National media battle locally for survival

While most of the conversation about news media going “hyperlocal” is about the creation of super-localized websites or blogs focusing on a town or neighborhood, an interesting battle is about to be waged in the nation’s largest market. In a few short weeks in New York City, the Wall Street Journal is about to go [...]

Is this the future of newspapers?

Every night this week on the nightly news we've seen stories about newspapers laying people off, going bankrupt or about to (Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle) or even worse just plain ending publication (Rocky Mountain News). So what is the answer, what is the new model?  Is it Newsday's decision to start charging people to [...]

What VCU’s Mass Comm students taught me today…

Based on the number of college students we meet with for internships and jobs I have been concerned about the quality of education being offered by some college public relations programs.  Many times the folks we meet with just don't seem to "get it."  They don't seem to have the public relations acumen and general [...]

PR 1.5 and the end of journalist competition?

One of the many things I love about Twitter is the ability to share ideas and thoughts about marketing with people from literally all over the world.  It's great to hear different points of view from marketing vets to those still in school. One such moment came the other day in the form of a [...]

INews? Is this the future of newspaper?

A couple of posts ago I made my fearless prediction of 2009, that one major newspaper would go to an online only model and give permission to the industry to follow along. In his column today, David Carr of the New York Times speculates on an ITunes-type model, where people would pay-per-article like they pay [...]

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