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Explore how traditional newspapers are adapting to digitalization, seeking donations, and embracing citizen journalism. Witness the changing landscape of media ownership and revenue models.
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Philadelphia Daily News – owners filed for bankruptcy Minneapolis Star Tribune filed for Chapter 11 Miami Herald – asking for donations from readers Detroit News – struggling Boston Globe – struggling et al... http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1883785,00.html?imw=Y
The headlines speak for themselves • Regional papers are disappearing, becoming web-only, cutting swathes through the hard copy sections they offer – in a fight for survival
Go digital, seek buyer or close • As print advertising vanishes so does profitability http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Hearst-150-year-old-Seattle-P-I-Newspaer-Closing-S_1/2890153
Seeking donations from readers to sustain an online business readership model http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyyouBk-R3lV7m8ddfUUpfpW6VcwD9CK2DLO1
Don’t post anything on a site that you would not feel comfortable about everyone seeing http://losangeles.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2009/11/23/daily3.html
Even the BBC realises that something seismic is happening and is starting to respond to the changes http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/bbc-news-appoints-its-first-social-media-editor
Spot.Us funds investigative journalism via a crowd-sourced model likely to catch on around the world
Niiu is Europe’s first newspaper tailored to readers’ individual wishes • Will more follow this model? http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jP-sjoFKsedvWfL-ypj63eZBuZyQ
Publishing consortium developing an ‘online news stand’ • A kind of ‘iTunes for magazines concept’ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/business/media/25mag.html?_r=2&ref=media
The big news outfits are forced to adapt • Instilling a social media mindset into its writers through access to tools they would have banned in the office one year ago http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/01/07/news-organisation-orders-journalists-install-tweetdeck/?awesm=tnw.to_11VyF&utm_medium=tnw.to-twitter&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=tweetmeme
Citizen journalism writ-large as bloggers and ‘readers’ dictate the content • Plans are to eventually fund through advertising http://www.utalkmarketing.com/pages/Article.aspx?ArticleID=16128&Title=Newspaper_composed_completely_of_blog_content_hits_London
Actively encouraging readers to interact in real time through Google Wave • Aim is to appeal to younger readers with disposable income http://www.brandrepublic.com/Discipline/Digital/News/950413/Newspaper