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The latest survey of newspaper readers in the US by the Readership Institute has both good and bad news for the industry.
The good news is the study (PDF) found that newspaper readership is relatively stable, only down a little from 2006:
Why aren’t they much worse, when the imminent demise of newspapers seems to be all [...]
The BBC has put a figure on how much advertising it has sold on BBC.com. The controversial decision to plaster ads on the international version of the BBC News website and other properties made £1.5 million ($2.96 million) from ads and sponsorships since its November launch. The ads have been appearing on the news, [...]
Given the whole debate over the role of local in journalism, a recent Canadian study offers some surprising data.
The study (PDF) into Canadian news habits for the Canadian Media Research Consortium found that TV is the most used source, with the internet and newspapers coming joint second.
What is more interesting is the reasons behind the [...]
June’s Carnival of Journalism, a monthly collection of thoughts from the journalism blogosphere, focused on the issue of local.
The question was whether journalism is better the more local it is. The range of responses shows this is a rich area for debate.
I sat out the carnival as I was on [...]
Image via WikipediaThe Globe and Mail has finally realised that placing its best online content behind subscriber walls is a bad idea.
The newspaper has scrapped its subscription program, freeing up access to its columnists, horoscopes and more.
The question is why it took the Globe and Mail so long to decide that content wants to be [...]
I have been at the ICA annual conference in Montreal this week, talking about the research that Neil Thurman and myself have done into “participatory journalism” in Britain. What follows is a shortened version of the talk, but it is still on the long side for a blog post.
The term participatory journalism is itself rather [...]
Image via WikipediaTorstar, owner of Canada’s largest-circulation daily The Toronto Star, is cutting 160 positions in a restructuring of its newspaper division.
Among the job losses are all 10 of the firm’s Internet production staff.
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada has questioned this decision, with official Maureen Dawson saying:
Their message to the world [...]
Misinformed quote of the day from Dan Brown, online editor at The London Free Press in Canada:
When I graduated from journalism school in 1996, no one knew what a blog was. Heck, we still haven’t decided if blogs are journalism
Silly me, I thought we had resolved this debate and the fruitless argument of bloggers vs [...]
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- MSM: Journalism news
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- Networking News - American Journalism Review
- HPU Journalism Professor Presents Paper At San Diego Conference - High Point University
- Boiling It Down - American Journalism Review
- ComScore: Black Friday e-commerce hits $534 million - CNET News
- The Fives: The death of journalism, troubled times at the Capitol ... - Rapid City Journal
- Television Company, Belo Corp. (BLC), to Present at UBS Global ... - MarketWatch
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- BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Journalism learns to share
- Virginia Heffernan: The Sarah Palin of Journalism : Edward ...
- First Draft: While We're On The Subject Of Journalism
- Jobs in United Arab Emirates - Dubai : Journalism Faculty | Bayt.com
- A Troubled Marriage: Journalism and Blogging | Black Web 2.0
- Journalism 2.0 » News organizations as ‘distributed idea engines’
- Feedback Army: Test out your web ideas for seven bucks » Nieman ...
- ‘Creative’ Economics vs. Journalism and the Public Trust | Adrian ...
- The Problem with Games Journalism: Part One | Snappy Gamer
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