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The Business of Digital Journalism

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The Columbia Journalism Review published a report yesterday which was summarized in the NY Times.  It caught my eye for some reasons I’ll explain and I think if you have any interest in digital media you’ll find it a good read.  You can download the entire report (all 146 pages!) at this link but the story in the Times is far briefer and gives you the gist of the findings.  In a few words, newspapers need to embrace digital media and that journalists “gain a fuller appreciation for how advertisers now reach their customers via social media, new-media ads and search engine optimization,” and that larger news organizations should consider creating or re-creating separate digital staffs, “particularly on the business side.”  Right on! Continue reading

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The Shrinking Universe

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I know I sometimes get a bit “out there” with some of these posts.  Today might be one of those but hopefully you find the tidbit I’m about to discuss as interesting as I do.

Those of you who are outside of the media business might not be aware that Nielsen, the ratings company, updates what are called “universe estimates” every year.  This is to reflect the growth in households and of the numbers of people who live in them.  Those ratings you see reported are percentages of a universe – a 10 rating means 10% of what’s being measured – homes, Men, Women 18-34 – was watching.  Percentages are constant; universes aren’t, and this is where it gets interesting.  Let’s see what you think. Continue reading

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Take A Pill

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We’re a culture that likes to take pills. Not necessarily as some form of recreation but as a fix for what ails us. I dont know what your experience has been with healthcare but most of the doctors I’ve had over the years tend to want to prescribe you a drug rather than dig down into the causes of something and discuss nutrition and lifestyle changes as a fix. That way takes time. Pills don’t. Do you think business is any different? Continue reading

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