@niemanlab archives: March 2009
16
Mar
On last day of production, Seattle P-I is finalist for Nieman’s Taylor Award for Fairness. Charlotte Observer is winner http://tr.im/hrhv 
Check out @lisawilliams for discouraging but important data on local advertising from #marketplaces09 conference
As with changing towels and sheets, some hotels switching to opt-in system for morning newspaper http://tr.im/hr5f (h/t @sreenet)
FiveThirtyEight wins best political blog at the Bloggies. Gawker is best group blog. See all the winners: http://tr.im/hr1C
It’s Sunshine Week. The EFF is celebrating with more government docs and a new search function http://tr.im/hqYL (h/t @doctorow)
Meanwhile, in Denver, former Rocky reporters seek 50k subscribers at $60/yr to launch news site http://InDenverTimes.com
Front-page slideshow: from Seattle Gazette to Daily Intelligencer to Post-Intelligencer to SeattlePI.com http://tr.im/hqS5
@dansinker $5m/yr includes all costs, from salaries/benefits to computers to rent. But it’s just an estimate, and @kirklapointe disagrees
Back of the envelope: I think Seattle P-I needs $5m/yr in ad revenue to break even with 40 employees.
New editor of web-only Seattle P-I is Michelle Nicolosi, aka @nicolosi. News staff of ~20, business staff of ~20.
What to expect on the new SeattlePI.com: all-purpose reporters focused on breaking news & photo galleries http://tr.im/hqKy
The Seattle P-I is going web-only with about 20 reporters. Hearst CEO envisions news portal for Northwest http://tr.im/hqH5
Forthcoming issue of Nieman Reports is on new media. We’ve posted a piece by editor of non-profit St. Louis Beacon http://tr.im/hqlv
Nat Ives points out that newspapers, with dirt-cheap cover price, have never really asked readers to pay http://tr.im/hqil
How Politico has mastered “the news nugget, the blurb, the linkable atom of information” http://tr.im/hqe7
Seeking niche, The Washington Times is launching a right-wing opinion site (no, not their existing one) http://tr.im/hqcW
What newspaper designers can learn from Aretha Franklin’s hat: bigger & bolder is better, says Mario Garcia http://tr.im/hpew
The @rev2oh folks reimagine online display advertising: one ad per page and make it the primary visual http://tr.im/hper
Henry Blodget offers a price point under consideration for online access to NYT: $55/yr. Would you pay that? http://tr.im/hpd7
Pew released “State of the News Media” with reports on citizen media, online news biz, new ventures, more http://tr.im/hpgJ
Good morning! The number of people who access news & info on a mobile device grew 107% in 2008 http://tr.im/hpd1
15
Mar
@bysmarshall has some Pew report highlights. I’m reading business analyses for newspapers http://tr.im/hpiy & online http://tr.im/hpiA
Pew has just released its annual “State of the News Media” report http://tr.im/hpgJ Let us know where the good stuff is.
14
Mar
Pope Benedict: “In the Holy See, we will have to pay greater attention to [the Internet as] source of news” http://tr.im/hnaM
Weekend reading: @cshirky takes us back to the 1500s and forward to the 2100s in “Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable” http://tr.im/hn8O
13
Mar
Huffington Post cracked the 15 most trafficked news sites in Feb. Google News traffic FELL 3% from year prior. Top 30: http://tr.im/hlIo
How much of its $1m annual budget does the Voice of San Diego spend on production? Less than 1% http://tr.im/hlq8
Highlights from Arthur Sulzberger’s speech at Stony Brook. “Engagement is the name of the game,” he says http://tr.im/hljo
The first Q about Stony Brook hiring 50 laid-off journos to teach news literacy is: What does it mean to be news literate? http://tr.im/hlgn
High school newspapers turning to web. “Go where…audience is,” says 16-yr-old at Lee’s Summit High http://tr.im/hkK1
New post at the Lab: How a daily newspaper with 8,000 readers in Ohio is adjusting to life without The Associated Press http://tr.im/hkIq
Fact checking could be a selling point for news orgs, says @CraigSilverman — if more of them still did it http://tr.im/hkGq
Podcast: Local media imperiled in UK, too. Talk of saving $ with mobile journalists detached from newsrooms http://tr.im/hkFG
The conversation has already begun this morning at @TimWindsor‘s post, “Why won’t news sites link?” http://tr.im/hkF0
ABC News president David Westin defends AP’s suit against Shepard Fairey, ties it to paid content debate http://tr.im/hkE8
12
Mar
Top links: Tribune’s clever ad sale on 404 page http://tr.im/hicc LAT blog editor http://tr.im/hitW Kindle 2 anecdote http://tr.im/hhYM
On the Lab today: Jeff Jarvis http://tr.im/hhZt Seattle P-I http://tr.im/hhQo Circulation http://tr.im/hiKu Baltimore Sun http://tr.im/hhQs
Like the concept, if not execution, of this WordPress plugin that lets readers submit corrections http://tr.im/hjjo
Pepsi’s visualization of #sxsw on Twitter is impressive http://tr.im/hjhB Could be replicated by news orgs covering large, lengthy events
Blogging incognito? Global Voices has updated its Anonymous Blogging guide http://tr.im/hjgT & CMLP has more http://tr.im/hjgZ
Internet trails TV, newspaper & radio as source for local news, which isn’t case for news in general http://tr.im/hiRd
Can you explain why papers are bucking circulation declines in Cincy, LasVegas, SaltLake, Lincoln, Fargo & CorpusChristi? http://tr.im/hiKu
Checking in with the tech guy who’s been setting up the Rocky Mountain News diaspora with their own sites http://tr.im/hitW
Today’s NYT story on dying newspapers is a rehash, but accompanying map is very useful http://tr.im/hiki (h/t @LeonardWitt)
The Chicago Tribune made a very creative ad sale for its 404 (“Not Found”) page http://tr.im/hicc (h/t @vanityfairer)
College newspaper biz staffers have good ideas for online ad sales http://tr.im/hi9C But almost all their revenue is still in print
New video at the Lab: @jeffjarvis offers his advice to various news orgs struggling with old biz models or trying new ones http://tr.im/hhZt
Henry Blodget finds early, anecdotal evidence that newspaper subscriptions are a hit on the Kindle 2 http://tr.im/hhYM
Leonore Annenberg, one of journalism’s top benefactors, has died at 91. President of the Annenberg Foundation http://tr.im/hhWK
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