Jay Small's blog

Here is my last project for my last MBA course: a video to share my experiences in the Georgia WebMBA program.

OK, if you count niche brands, naplesnews.com represents maybe site 6 or 7 in Scripps' redesign rollout. But it is our fourth newspaper market to get the new look and underpinnings, as of last evening. And the first in a market where we could legitimately ghost a palm tree and pier into the background.

We just switched moments ago: knoxnews.com becomes the third local site in Scripps' newspaper division to take on our latest site design and architecture. Check it out!

Don't let Steve Yelvington's excellent rebuttal (started to say "analysis," but it's more direct than that) to the American Press Institute "Newspaper Economic Action Plan" pass without due consideration.

'Nuff said, Sam.

Gordon Borrell says local online advertising outperformed his Borrell Associates forecast by a fair piece:

"We may have been far too conservative earlier this year when we projected that local online advertising would grow 8% in 2009. At the end of the first quarter, the increase looked closer to 11%. When we finish collecting our second-quarter data in the next few weeks, I'm certain the number will be quite a bit higher."

He says some companies even indicate "triple-digit growth" in local ad sales, but notes not all players can be winners: