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Save journalism, not newspapers
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
We're seeing a lot of talk lately about taking newspapers nonprofit. I've been saying for a year now that all media organizations need to separate creation from distribution. Newpspaper are a good place to start because their distribution model...
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Everyone wants to look good on Facebook
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
It's easy to forget as we watch penetration numbers rise for social services, what these numbers look like when they hit small communities of connected people. I was reminded of this last night. Every year, my wife takes photos...
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Learning the wrong lessons from a century of advertising
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
Shortly after ranting that media properties to start thinking bigger and stranger if they're going to succeed, I came across Jeff Jarvis's spot-on analysis of why print advertising was never the right model for online success and the variety...
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NYTimes.com has a strategy problem, not an inventory problem
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
I agree with my colleague David Card that the New York Times must cut costs and raise the price of the print edition. David also agrees with Henry Blodget that Times should start charging for its online product. But Blodget's...
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A better way to embed Keynote slides on the Web
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
You can export Keynote slides to a Quicktime file in the appropriate dimensions and embed the Quicktime of your Keynote deck in your blog. Just select File/Export, and follow the prompts. You can use hyperlink controls to allow users...
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Kicking television, sort of
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
2008 was a watershed year in my media habits. In video, things came to a head when Comcast mistakenly cancelled by cable television service, instead of merely canceling my "high speed" (sic) Internet service. This echoed the scene six...
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Let's make TV local again
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
It's no surprise that local television stations are under pressure, with increased competition for local audiences from cable and the current economic...um...opportunity. Without actually citing a source, WSJ reporter Martin Peers declares that the problem is overcapacity and the...
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Blogging done right
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
Like millions of Americans, I followed the presidential elections in my favorite blogs, but one source deserves special recognition. Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight.com published a running summary and projection of the myriad of national and state polls that was astonishing for...
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I'm not a PC...
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
...nor am I a Mac. Microsoft's new "I'm a PC" ads are very postmodern, as they deal with the subtext of Apple's advertising (PC users are nerds*) but not the explicit message (Macs are easier to use, Macs are easier...
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Is black the new white?
2024-12-11 07:08:36| MediaSavvy
No, I'm not talking about the presidential campaign. On two high-profile web redesigns, CNET and WSJ, blackness has taken on the role of white space. A thirty-year anniversary tribute to James Brown? A ten-year anniversary tribute to @ Home Networks?...
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