Archive for 'Big Media'

The model of the new media model

Posted on 03. Oct, 2009 by .

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Leo Laporte, creator of This Week in Tech and the TWiT network of podcasts, spoke before the Online News Association this week and presented the very model of the new media company: small, highly targeted, serving a highly engaged public, and profitable. (Full disclosure: I am a panelist on TWiT’s This Week in Google show.) […]

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Alan Mutter – The Next Six Months for Newspapers

Posted on 24. Nov, 2008 by .

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Alan Mutter’s blog “Reflections of a Newsosaur” is a must read about the economics of newspapers. It is also one of the most depressing blogs out there right now. Alan doesn’t hold back any punches. He only serves cold dishes of reality. At this time, however, the view is merited and contains important information to […]

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Network Models for News and Media (Why People Join Networks)

Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by .

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So why would people join a network? (Mark Josephson – Outside.In) The main thing is that it gives people a sense of belonging that is greater than themselves To help people who wants to be stars to become stars To help people make money with Ads To provide tools to make you better To provide […]

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Scott Clark and Dwight Silverman – Houston Chronicle (Chron.com)

Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by .

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Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. At chron.com, the Web site for the Houston Chronicle, we began engaging readers in our coverage several years ago, sharing their photos and experiences in Houston’s flood of 2001, their opinions during the 2004 political conventions and election and their live experiences from the ballpark during the Houston Astros World […]

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John Oppedahl

Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by .

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Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. My experience has been in the newspaper business as a reporter, editor and publisher (Detroit Free Press, Dallas Times Herald, L.A. Herald Examiner, Arizona Republic, San Francisco Chronicle) so the closest I’ve come is in helping to develop two websites, AZCentral.com for The Arizona Republic in Phoenix and SFgate.com for […]

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Jason Oberfest – Los Angeles Times

Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by .

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Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism.We have two social media pilot projects underway. The first pilot is a new local activity and events directory website for Los Angeles that fuses user submitted content, LA Times-appointed guide content, and LA Times newspaper content to neighborhood directories. It’s similar in some ways to Citysearch, though it was built […]

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Howard Owens – GateHouse Media

Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by .

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Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. As far back as East County Online (San Diego) in 1995, I’ve been working to create collaborative online communities. At ECO we didn’t have the tools to do it easily, so we invited key community members to contribute to our site and asked readers to e-mail us their opinions on […]

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Henry Abbott – TrueHoop/ESPN

Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 by .

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Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism I have a journalism degree from NYU, and consider myself a fairly serious journalist who worked at CBS Network Radio News, at WIBA-AM in Madison, and as a freelance writer for magazines like Men’s Journal, HOOP, Inside Stuff, etc. (I hate the idea that blogs are a lesser form of […]

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Howard Weaver – McClatchy

Posted on 02. Oct, 2007 by .

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Introduction and Narrative: Howard Weaver has been involved with the interactive efforts of newspapers for his entire adult life – the editorial pages. “Even in the old analog world there was a kind of interactivity, I think it’s natural to come to this stage where we have better tools to try and extend that umbrella,” […]

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Jennifer Carroll – Gannett

Posted on 02. Oct, 2007 by .

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Introduction and Narrative: In the past year Gannett has undergone the largest transformation in the company’s 102-year history. All 86 papers across the country, except for USA Today, have changed from traditional news centers to 24-hour, local, multimedia “Information centers.” The blueprint for the change cited seven areas that each Gannett paper would be required […]

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