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Mainstream Media’s Death – Pending
Mainstream Media’s Death – Pending
Everyone has seen it coming but those effected by it:  the mainstream media has been in a long, slow slide that will inevitably end in its death, and they have long since decried this as outrageous – ... Read >
Journal to Close Boston Bureau, Lay Off 9 As Ad Revenue Falls
Journal to Close Boston Bureau, Lay Off 9 As Ad Revenue Falls
New York, NY (AHN) - The editor of the Wall Street Journal thought the unthinkable on Thursday and announced the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston bureau is closing, resulting in the layoff of nine reporters. Managing Editor Robert Thomson ... Read >
Those ads are just so fly – literally
Those ads are just so fly – literally
I've seen some pretty ingenious advertising in my time but the idea of using flies - yes flies - to help deliver your ads is definitely out there in left field. I'm not sure who thought up this ... Read >
Book publishers, book sellers face being WalMarted to death
Book publishers, book sellers face being WalMarted to death
If there is one thing you can say about the Web it is that it is responsible for the disruption of more businesses than just about any recession. We hear daily about the newspaper industry facing annihilation, the ... Read >
A Very Wordpress World
A Very Wordpress World
Since 2003, an open source, Internet-oriented software package has done what is exceedingly rare within that community:  becoming not only immensely popular and wildly loved, but also profitable.  Matt Mullenweg has managed to turn what began as ... Read >
Newsday To Charge For Online Content
Newsday To Charge For Online Content
Long Island, NY (AHN) - The online version of Newsday will begin charging for access to content beginning next week. The announcement was made in a report in Newsday as well as a printed statement by publisher Terry ... Read >
The fallacy of using “the public’s right to know” to support traditional media
The fallacy of using “the public’s right to know” to support traditional media
It is a well accepted fact that once survival instincts kick in we will use anything and say anything in order to survive. This isn't an instinct just regulated to men and woman as we have seen ... Read >
New York Times To Cut Another 100 News Staff Jobs
New York Times To Cut Another 100 News Staff Jobs
New York, NY (AHN) - The New York Times will cut its newsroom by another 100 jobs, the newspaper announced Monday. Buyouts will be offered to all union and non-union employees. Layoffs will be instituted if not enough ... Read >
New York Times Goes Hyper-Local With Weekend Bay Area Edition
New York Times Goes Hyper-Local With Weekend Bay Area Edition
The New York Times has added a San Francisco Bay Area metro report to its Northern California editions on Fridays and Sundays. The new addition to the paper went into effect Friday, Oct. 16 and includes content written ... Read >
The day that radio was killed
The day that radio was killed
Technology didn't kill radio. Satellite radio didn't kill terrestrial radio. But as of today radio stands a very good chance of becoming an ever increasing wasteland to the point that we will see a massive shift away from radio stations ... Read >
The AP hooks up with Microsoft to battle Google
The AP hooks up with Microsoft to battle Google
Tom Curley, CEO of The Associated Press was in Hong Kong recently where he would tell anyone who would listen that the times are a changing and Google had better watch out. During the Xinhua Beijing ... Read >
FTC guidelines take aim at guerilla marketing as well
FTC guidelines take aim at guerilla marketing as well
While a lot of attention surrounding the new guidelines being issued by the FTC is regarding bloggers there is also another who section of advertisers that is going to get hit hard by these ... Read >