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.
Local Radio Revenue Disappearing
June 16, 2009
In Radio These Days, Small Is Better | online.wsj.com
Radio will survive. It is just going to be a very different medium, led largely by internet radio which has no barrier to entry.
Small Market Radio One of Few Bright Spots for Industry
June 16, 2009
In Radio These Days, Small Is Better | online.wsj.com
Article in the WSJ points out that small market radio stations are outperforming large market stations in terms of growing their markets.
Who Holds the Right to Put Televisa Content on the Internet in the US?
June 10, 2009
Univision and Televisa back in court | www.rbr.com
Televisa and Univision are back in the courtroom, this time to settle the question over who has rights to stream Televisa content over the Internet in the US.
First Quarter 2009 As Spending Uglier than Expected Across Media
June 10, 2009
Nielsen: U.S. Ad Spending Plummets $3.8 Billion | www.mediapost.com
Nielsen has just released first quarter ad spending data for all media sectors, with all sectors of the media industry showing declines ranging from single to double digits.
Another Broadcast Group Seeks Chapter 11 Protection: ION Media
May 22, 2009
Ion Media Files Bankruptcy With Deal to Swap Debt for Equity | www.bloomberg.com
An article on Bloomberg details a new restructuring plan by ION Media through bankruptcy protection.
Pandora's Amazing Run Continues
May 22, 2009
More audio ads coming to Pandora | www.rbr.com
Pandora CEO suggests more advertising is coming to one of the most popular applications for smartphones. This is not good news for the radio industry.
Hulu’s Traction Causing Friction with Multichannel Operators
May 14, 2009
Disney Teams Up With Other Networks Online, Buying Stake in Hulu Site | online.wsj.com
1. As online viewership grows, Pay TV companies reconsider sharing their content for free 2. Multichannel companies such as Comcast (CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (TWC) and DIRECTV (DTV) pay cable networks billions of dollars each year to carry programming
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