    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;…

  • The return of content (subscription not included)

    About twenty years ago, I went to a farewell dinner for a young man who was leaving the UK to head for Korea. As a news action junkie, I was baffled. The Soviet Empire was in crisis. The Middle East in turmoil. And this guy was going to Seoul for the Financial Times? Still, gnawing…

  • The Long Tail gets a thorough trashing

    If you bought Chris Anderson‘s Long Tail argument, you may want to read Anita Elberse‘s demolition job in the Harvard Business Review.

  • Google cache and libel

    I have been pondering further about Google‘s cache and defamation. Here’s the deal: Google is automatically indexing, copying and storing material in its cache. By allowing Google to find your site, and not using the NoArchive meta-tag, you are also giving search engines implied consent to index your site, and index it in such a…