So, is the iPad the savior the newspapers hoped for?

In the run-up to today's announcement of the iPad by Steve Jobs there was some quiet rumbling in the newspaper industry that this could be the magical moment they were looking for. Some believed that the iPad ... continue

Old Media Takes A Beating As New Media Sites Grow In November

Old media websites took a beating in November as traffic to new media sites grew, according to new figures from Nielsen Online. In the top five news sites online, CNN saw a drop in traffic vs the same ... continue

Microsoft tells news moguls – you’re on your own

More than a little bit of a fuss was raised not long ago when word came that Microsoft was trying to cozy up to news industry titans like News Corp suggesting that they might consider encouraging them ... continue

Why Is Google Playing Silly Buggers With Newspapers?

Among the hue and cry of the irrational newspaper industry, Google is adding to the newspapers' argument by playing silly buggers with them at the moment. On one hand, Google CEO Eric Schmidt is calling foul on newspapers, ... continue

What newspapers can learn from New Zealand’s NBR paywall – FAIL!

In July New Zealand's National Business Review (NBR) decided to jump the curve and put all its content behind a paywall - the same thing that people like Rupert Murdoch and other news media moguls are recommending. NBR ... continue

Isn’t it nice to know that news editors think we’re useless asshats

The biggest part of the argument that newspapers are putting forth for pulling out of Google's search index is that Google is profiting by stealing their content. Now I won't bother repeating ad nauseam just how stupid ... continue

The stupid line-up continues to grow as more newspapers commit to following Murdoch

Yesterday I wrote here at The Inquisitr about how stupid I thought the idea of Microsoft paying News Corp to pull its media properties from Google's search index. Of course this is something that Rupert Murdoch; the ... continue

The coming world of the multimedia journalist

We hear the scare tactics everyday. The news industry is tanking and the only way to save it is by returning to putting everything behind the paywall or instituting some sort of micro-payment schemes. News can't survive ... continue

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 – ... continue

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 ... continue

An open letter to President Obama – Stay out of the newspaper business

See that slippery slope over there? That’s the slope you will slide down President if you even consider any legislation to “rescue” the newspaper industry. It is a never ending slope that will ... continue

Google Fast Flip is just the ammunition newspapers wanted

Google today launched Google Fast Flip, a new reading services that allows users to (as the name suggests) flip through content on various sites without leaving Google itself. The new service includes content from the New York Times, ... continue