Monthly Archives: March 2009

In 1940 you got 15 minutes of foreign news a week

By Julie Starr | Published: March 31, 2009
I was talking to my Dad the other night about what news looked like when he was young. He said they didn't have a radio or a television, and the paper wasn't delivered. "Only milk and bread were delivered in those days," he said. The butcher and grocer would deliver if you called in your order. But not newspapers.
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Link wrap: Seattle PI, doom, gloom etc

By Julie Starr | Published: March 29, 2009
PaidContent has an early follow-up on how the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is doing since it ditched print and went web-only. The writer suggests it could be struggling to find enough content after cutting its staff by 80 per cent.
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Things that bug me about news: it’s in boxes

By Julie Starr | Published: March 27, 2009
Thinking out loud for a presentation I’m working on… News has traditionally come in boxes. The newspaper comes in a box whose dimensions are defined by number of pages, available space for stories once the ads are sold and how much time there is to work on it before the printing deadline. The radio bulletin [...]
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Plan B for newspapers: leave online alone

By Julie Starr | Published: March 25, 2009
A provocative line from Silicon Alley Insider suggesting that since newspapers are not proving very adept at publishing and selling advertising online, maybe they should just pare their business down and stick to print.
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BBC: Adam Curtis’ ‘Century of Self’

By Julie Starr | Published: March 24, 2009
"Adam Curtis' acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty."
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