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Can Internet News Sustain Its Ad-based Model?

It depends on who you ask. The folks at the San Diego News Network firmly believe so, while others disagree.

I think the larger question is how committed are the media organizations to their Internet delivery channel over their long-established print issues. For now, I'm saying that it is sustainable, but only for the most robust and efficient of outlets. But after all, isn't that true for just about ANY industry???…

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Added by David Oates on February 28, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Lessons of my grandfathers

I'm one of those who firmly believes that we are officially out of the recession. However, I'm still very much concerned that we as a society haven't learned the needed lessons from it.

It seems to me that we've still got a great deal of folks who are crying for the days when goods, services and the capital to purchase them were all plentiful, cheap and available without much sacrifice. What's more, we still seem to be wringing our… Continue

Added by David Oates on February 22, 2010 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Associated Press - How to pitch the story

Make no mistake - this applies to ANY media outlet!!

http://payonperformance.ning.com/video/associated-press-how-to-pitch

Added by David Oates on February 17, 2010 at 10:17pm — No Comments

The Atlantic - The Great Journalism Exodus

Here's an interesting read I came across. And while I've been on record stating that I don't think traditional newspapers will certainly come back to the Glory Days of Old (See my blog post, "Do we really want to save our newspapers?"). But that is in no way to say that I think journalism as a profession is dead.

What I do think is that the industry is shying away from traditional delivery… Continue

Added by David Oates on February 15, 2010 at 9:31pm — No Comments

What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the Leno/Conan Debacle

To be honest, I hadn’t given any real attention to the whole deal about which middle-aged white millionaire was going to come out on top of the NBC Late Night show saga. I only watched Leno’s 10 p.m. program during…

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Added by David Oates on February 8, 2010 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

Who's using FourSquare?

I just started, and think it's got some great potential for marketers looking to draw attention to businesses. The places I've visited and "checked in" have already brought comments to my Facebook and Twitter pages.

Anyone else… Continue

Added by David Oates on February 2, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Will Editor & Publisher's Stay of Execution be Short-Lived?

I say yes.

Media Business Magazine

‘Editor & Publisher' could still face rough sailing

Sean Callahan

Story posted: January 19, 2010 - 2:09 pm EDT

Last Thursday Duncan McIntosh Co. saved Editor & Publisher from drowning when it acquired the iconic b-to-b magazine… Continue

Added by David Oates on February 1, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

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