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The worst-case scenario game
What happens if the sliding print revenues of 2006 become permanent or worsen? The reality is that most newspaper companies are not prepared to make the switch from primarily print-focused to Web-focused. So if print revenue can no longer support...
Wired's top 40 trends
Wired is letting users decide what trends will affect tech businesses in the coming year as it writes its Wired 40 list of top companies. And it's a lot of fun. Rate each trend or submit your own and watch...
RIP, MERCURY NEWS
What started out as a way for the San Jose Mercury News to attract new readers has now been cut to save money. The “Read This!” section for teens and written by teens had appeared on the back page of...
One way to survive the stock price slide
Wall Street expects newspapers to maintain huge profit margins. But during this transition to a new reality, those margins must slide. So investing in the online future means pissing off shareholders now. Investing in the online future costs money. It...
Eyes wide open, but feet firmly planted
Said Philip Meyer, Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: "Things are so bad in the newspaper business today that I am inclined to root for all sorts of radical experiments that I would...
Is it OK to sabotage Craigslist?
Newspapers are losing millions of dollars to Craigslist. Lost revenue leads to layoffs and budget cuts. So, I have to ask, is it OK to sabotage Craigslist? Seriously. It’s an option. So we should at least discuss it. What’s stopping...
Craigslist combats spam with traditional business model
In earlier posts, I inferred that Craigslist’s only methods for eliminating racism and prostitution from its Web site are a flagging system and “education” pages. But it turns out there’s one other way – charging users. Here’s how the San...
Some newspapers need economics lesson
Spending all this time working online has led me to a theory. All news – no matter the subject or how targeted its audience – should be free. First of all, the goal of any newspaper or magazine is to...
The 7th Step; Beyond CraigsList
Newspapers should take what they know about their kryptonite and use it against each other. Remember Rule No. 1. “If newspapers are going to survive, first some must die.” Maybe even more than most industries, newspapers spend time identifying and...
Syllabus for 'The New Way'
The New Way for newspapers comes with a few “new rules,” as Bill Maher likes to call them. Only these are serious. 1. If newspapers are going to survive, first some newspapers will have to die. And it’s every man...
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