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Hyperlocal Boston

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 17/10/2009

Now that The New York Times Company has decided not to sell the Boston Globe, DailyDeal.com wonders whether the company should convert Boston to a hyperlocal-based business. Well, our Knight Foundation-funded New Business Models for News can be a roadmap. Indeed, the 5-million-person hypothetical ma ...

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Local blog and business models event at CUNY

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 15/10/2009

I’m putting out a call for local bloggers within traveling distance from New York – and for journalists who’ve left their jobs or are thinking about leaving to start local news blogs – to attend a series of workshops at CUNY on Nov. 11. The first half of the day, we’ll ...

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Journalism as capitalism: Now thats Gods work

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 02/10/2009

The only way that journalism is going to be sustainable is if it is profitable – and out of that market relationship comes many other benefits: accountability to the public it serves; independence from funders’ agendas; growth; innovation. This is the future for journalism we envisioned ...

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The X Prizes for news (and media)

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 25/09/2009

A conversation with our Knight Foundation friends at Aspen inspired me to think through what an X Prize for news could accomplish. Then this week’s report in the New York Times about the awarding of the NetFlix X Prize – and the far greater value it created, not just for NetFlix, but for ...

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Why Campaign Groups Are Your Best Friends

Posted by Environmental Leader on 27/07/2009

Pressure groups are your free futurologists. They research your markets gratis and often predict the future better than corporate voodoo professionals.Here’s how it starts: Pressure groups have just disrupted your stockholder meeting, made you look a mug on network television and a couple ...

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