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Old Media Death Watch

Bloomberg Buys BusinessWeek -- But Who Is the Real Winner?

Paul Taaffe | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

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Paul Taaffe

Resist the temptation to dismiss Bloomberg LP's acquisition of BusinessWeek as merely the latest move in the media consolidation. This deal is a game changer on a number of levels.

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The Boston Globe's Future Unclear As Sale Deadline Passes

nytimes.com | RICHARD PEREZ-PENA | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Newspapers, Boston Globe, Old Media Death Watch, Death of Print, New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Platinum Equity, Newspaper Industry, Old Media, Media News

Prospective buyers of The Boston Globe faced a Friday deadline for submitting firm bids, but it remained unclear what would happen next -- or even whe...

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How to Become a "Death of Newspapers" Blogger

Paul Dailing | Posted 04.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Internet, Newspapers, Paul Gillin, Old Media vs. New Media, Jay Rosen, Bloggers, Old Media Death Watch, Online, Jeff Jarvis, Steve Outing, New Media, Death of Newspapers, Media, Clay Shirky, Newspaper Industry, Comedy News
Paul Dailing

The more you self-reference, pick feuds and talk about the failure of TimesSelect, the better you're doing. If you make it sound like you're the one who figured out newspapers are dying, you win.

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Journalism Does Not Need To Be Saved, Newspapers Do

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Editorials, Tribune Company, Chicago Tribune Bankruptcy, Political Debates, Old Media Death Watch, Magazines, Technology, Reporting, Media News, The Internet, Wall Street Journal, Old Media, Old Media vs. New Media, Micropayments, Journalism, Television, Websites, Political Writing, Trivia, Op-Ed, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Death of Newspapers, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, World Wide Web, Walter Isaacson, Economy, Newspapers, Saving Journalism, Media News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

I see editorial writing in U.S. mainstream media, with a very few exceptions, as propaganda deprived of intellectual reflection. The public senses this as well, distrusts the media instinctively.

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Con Games: Time For Newspapers Is Past

Michael Conniff | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Aspen Institute, Micro-Transactions, Newspapers, Web, Media, Time Magazine, Walter Isaacson, Old Media vs. New Media, Old Media Death Watch, Death of Print, New Media, Death of Newspapers, Old Media, Media News
Michael Conniff

Print publications in general don't have a direct relationship with the individual customer. They don't know who their readers are and they don't know what they want.

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Where Is The New York Times Going?

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Gray Lady, New York Times, Newspaper, Media, Carlos Slim, Red Sox, News, The Times, Sulzberger, Old Media vs. New Media, Old Media Death Watch, The New York Times, Ochs-Sulzbergers, Old Media, Media News
Ashley Rindsberg

Today, the paper runs the most sophisticated, resource-rich, and usable news website in the US (and probably the world) but is bleeding cash and readers. Why?

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A Bold, Old Idea for Saving Journalism

Walter Isaacson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Newspapers, Bloggers, Amazon Kindle, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, Amazon, Old Media, Television, Kindle, Old Media Death Watch, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Technology, World Wide Web, Myspace, Blogging, Amazon.com Kindle, Magazines, Citizen Journalists, Steve Jobs, Napster, Paypal, Old Media vs. New Media, Jeff Bezos, Citizen Journalism, Aspen Institute, Websites, Death of Newspapers, Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Itunes, New York Times, Videos, Media News
Walter Isaacson

I hope that 2009 will be the year when creators of valuable content start charging and readers begin paying for the journalism they want.

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Newspaper Editors To Generation Y: Drop Dead

Diane Tucker | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Tim Luckhurst, Myspace, Chris Freiberg, Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish, The Guardian, Msn, The New Republic, Recession, Forbes Magazine, Death of Newspapers, William Howard Russell, National Buy a Newspaper Day, Diane Tucker, Facebook, George Steer, Newspaper Industry, Silicon Alley Insider, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Peter Kafka, The Atlantic, Watergate, Huffington Post, Old Media vs. New Media, Old Media, Old Media Death Watch, Media News
Diane Tucker

Doesn't the best online journalism still depend on old media outlets? What happens when we lose all those print reporters, the ones who file history's first draft?

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Why Old Media Can't Deny New Media

Ari Herzog | Posted 02.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Janis Krums, Television, Newspapers, Twitter, Online Media, US Airways Crash, New Media, Aviation, Media News, Journalism, The Internet, Us Airways Hudson River, US Airways Plane Crashes, US Airways Crash Photos, Plane Crash Hudson River, Hudson River, Plane Crash in Hudson River, Old Media, Iphone, Internet, New Jersey, Old Media Death Watch, Hudson River Plane Crash, Technology, Hudson River Crash, Citizen Journalists, Old Media vs. New Media, US Airways, Citizen Journalism, Tweets, Plane in Hudson River, Portland Oregon, Media News
Ari Herzog

Twitter is a subset of new media. Your evening news and morning papers aren't quite there, lacking internet technologies, commenting, and synchronous interactivity.

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Bookcamp: the Books are All Right

Hugh McGuire | Posted 02.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Literature, Bookcamp, Publishing, Books, Socialmedia, Future, Music, Barcamp, Technology, Reading, London, Ebooks, Book Publishing, Publishing Industry, Old Media Death Watch, Media News
Hugh McGuire

BookCamp London started with a blank grid: 6 time slots and 5 spaces (or 5 spaces, 6 time slots?), with participants asked to fill in the grid, adding sessions they'd like to discuss.

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The Final Jack Myers Media Business Report. It's Time to Get Into the Game.

Jack Myers | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Old Media vs. New Media, Web, Websites, Media, Business, TV Advertising, Old Media, Internet, Advertising, Online Advertising, Old Media Death Watch, Online, New Media, Facebook Advertising, Technology, Business News
Jack Myers

Our industry is faced with an advertising depression, a rapid acceleration of media fragmentation, and audience shifts to non ad-supported media.

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Is the Axe Headed for Newspapers?

Marisa Treviño | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Print Media, Newspapers, Old Media vs. New Media, The Death of Newspapers, Old Media Death Watch, Death of Newspapers, News Industry, Media, Newspaper Industry, Old Media, Media News
Marisa Treviño

When I hear industry professionals say that people don't like to read these days, I have to wonder just how detached they are from what's going on in the world.

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Yellow Peril Or Power? China Reconsidered (Again)

Chi Tung | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: China Milk Scandal, Journalistic Bias, Yao Ming, Old Media vs. New Media, Chinese Culture, Food Politics, Old Media Death Watch, Chinese Government, Chinese Food, Mao Zedong, China, New Media, Bill Nye the Science Guy, China Human Rights, Chinese Censorship, Old Media, Media News
Chi Tung

American media coverage of China tends to slant one of two ways: toward fat, happy and unquestioning globalization, or small-minded, unblinking provincialism.

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Selling Your Old Media Now: Internet Whiz Says To Get Out

DealBook | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Television Industry, Newspapers, Marc Andreesen, Looking Around the Corner to the Future, Film Industry, Old Media Death Watch, Sun Valley, Newspaper Industry, Old Media, Business News

Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen, who now runs the social networking site Ning, kept up his death watch for old media Wednesday morning. In a morning...

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