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

Michael Moore: In 1 to 2 years we will not have daily newspapers [Video]

You may not agree with Michael Moore regarding a lot of the things he makes films about but at a press event in Toronto for a film festival he said something that most people ... continue

How News Corp slandered this site

There's nothing funny about being defamed and accused of undertaking illegal activities, and that's precisely what Australia's biggest newspaper group is currently doing to The Inquisitr, and by extension myself today. Over two posts Wednesday evening (Australian Eastern) ... continue

Google working on micropayment platform with newspapers in mind

According to a post by Zachary M. Seward over at the Nieman Journalism Lab blog it appears that Google is working on an extension to its Google Checkout payment platform that is aimed at ... continue

Freedom Communications To File For Bankruptcy This Week

New York, NY (AHN) - Freedom Communications, the owner of more than 30 newspapers and eight TV stations across the country, is expected to file for bankruptcy this week, possibly as early as Tuesday. The owner of the ... continue

The Stars Will Align For New Media In 2010

The landscape for media globally in 2009 has never in recent history been in a more state of flux. The rise of the internet, coupled with old media asleep at the wheel even before they were hit ... continue

News Corp building newspaper pay cartel

Rupert Murdoch is reported to be building a newspaper pay cartel that will see free newspaper sites disappear along with News Corp sites in the next 12 months. According to the LA Times, News Corp's Jonathan Miller ... continue

Is Newser the most overrated site on the internet?

News aggregator Newser is getting a lot of attention lately as enemy number one in the battle between newspapers and news aggregation sites. If you believe some of the coverage, Newser steels page views from newspapers, and along ... continue