It’s a good thing we got out of the newspaper business. According to a survey out today from CareerCast.com, newspaper reporter ranks as the worst job in America. “Ever-shrinking newsrooms, dwindling budgets and competition from Internet businesses have created very difficult conditions for newspaper reporters, which has been ranked as this year’s worst job,” the… Read More…
In an opinion piece for Bloomberg this week, former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold lamented the demise of the physical newspaper and wondered if the solution might be in a payment system for news content. That message certainly will resonate with TinyPass, a 12-month-old startup that’s created a new way for news organizations to… Read More…
Amazon.com this morning followed through on a promised perk for Kindle users who subscribe to the New York Times on the digital reading device. Starting today, they will also be granted full access to content behind the NYTimes.com firewall on the traditional web as a bonus. It’s a logical move that might not sell more… Read More…
Guest Commentary: The day of reckoning has arrived. Journalists and PR professionals have been holding their breath for 18 months, waiting for the New York Times to introduce its online paywall. Why the anticipation? If you haven’t noticed, traditional media is in free fall. It’s kind of like banking in 2008 but without bailouts. The… Read More…
The news business has been undergoing radical shifts and changes over the past 10 years, brought on by advances in new technologies. And now a historic milestone has occurred. More people read their news online than in physical newspapers, according to a study released today by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism…. Read More…
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