Archive
1 Jan

What I learned my first blogging year

It has been one year since I started www.themediamanager.com. Time for some reflection on what it has taught and changed in me. 1. Only opinions attract opinion. My blog suffered […]

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19 Dec

What an online newsroom needs

Chris O’Brien, a business columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, makes a feasible list of suggestions for the newsroom looking to transform itself into an online-first operation in this […]

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19 Dec

Bivings: U.S. newspapers and the Internet in 2008

The Bivings group has released its annual report on how the top 100 U.S. newspapers are using the Internet. It has some heartening news on how newsrooms are embracing online […]

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17 Dec

Kubas: Newspapers will have a tough 2009

Kubas Consultants, the exceptional Canadian newspaper industry advisory firm, has produced its Preview 2009 and it suggests a very challenging year ahead for North American papers. An excerpt of the […]

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15 Dec

Michael Skoler on newsroom culture change

Michael Skoler, the executive director (on leave) from the Center for Innovation in Journalism, provides an essential 12-minute incantation of the necessity to change newsroom culture. It’s an excellent and […]

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28 Oct

National Post, ten years later

By Kirk LaPointe Ten years ago this week we launched the first edition of the National Post newspaper and its then-ambtious nationalpost.com site. I was its executive editor, working for […]

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24 Oct

Associated Press bends before it breaks

The planned rate structure for the Associated Press was suspended Thursday and a board meeting has directed a full review of membership policies. Kirk LaPointe writes on his mediamanager blog: […]

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22 Oct

Training reporters to create video

Reporters at The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and the Washington Post are being trained to produce online video as part of online strategies. In an interview on Beet.tv, WSJ deputy […]

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21 Oct

Newsroom change on the cheap

As newsroom budgets tighten, here are some tips on how to affordably modernize operations. 

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21 Oct

The wire service challenge

In a recent post at themediamanager.com, Kirk LaPointe takes a look at the recent Tribune Co. decision to give notice of cancellation to the Associated Press and compares it with […]

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