Everybody bemoans the absence of the “youth” audience from newspapers, radio, and TV. How, they ask, can there be any future for legacy media if young people aren’t reading, listening or watching? One answer might be a site called TweenTribune, which should be a local news editor’s dream when it comes to reaching “tomorrow’s” news [...]
U .S. retailers spent 7% more on paid search campaigns between October and mid-November 2009 across all major search engines — Google, Bing, Yahoo — compared with the same time last year, according to the SearchIgnite Mid Q4 2009 U.S. Search Marketing Report released Monday. Read more at MediaPost
By Robert Wilonsky Thu., Dec. 3 2009 Bob Mong After the jump, you will find a memo Dallas Morning News editor Bob Mong and senior vice president of sales Cyndy Carr sent to everyone at A.H. Belo Corp. Wednesday afternoon outlining what they call a “business/news integration.” Which means? As of yesterday, some section editors [...]
By Steve Outing on Nov 30, 2009 My latest Editor & Publisher Online column has been posted: Some (Unasked-for) Advice for Smaller, Non-Metro Newspapers
By Shaun Sutner TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Mr. Greene, 54, was listed at No. 355 on Forbes magazine’s 2008 list of the 400 richest Americans. His net worth was estimated at $1.4 billion. WORCESTER — Jeff Greene, a flamboyant real estate magnate and billionaire investor who grew up in Worcester, is pursuing an eleventh-hour bid [...]
Yesterday’s notice from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) that publishers would be able to block access to more than five stories in 24 hours set off a wave of claims that the change in the First Click Free program was a deal with critic News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and/or that the search engine was giving in to [...]
By Jennifer Saba Published: December 03, 2009 1:45 PM ET NEW YORK The worst of the advertising downturn has already passed — but don’t expect newspapers to be on the ride up, Fitch Ratings says in its 2010 Media Outlook report released Thursday. Fitch analysts Mike Simonton and Jamie Rizzo pointedly state that some media, [...]