Although the printing industry’s business has grown by 5% to 7% per annum for most of the past 20 years, that growth has permanently ended, according to Frank Romano, who holds the Roger K. Fawcett Distinguished Professor of Digital Publishing chair at…
This week, we’re at the Seybold 2003 Conference in San Francisco, where tomorrow we’re speaking about ‘The Wireless World’ in the Seybold-Romano Future of Print Conference track. If you’re also at Seybold this week, contact us by e-mail.
Editor & Publisher Magazine this morning asked us to comment about (a) the merger of PowerOne Media, Inc., and Employment Specialists, L.L.C., owner of Employment Wizard and Careersite, and (b) PowerOne’s acquisition of employment voice technology company , The Center for American…
We’ve long thought that European online advertising shows greater flair than its American cousins. For examples, Creative Showcase displays the best of UK online advertising. Launched in association with Media Guardian, it highlights the UK’s monthly award for the best online campaign,…
Here is something that is bound to upset publishers who are now charging for archival access to their Web pages: The WayBack Machine search engine at Brewster Kahle‘s Internet Archives project has added keyword search capabilities. This makes it much more articulate…
Because American publishers & consumers are far behind those in rest of the world when the topic is news by SMS, we heartened and not surprised to see progress in the American heartland. The reason we’re not surprised is that the news…
We’re watching with increasing alarm the European Commission’s ‘Rome II‘ proposal to harmonise laws relating to non-contractual obligations across Europe. Its ramifications for libel, defamation, and privacy laws, could have a startling effect upon European publishers, including online publishers. Under its latest…
KPN, the Dutch phone company, has licensed CNNlive, a downloadable Java application that gives KPN’s i-mode mobile phone customers access to the top 10 stories from CNN.com’s international edition.
SonyEricsson, a mobile phone manufacturer, has licensed content from Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network for use to Sony Ericsson phone users around the world. Starting in September, owners of SonyEriccson phones can, if they pay a premium rate, download games, ringtones, screensavers and…
The 20% of the Welsh population who actually speak their national language finally have their own online weekly newspaper. Y-Cymro, the weekly newspaper for North Wales, has launched a Web site, an e-mail edition, and a digital edition. “We decided to introduced…
Here’s a brilliant solution by some universities that might stop their students from illegally downloading copyrighted music and thereby spare the universities ilegal peril from the copyright holders: According to Penn State University President Graham Spanier, roughly a dozen colleges and universities…
The Gannett Company’s AZCentral, Web site of the Arizona Republic newspaper and KPNX televisino in Phoenix, launched a user registration program earlier this week. The site’s Manager for Site Presentation/Audience Development Mike Coleman told Editor & Publisher magazine that it will require…
Columbia Journalism Review has launched its redesigned Web site, which this month features a story about weblogging by alternative newspapers, amateur journalists, and mainstream media, with a list of mainstream American media that weblogs.
Anne Holland‘s ContentBiz today published the first of a two-part series, Buying & Selling Online Media Properties. Today it’s ‘Your Quick Guide Part I: Seller’s Side‘. Some details: Three times annual revenue is now a good benchmark —- down from 15 to…
Americans usually think of their country as the most technosavvy nation. Few realized just how far behind other countries the U.S. is with mobile phones. e-Marketer today offers a look at just how far behind:
On Monday, the Miami Herald profiled local resident Matt Drudge, who claims to earn US$1.2 million in advertising revenue from his Web site. Its ads are sold by Intermarkets, an agency that also sells banner for The Chicago Sun-Times, The Village Voice,…
The Online News listserv, an discussion list for journalists, was today discussing reporters who carry mobile phone with cameras. We pointed that discussion to the May edition of The Digital Photojournalist, in which Evan Nisselson, a photo editor who is now a…
A ClickZ column today by David Cohen of the Universal McCann Interactive advertising agency tells how far off the target demographic many media Web sites ad campaigns hit. For examples: “One amazing thing we routinely find is the relatively low target composition…
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell talks about how he sees the Internet fitting into the future of News Media. Staci Kramer interviews him in Online Journalism Review.
The International Newspaper Marketing Association‘s 2004 World Congress will be held at Plaza Hotel in New York City on May 16-19.
We’re pleased to see our Theory of New Media — which we originally formulated as a way to explain to publishers and broadcasters what the differences are between Traditional and New Media — is now the required reading during the first week…