Joey said: Fantastic that they've finally realized it. I do wonder if Mr. Keller fully understands what he said. Quote:
"The New York Times is now as much a technology company as a journalism company," its executive editor Bill Keller said recently.Added: March 16, 2010 at 1:01PM EDT
Joey said: …and the print folks are winning at hyperlocal. Seems surprising that Silicon Valley can't do the internet right. Example of print as a luxury good? Added: February 28, 2010 at 12:02AM EST
Joey said: Further proof that customers do not want to pay for news content online. Something about the Customer always being right comes to mind. Added: January 15, 2010 at 2:02PM EST
Joey said: Yup. Paywalls don’t work. A re-design on the other hand? Works wonders. Quote:
The average amount of time spent on site has fallen the least, but people are looking at 34% less pages and people are spending 38% less time on the site. That 38% is extremely worrying given that competition has grown in the meantime, and thus NBR’s overall share of media attention has fallen away sharply. Advertisers care about that sort of stuff, so the revenue from advertising should be expected to fall accordingly.Added: November 30, 2009 at 12:27PM EST
Joey said: Bam! Hits the nail on the head comparing TechCrunch to the NYT. Journalism is being done by those not the MSM. Quote:
It’s the exact opposite of what they should be doing. The truth is, if newspapers want to survive they should go back to doing what they started out doing — muckraking, stirring the shit, calling bullshit.
The other truth is, when these papers are dead, they will not be missed.Added: November 10, 2009 at 3:50PM EST