November 28, 2009 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
As 2009 comes to a close, the various problems afflicting the newspaper industry have hardly subsided, although several plans aimed at improving the state of affairs were spawned. Pay walls, micro-payments, cost-cutting initiatives, online...
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November 2, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, Nr. 4/2009 Several of Germany’s most popular bloggers recently devised an “Internet Manifesto,” a document of prescriptions for journalism in the digital age. Stephan Russ-Mohl responds to the bloggers’...
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October 28, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 8 + 9 Detecting Bull is a title which, when translated literally to German, might cause a bit of confusion. Californian media researcher John McManus is neither advertising an energy drink (i.e. Red Bull), nor...
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June 27, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Natascha Fioretti
Corriere del Ticino, June 16, 2009 As we find ourselves caught in a media pandemic, an open mind may carry us beyond the wreckage. “You have to be incredibly open to every idea,” advises John Byrne, director of the online...
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June 15, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Piero Macri
European Journalism Observatory, May 2009 EJO Research A study conducted by media researcher Piero Macrì assesses obstacles facing the newspaper industry and options for recovery. Newspapers have never been read as regularly as they are...
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December 1, 2008 •
Business Models, Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 22, 2008 How Craigslist Revolutionised the Classifieds Business in the U.S. Some count him among the gravediggers of the daily newspaper, but for many he is the benefactor of all those who are buying or...
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September 30, 2008 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, September 26, 2008 How the New York Times renews itself by strengthening its Internet presence Rupert Murdoch is presently redesigning the Wall Street Journal, thus putting the New York Times under intense pressure....
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August 13, 2008 •
Digital News •
by Natascha Fioretti
Corriere del Ticino, July 4,2008 After the successful launch of French citizen journalism website AgoraVox, an Italian version is about to emerge. Citizen journalism, also known as public or participatory journalism, is currently at the...
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July 23, 2008 •
Digital News •
by Marcello Foa
Il Giornale, June 15, 2008 When I say “blog,” I think of Matt Mullenweg. Then I met him in Milan during “Wordcamp,” an event organized by Italian Internet visionary Paolo Valenti, and thought I had the wrong person in front of me....
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