One Man and His Blog: More Evidence for the Death of Print
Friday, 5 September 2008, 16:49
Adam Tinworth: "When I heard that Press Gazette was switching to publishing once a month, with a features-led magazine, I thought it sounded like a good plan. It was exactly the sort of solution that could save a title - moving upmarket with a more analytical bent. How much to subscribe? £115. That's £7.67 per issue on the current "15 for the price of 12" offer or an eye-watering £9.58 without the offer. That's frankly insane. They're either relying on corporate subscriptions - not a good idea in the current financial climate - or they seriously over-estimate how much disposable income the average journalist has."
Press Gazette: Media Money: No death for print — until the last drop of profit hits the bottom line
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 21:53
Peter Kirwan: "B2B technology publishing is the kind of market where readers migrated online long ago. The one thing a new entrant wouldn’t do under any circumstances is to launch a weekly print magazine. Actually, no-one has done it for the best part of a decade. But oddly, after closing IT Week’s print edition, this is exactly what Incisive will continue to do by continuing to publish Computing. . . as a weekly magazine."
Press Gazette: As IT weeklies merge Incisive warns rivals to change before it’s too late
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 21:46
"As Incisive Media’s first edition of its merger of technology weeklies IT Week and Computing comes out today, managing director Graham Harman has warned that other business titles will need to follow their example or be left behind."
Property Week Forums: Football forums
Sunday, 31 August 2008, 10:58
Eh? Why is a B2B magazine running a football forum? Building a user community around something other than the thing they all have in common is a strange strategy.
One Man and His Blog: Why Journalists Shy Away From Commenters
Saturday, 2 August 2008, 07:28
"screeching howler monkey commenters seem to be far more prevalent on national titles than the sort of niche publishing we do. And there may be some illuminating reasons for that."
Monday, 5 May 2008, 10:20
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"The journey beyond print is uncertain and perilous, but the experience of I.D.G., the world’s largest publisher of technology newspapers and magazines, suggests that it can be done."
Monday, 21 April 2008, 14:13
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"Centaur has decided to use its magazine teams to drive content on its MAD website … And what of the editorial issue? What most publishers fail to grasp is that online writing is not the same as off line writing."
Friday, 18 April 2008, 14:03
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Paul Conley has some tough words: "As fast as the world of Web journalism is growing, no ‘print’ journalist should assume that there’s a place for him in the new world. … "
Saturday, 29 March 2008, 11:30
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“Our focus is not page views,” [Rafat] Ali said. “Our focus has been laserlike on the C-level executives in the industry. That’s why we get triple-digit CPMs. That’s nearly unheard of in the industry.”
Sunday, 13 January 2008, 12:40
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Whoa: "I’m urging employers not to offer any training in Web journalism. There are two reasons for this…You cannot train someone to be part of a culture [and] We cannot move backward to round up the stragglers and train them to fight. "
Sunday, 13 January 2008, 12:37
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"any journalist who hasn’t made the effort to keep up with the real world isn’t worth keeping on board. We don’t have the ergs to spare on those who need to be carried. We need self-propelled journalists who are lifelong learners."
Friday, 9 November 2007, 09:43
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"The NUJ may think that Web 2.0 is "rubbish ", but B2B journalists are increasingly turning to blogs and other forms of online media for information and ideas, according to a new survey."
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 23:20
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Adam Tinworth identifies some types of blogs that journalists might write, giving some examples from his own stable at RBI: expert comment, aggregation, and background.
Friday, 21 September 2007, 09:48
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"Publishing house Wilmington saw ongoing full year profits soar by 25% and is to buy back £5m worth of (Advertisement) shares in the coming month."
