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“Those papers that wake up in time will become a journalistic hybrid combining the best aspects of traditional print newspapers with the best of what the Web brings to the table.”
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The challenges from user-generated content in the newspaper business compared to the music business: “News, being disposable, must constantly be replaced. There’s a harder pace for the amateur newshound to keep up.”
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“Gumtree.com, the online classified ad website owned by auction company eBay, has launched its first major marketing campaign in the UK.” UK uniques grew from 1.1 million to 2.5 million iduring year to February 2007.
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“four emerging mega-trends in the way we consume content: Participation, On-demand, Mobility and Personalisation.”
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Stats on interactive and multimedia features at 28 free newspapers in the US. Classifieds, article comments and RSS were widespread; while only a few titles had blogs, video and podcasts.
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“One reason why Reuters Blogs seems to be less frequented and updated than it might be is because its blogs are not integrated with the rest of the site and its torrent of up-to-the-minute wire story reports.”
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Thanks David! You might be interested in a similar piece I wrote, looking at what The Economist is doing with blogs and online media:
http://onlinemediacultist.com/tag/the-economist/
Cheers ~ EB
Eric, Thanks for the pointer – interesting. – David