Category: News

  • Lost in translation

    I was extremely proud of the little Google translate buttons below my blog. Previous experience had told me they offered only an erratic version of what was on the page, but in an effort to put them to the test I got a friend to press the button. Take my previous post on News Sponsorship:…

  • News sponsorship

    Avid blog readers will recall mention of an NBC experiment to allow longer news pieces on their nightly newscast as part of a sponsorship deal with Philips. Viewer responses can be found right here. My favourite? In all my years of newscast viewing I have never been so pleased and inspired to tune in as…

  • Ultra-local news

    Frank Ahrens from the WaPo blogs on his Future of Newspapering piece, profiling Gannett‘s operation in Fort Myers. The hero of Ahrens’ piece is Chuck Myron, and after the hype, I thought it might be instructive to see some of the stuff Chuck is – well – chucking out… Sisters come from Maine to watch…

  • Why people read newspapers

    Check out the Indy explaining why people read newspapers. They quote Mark Gallagher, press director at media strategists Manning Gottlieb OMD. Seems like a decent chap. Media strategist, though? What is Manning Gottlieb and why are they with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark? Ah, they buy ad space. Not so much strategists in the classic…