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Innovation: A game the whole family can (and should) play

10 Jul 2008
Posted by Jay Small

Juan Antonio Giner, friend from SND days, says the newspaper industry spends too much time "doing the same and expecting miracles."

True. His advice:

"The publisher of a $5 billion European newspaper group called me yesterday asking me about innovative U.S. newspapers to visit.

'Sorry, but no one does things different or better that you,' I said.

'Go to Google.

Go to Pixar.

Go to Facebook.

Go to Apple.

Go to Microsoft.

Go to Bloomberg.

Go to Starbucks.

Go to Amazon.'"

Again, true.

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