I promised several folks I'd share the slides from my presentation Tuesday at America East in bucolic Hershey, Pa. Done. Update (10:28 a.m. ET 5/1/09): Apologies to anyone who tried to download the presentation up to now — I messed up a permission setting such that you could not see the link. It should be […]
On unifying print, online organizations
I commend to you Steve Yelvington's detailed roundup of lessons learned and organizational advice from mergers of print-focused and online-focused content organizations. One of many key points: “Done right, it's a big win. 'Convergence is, overall, a huge help to innovation,' said one online producer. A senior editor agreed: 'It's a monster plus. Convergence puts […]
Tim's Qs, my As on online journalism
Ever-industrious Tim Harrower, working on a new edition of one of his textbooks, recently asked me some questions about journalism, online and the intersection of the two. My replies follow. I know he asked others in online media, so I hope maybe some of those folks will share what they said, too — start of […]
Rev2oh: More to say, no time to say
I attended RevenueTwoPointZero last Saturday, spent most of my time working with the amazing ad hoc team focused on marketing solutions for small and medium businesses, wrote a hasty summary, then came back home and said nothing more about it. That silence does not indicate lack of interest — far from it! Alan Jacobson and […]
NAA MediaXChange, Day 1
Quick takes from Day 1 at NAA MediaXChange in Las Vegas: Old friends? Fewer. Attendance is down, no way to hide it — besides, some of my closest acquaintances have fully or partly left the newspaper end of digital media. I spoke to one friend who said he was here mostly just because his company's […]