Comments on: MiamiHerald.com: Journalism becoming a consumer product http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2008/01/07/miamiheraldcom-journalism-becoming-a-consumer-product/ A UK-centric look at new media and online journalism Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:45:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Martin http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2008/01/07/miamiheraldcom-journalism-becoming-a-consumer-product/comment-page-1/#comment-47619 Martin Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:22:39 +0000 tag:del.icio.us://702b58806172b28ca49441559e9768fb#comment-47619 Lucas is quite right: This column actually misses the point somewhat. Penelope Trunk was not let go because she was not generating enough traffic - it's much worse than that. According to <a href="http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/" rel="nofollow">her own account</a>, the type of content she provided was apparently generating plenty of traffic, but was driving down the total CPM of Yahoo Fiinance. Lucas is quite right: This column actually misses the point somewhat. Penelope Trunk was not let go because she was not generating enough traffic – it’s much worse than that.

According to her own account, the type of content she provided was apparently generating plenty of traffic, but was driving down the total CPM of Yahoo Fiinance.

]]> By: Lucas Grindley http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2008/01/07/miamiheraldcom-journalism-becoming-a-consumer-product/comment-page-1/#comment-47616 Lucas Grindley Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:33:48 +0000 tag:del.icio.us://702b58806172b28ca49441559e9768fb#comment-47616 Too bad the entire lead of the column is wrong. <a href="http://www.lucasgrindley.com/2008/01/critics_slam_on_popularity_pay_needs_imm.html" rel="nofollow">I've called for a correction to be issued</a>. Too bad the entire lead of the column is wrong. I’ve called for a correction to be issued.

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