A quick update from the NAA conference in Orlando. The programs have been great so far — I'll write more about some of the cool things happening this year when time permits. But in the meantime, I was interviewed by Mel Taylor for Blogtalk radio yesterday about what our paper is doing in digital media… […]
Quick note on QuickTime – I suppose I'd upgraded QuickTime and iTunes at some point on my home computer, and aging Compaq, and all the QuickTime instructional videos on the DVDs that came with my Guitar World magazine stopped showing the video – the audio worked but all I got was a green screen for […]
In keeping with a powerful trend in newspapers (need to create a broader portfolio of niche products, reach younger audiences and innovate online) LA Times has launched a free lifestyle/entertainment focused weekly paper based on its year-old Metromix Web site. We launched one of these (Encore) last year and a food-focused weekly this year (Feast).
Chris Anderson, editor in chief at Wired, whose "long tail" theory of content consumption on the Web and other places has been widely referenced (including in the newspaper business, where the long tail and archives are a natural nexus), says the long tail effect has actually been bad for book sales … the long tail […]
Yesterday (Feb. 10, 2008) was the Half at the Hamptons half marathon in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. I went out to run it and Kris and the kids came to cheer me on (and to play on the snowy beach, eat pizza and swim in the heated pool at the Ashworth by the Sea afterward!). […]
Here's an interesting post from NewsVideographer.com that our photo chief sent along; it looks at how you determine whether the potential audience of a given video project justifies the expenditure of resources required… an issue all newspapers are looking hard at given the juxtaposition of big workloads and the desire to be a disruptor in […]
Melissa Campanelli, Editor-in-Chief, eM+C, summarizes blogger Chris Baggott's Jan. 31 webinar on "Top 10 Trends in Corporate Blogs." These business blogging trends are relevant to what newspapers are doing with staff blogs as well. They include:1. ROI based on search engine optimization, 2. Widespread employee blogging. 3. Control is OK. 4. Conversion goals.5. Social conversion. […]
Have been testing Flowplayer, a free flash player with lot's of great configuration options for potential work applications (and I'll try it for some band or family stuff this weekend). Especially cool is the fact that it provides embed code a la YouTube, etc., and integrates with Google analytics so you can track plays. Not too difficult to set up, though […]