For over six years I have followed the newspaper industry’s struggle to maintain a sustainable financial foundation for journalism. From misunderstanding the nature of social media and disregarding consumer trends to highlighting Google’s Eric Schmidt offering to “help newspapers” in 2009 I have been an consistent advocate for the newspaper industry’s role in good journalism. In January 2012 I first described “An Innovative Opportunity for …
This week the Tampa Bay Times announced buyouts in advance of job reductions, the result of continued declines in revenue and circulation. Just five months ago the Times implemented a pay-wall while Amazon’s Jeff Bezo’s made a significant investment in a failing industry by purchasing the Washington Post. With the Post purchase in October I reiterated my January 2012 appeal that the …
It’s been a while since I’ve commented here about the ongoing struggles of the newspaper industry to remain the primary keeper of journalism. It’s been almost two years since the St Petersburg Times rebranded to become as previously predicted the Tampa Bay Times in an effort to continue to grow market share over the Tampa Tribune. While …
An Innovative Opportunity for Journalism An Open Letter to the Poynter Institute and Tampa Bay Times Since taking a handful of journalism and media classes in college, I have had a respect for, and interest in journalism and the art of reporting the news. The in-depth written story that a journalist delivers is unique in …
It’s not often we get to say simply, “I was right” but this morning I woke to some exciting news in an email blasted letter from Times Chairman and CEO Paul Tash. As I predicted in September here, the St Petersburg Times will in fact become the Tampa Bay Times. The change was announced on the …
Last week’s unfortunate news about another round of pay cuts at the St Pete Times prompted me to revisit a story I have been watching unfold for five years. I can find nothing written and have only discussed this with a small number of people in the past five years it is time to put …
This is a final follow up on my recent critique of newspapers and journalism. I hope my opinions on this subject have been valuable and constructive, as I truly value what good journalism provides for a free democracy. In his closing remarks to the NAA, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google expressed an exciting optimism for …
This is a follow up to Friday’s post and addresses the use of the Internet by newspapers and provides some opinions as to why that usage has not been financially successful. Currently newspapers are using a “see what sticks” approach to social media and the Internet in general. Friday’s post on Twitter was just one …
I recently got into a discussion regarding the use of Twitter and Facebook by the news media that has prompted me to address my opinions in greater detail. I recently began spending more time evaluating Twitter after shelving it last fall for seeming slightly anemic in features and value. While I am Tweeting little myself, …