Monthly Archives: July 2009
Newspapers’ bundled pricing is ‘not a birthright’
More on business models. There are a couple of things in this piece about the Unraveling of Newspaper Economics on Seeking Alpha that resonate for me. Thanks to @shanerichmond for the link. It was written by Robert Heath in response to a meeting held behind closed doors by senior newspaper execs from a number of [...]
EveryBlock releases source code
If you’ve ever looked at everyblock.com and wondered how they do it, wonder no more. The creators have released the source code used to develop the site. Thanks to Kirk LaPointe for the link. EveryBlock is the brainchild of Adrian Holovaty, a journalist and programmer, and development team Paul Smith, Wilson Miner, Daniel X O’Neil, [...]
Posted in Communities, Journalism, Tools for Journalists Tagged data visualisation, datasets, geotagging, open government 2 Comments
Few bright spots in online-only figures
Silicon Alley Insider has pulled together some figures on how well newspapers that have gone online-only are doing in the US. Their verdict: Most Dead Newspapers Not Doing Well Online There’s not enough data as far as I can see to draw conclusions but the slide show they’ve created is interesting to flick through and [...]
Posted in Business Models, Journalism, Newspapers 1 Comment
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