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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.…
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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…
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links for 2008-07-25
Max Mosley case: statement from Colin Myler, NOTW editor | Journalism.co.uk It is not for the rich and the famous, the powerful and the influential, to dictate the news agenda, just because they have the money and the means to gag a free press. (tags: news-of-the-world press-freedom privacy) Why the press is ignoring the Edwards…
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Of journalism and elephants
Seamus McCauley responds to Ryan Sholin and tells it like it is: Maybe the elephant in the room is a reluctance to even think of newspapers (or journalism or whatever you want to call it) in business terms. Because if we did, we wouldn’t start with the premise “since we’re definitely going to keep making…