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Digital First Media’s John Paton on newspapers and paywalls
A company with the name Digital First Media has a reputation to uphold when it comes to thinking about the future of publishing, and CEO John Paton didn’t disappoint in a recent interview with a...
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One downside of paywalls: Where does your growth come from?
Anyone who has been following the debate around newspaper paywalls probably knows I am not a big fan of them as a strategy, for a number of reasons. While I admit they can bring in additional cash —...
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Two charts that tell you everything you need to know about the future of...
There are a number of different aspects to the debate over the future of newspapers: the social impact of only printing several days a week, for example, or the impact of cutbacks on the public-policy...
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Don’t think of it as a newspaper — think of it as a platform for talent
Although they have since become a crucial element of modern society, in many ways newspapers were just the best packaging and delivery mechanism for information we had available at a certain point: a...
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Study finds newspaper readers are engaged, but local papers need to do more...
Newspapers are still better at engaging audiences than any other form of media, according to a new Newspaper Association of America (NAA) survey conducted by Nielsen, and print newspaper advertising...
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Takeaways from paidContent Live: Paywalls, sponsored content and massive...
The world of media is being disrupted at an even faster rate than ever, it seems — both the content side and the advertising side — and our paidContent Live conference in New York on Wednesday was full...
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The dramatic decline of the Philadelphia Inquirer newsroom captured in photos
Newspapers were very much in the news this week, in the wake of the Boston bombings and the manhunt for the escaped suspect: many cheered the news coverage of the Boston Globe, in part because of the...
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Newspapers need to stop lying to themselves — and to advertisers — about...
There has been much hue and cry about the New York Times passing USA Today in circulation to become the second-largest newspaper in the United States, thanks in part to a boost from the NYT’s digital...
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Is it the best of times or the worst of times for journalism? Yes
If you’re convinced this is the worst possible time to be a journalist, there’s plenty of evidence to support you: just this week, there have been cutbacks at the New York Post and news of cuts at the...
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News flash: Twitter doesn’t have to hire journalists to be a powerful media...
When Twitter recently posted a job listing for a “head of news and journalism,” it sparked a rash of posts and commentary about how the company was becoming a media entity — until Twitter staffer Mark...
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Back to the future: What if the ‘mass media’ era was just an accident of...
When it comes to the traditional media business, there is often a pervasive nostalgia for “the good old days,” when a handful of newspapers and TV networks ruled over the media landscape and...
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Why focusing on ‘time spent’ with print misses the point about how the news...
According to some research from the consulting firm McKinsey and Co., so-called “legacy” publishing and broadcast platforms like newspapers and TV networks still account for more than 90 percent of the...
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The NYT illustrates how not to take a compliment — send a cease-and-desist...
The New York Times has racked up a lot of praise — including some from Om — for its ground-breaking multimedia experiment “Snow Fall,” which showcased a lot of design elements many media companies...
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What the Toronto Star, Chicago Tribune and other media companies have learned...
In the last year, plenty of media and content companies have started publishing ebooks for the first time. In a panel at the Publishers Launch conference at Book Expo America on Wednesday, several of...
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No, the job of social media editor isn’t dead — but it sure as heck better be...
If you want to get a lot of people to share your post on social media, here’s a tip: Take a shot at the whole idea of social-media editors. BuzzFeed writer Rob Fishman (himself a former social-media...
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The WSJ and Bloomberg are launching social networks — good luck with that
According to a recent investor presentation by Wall Street Journal publisher and Dow Jones CEO Lex Fenwick, the News Corp. entity is working on a new social network called WSJ Profile that would allow...
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What newspapers need to learn from the disruption in the auto industry
Newspapers might like to think that their challenges and woes are unique to the print media business, but there are some broad similarities between the disruption that journalism and the news industry...
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News Corp investors bless break-up plan: publishing assets to swim alone June 28
It’s official. The newspaper and publishing assets of News Corp must get by without the help of well-heeled entertainment and cable assets, following a Tuesday vote by investors. The vote gave formal...
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The past can’t buy the future for newspapers, says Digital First CEO John Paton
Calling your company Digital First Media makes it fairly obvious where you think the future of the industry lies, and Digital First CEO John Paton reinforced that vision during a fire-and-brimstone...
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Guardian gets online traffic boost from Snowden story, now nipping at NYT’s...
The tale of former CIA staffer Edward Snowden and a top-secret NSA surveillance program known as PRISM has captivated much of North America — and even spilled over into Europe — since the story first...
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