At my local Starbucks this morning, I noticed this: It's one sheet of newsprint, folded to about six-inches square, focused on one topic, published once a week, distributed free. To a …
A big job: fixing classifieds
For years, newspapers thought Monster was the enemy. And for a while, it was. After enough people in the business had their "Holy crap, Monster's stealing our business!" moment, Careerbuilder was …
What can be done to stop the free-fall in classifieds?
Steve Outing, of E&P and, more recently, Reinventing Classifieds, is asking for your help, and he's offering $500 as an incentive: WHAT CAN THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY DO TO 1) BRING BACK CLASSIFIEDS …
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“Amateur” isn’t a slur
Chris Anderson has a short post today that gets to the heart of something I've seen in action for years: amateurs will always bring more passion to the table, on average, than pros: To me that's the …
Using new media to talk to old media about new media
Change Agent: CJR profile of Tribune’s Lee Abrams
In the September/October Columbia Journalism Review, there's a long piece on Tribune's Chief Innovation Officer, Lee Abrams. Although it makes the mistake of equating Abrams and Apple's Steve Jobs …
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