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Congratulations to Dele Olojede and 234Next.com!
Posted in: Audience, Business Models, Case Studies, Content, Design, Newspapers, PreDesign, Trends, by: Mario Garcia
Jun 01, 2010
11:10 PM
While scanning the current issue of Fast Company magazine I was happy to see our client and friend, Dele Olojede, featured as one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business.” Dele is Pultizer Prize winner and a visionary in our industry and we’re honored to have worked with him on his 234 Next project in Nigeria.
Read full article...Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (But Relevance Lives)
Posted in: Audience, Business Models, by: Mario Garcia
Feb 14, 2010
09:35 PM
Soliciting user donations to fund a website might not be the most sustainable, or profitable, business model, but these baseball writers found that when you’re willing to provide users the content they really want and can’t get anywhere else, asking them to chip in to help get it may not be out of the question.
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2010 02 15
it’s “Rosecrans” no “N” in the middle
2010 02 15
Corrections made. Thanks! MG
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ESPN Chicago twists the knife. How to fight back.
Posted in: Audience, Business Models, Content, New Ideas, Newspapers, Trends, by: John Duncan
Apr 13, 2009
09:21 AM
If newspapers thought that everyone would leave local stuff alone, ESPN’s launch of ESPN Chicago should be a worrying reminder that nothing is going to be easy in the new media landscape. Newspapers either get quicker, bolder and more aggressive ... or they die quietly and alone. A strategy would help…
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Five predictions about US newspapers: Pt 3
Posted in: Audience, Business Models, Content, Newspapers, Trends, by: John Duncan
Mar 19, 2009
09:39 AM
The death of a large number of newspapers will not mean the death of print. The survivors will exist at a scale that adds new impetus to print products, and their costs will decrease as audiences remain flat. The smaller local titles can remain economically viable for many years on the back of conservative advertisers and a cost base that can fund a niche local news operation for some years.
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Five predictions about US newspapers Pt 2
Posted in: Business Models, Metrics, Newspapers, Revenue, Technology, Trends, by: John Duncan
Mar 12, 2009
02:45 PM
If 85% of US newspapers are going to die in two years, who will be the 15% that survive and what sort of operation will they be able to afford? Without newspaper subsidized revenues, which existing titles might survive in a pared down format? And who is best placed to take advantage of the chaos and take control of the American news landscape?
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2009 03 14
Here is my opinion about the future of newspapers and journalists:
http://lindipendente.splinder.com/post/20076494/2011:+a+Newspaper+Odyssey
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