Isn't it time for a new debate on whether the rush toward "free" is not a trend toward "theft"? Don't we need a new balance between usurious charges imposed by too many selling something, and no charges ripped off by those who think they are entitled not to pay anything at all? Couldn't newspapers play a core role in framing and advancing that discussion, disclosing self-interest all along the way?
Showing posts with label Digital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Digital. Show all posts
08 October 2011
"Sims Social Is an Astonishing Success on Facebook" - NYTimes.com
I'd love to see a session next year devoted entirely to what newspapers can learn from these games. For this year, it's surely worth a mention.
"HSN Tests Onscreen QR Codes to Encourage Sales" - NYTimes.com
Newspapers, notoriously, are largely - and either directly or indirectly - space salespeople. That means that advertising space in newspapers, print or digital, gets sold without any interest in what the commercial message is to contain or how effective it is going to be. Take the idea of scanning something in print - or online and other places - and with that scan, making an inquiry and/or a purchase. Have newspapers acted as creatively as they should in anticipating a Steve JOBS'-type demand for this capability among all types of customers? Have newspapers concluded, once again, that this is not where the proverbial hockey puck is headed? Has sufficient thought been given to the whole question where we are going, lest we get there or someplace we don't want to be without deciding?
06 October 2011
"Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56" - NYTimes.com
We cannot let the Congress end without acknowledging the profound impact that the late Steve JOBS had on the digital world and all of the ways that has shaped, and is shaping, the newspaper business. May he Rest in Peace.
30 September 2011
"Student Opinion | Do Apps Help You or Just Waste Your Time?" - NYTimes.com
It will be very interesting to see what students say in response to this post in The New York Times.
"Why Magazine Publishers Like the Fire" - NYTimes.com
I hope we will be able to fill in the newspaper reaction to Fire in Vienna.
27 September 2011
"World’s Data Centers Expected to Grow, Survey Says" - NYTimes.com
Newspapers ought to be a lot more interested in what this means.
"Why Facebook Works for All, Twitter for Some" - NYTimes.com
Something for newspapers to learn here?
"Indian regulator sets 100-text limit to curb mobile-marketing nuisance" - guardian.co.uk
Restrictions on "speech" are always troublesome, and no less so in India. Let's talk about it in Vienna.
24 September 2011
"Zuckerberg's Unspoken Law: Sharing and More Sharing" - NYTimes.com
I still hope someone from Facebook will show up at the Congress. It's in the best interest of all if that happens.
22 September 2011
"Facebook Unveils Timeline View and Media Partnerships" - NYTimes.com
I don't see any newspapers on this list of partners.
Printed newspapers to apps and back again....
This from The New York Times this morning. A great discussion of so many complex issues written from the most important perspective, the customer.
"QR Codes Provide Information When Scanned" - NYTimes.com
What is the new potential for newspapers with this technology?
21 September 2011
"French Papers Team Up to Break Apple Stranglehold" - NYTimes.com
I can imagine a lot of corridor conversations about this development in Vienna. Note that one of the people who will be in Vienna - Ken DOCTOR - is mentioned on the second page of the story. He notes one example of how media company cooperation in the face of Google did not work out, and we should not forget that there are many more, including one of the first - the failure almost 20 years ago of the New Century Network in the US. That included something similar to the French grouping - most of the big newspaper groups except The New York Times, as best I recall. Note also the last graf of this story. Is it true?
19 September 2011
"AP to Launch Mobile Ad Circulars" - WSJ.com
Newspaper "circulars" remain an important revenue source for papers in the US and in some other countries. Initiaitives like this will surely be worth discusssing in Vienna.
18 September 2011
"In E-Books, Publishing Houses Have a Rival in News Sites" - NYTimes.com
In an all digital world, more of these sorts of things become inevitable.
"Setting Boundaries for Internet Privacy" - NYTimes.com
Are newspapers sufficiently involved in this debate?
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