Richard Hine

Mr. Richard Hine

Principal, Richard Hine


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Council Member Biography

Richard Hine is a Novelist, Ghostwriter and Marketing Consultant with over 20 years of experience in advertising and media. Through September 2006, he was Vice President/Marketing at The Wall Street Journal, responsible for advertising sales marketing, research and business development where he oversaw the marketing campaign behind the launch of Journal's Weekend Edition in 2005. Previously, Mr. Hine spent 10 years at Time Inc, most recently as Publisher of Time's Latin America edition, overseeing advertising sales and circulation. While at Time, Mr. Hine was the recipient of the Time Inc. President's Award, the company's highest honor for his work on the Time and CNN Latin American Leaders for the New Millennium program, an integrated advertising opportunity developed in print, TV and online platforms. His debut novel Russell Wiley Is Out to Lunch, described by Booklist as "wry and incisive satire," was published in October 2010. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2006 - Unspecified
Principal, Richard Hine
2002 - 2006
Vice President/Marketing, Dow Jones & Co.
1998 - 2002
Publisher, TIME WARNER INC.
1995 - 1998
Marketing Director and Associate Publisher, TIME WARNER INC.
1992 - 1995
Copywriter, TIME WARNER INC.
1988 - 1992
Copywriter, BP COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INC

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The "Good News" About Newspaper Circulation: Down Only 9%

April 27, 2010

Like Newspaper Revenue, the Decline in Circ Shows Signs of Slowing | www.editorandpublisher.com

The rate of circulation declines in US newspapers is slowing, which these days is considered good news.

Why "Traditional" Media Are Doomed

June 25, 2009

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer: Traditional media will not bounce back | www.guardian.co.uk

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer is the 2009 Media Person of the Year.  He says that traditional media can no longer succeed by replicating their print content online.  If you want to reach consumers online, "static content won't cut it."  That's why the old approaches are doomed to fail.

Will Online Readers Buy Into Steve's Brill-iant Idea?

June 25, 2009

Journalism Online: The Answer to the Paid-Content Question? | www.editorandpublisher.com

Steve Brill's new startup Journalism Online is promising newspaper publishers big money from online readers --  $110 million in two years for a newspaper with a print circulation of 1 million and an online audience of 20 million.  Will he succeed?  And if he does, will you be one of the few people willing to pay to read the story?

Can Newspapers Morph Into "Fearless Vampire Killers"?

June 24, 2009

WSJ publisher calls Google ‘digital vampire’ | www.crainsnewyork.com

The days of free newspaper content on the internet may be coming to an end... but only if consumers can be persuaded to pay.

WSJ.com Increases Traffic and Reinforces Roadblocks

July 4, 2008

WSJ.com Enjoying Significant Bump in Traffic...With Subs Intact | www.mediaweek.com

With unique users up 94% and total page views up only 45%, it's clear that wsj.com has found more ways to introduce non-subscribers to the frustrations of its site

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