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Google bigotry

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 05/09/2009

Google has an image problem – not a PR problem (that is, not with the public) but a press problem (with whining old media people). Google is trying hard – too hard, perhaps – not to argue with the guys who still buy ink by the barrel. Google is only causing them to buy fewer [...]

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Membership has its meaning

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 01/09/2009

In newspapers’ game of revenue roulette, there’s a lot of talk lately about their trying to create membership plans. The New York Times and the Guardian, to name two, reportedly have visions of tote bags, mugs, and events in their heads. And I think that’s a fine idea. No salvation ...

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The real sin: not running businesses

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 30/08/2009

Like priests looking for someone to sacrifice, Alan Mutter, Steve Buttry, Howard Owens, and Steve Yelvington have been on the lookout for the sin that led newspapers astray. For Mutter, it’s not charging; for Buttry, it’s not innovating; for Owens, it’s tying online dingies to pri ...

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Hyperdistribution

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 25/08/2009

The newspaper industry should be sobered by Martin Langeveld’s calculations, based on the Newspaper Association of America’s misplaced bragging about Nielsen internet data, that only about a half one one percent of time spent online is spent on newspaper sites. It is clear that if journa ...

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geoTwitter and news and more

Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 21/08/2009

Twitter announced a geolocation API today and it set my mind to spinning with implications that I tweeted like a Gatling gun:* For news, it would be possible to verify that witnesses reporting what they see are where they say they are. Twitpics can be geotagged. * Local news organizations should bui ...

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