News Google’s head of news products looks to future May 16, 2012 Addressing an audience at the Nieman Foundation on May 11, Richard Gingras, the head of news products for Google, discussed the need for constant innovation in journalism. Changes in the news industry aren’t temporary problems that will be fixed and go away, he stressed. Rather, the field will remain in constant flux as disruptive technology dominates and those who wish to thrive must learn how to adapt. Gingras mentioned a number of ways newspapers and journalists can draw attention to their work online and build audience, from spending less time on home page design to regularly updating story pages to keep them relevant over time. He also discussed the need for greater transparency, ... Continue reading →

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Magazine Industry Develops Set of Voluntary Guidelines to Drive Growth of Advertising on Tablets April 2, 2012 MAGAZINE INDUSTRY DEVELOPS SET OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO DRIVE GROWTH OF ADVERTISING ON TABLETS MPA Spearheads Group That Creates Tablet Metrics, Common Vocabulary and Data-Release Time FramesNew York, NY, (April 2, 2012) – The MPA, working with a coalition of senior magazine executives from throughout the industry, has developed a common set of definitions, a consistent position on timing for data release, and guidelines around tablet metrics, it was announced today by Nina Link, President and CEO, MPA, the Association of Magazine Media. These voluntary guidelines are intended to provide enhanced understanding and clarity about the measurement of magazine media audiences on tablets for the advertising community. “The ... Continue reading →

[Media News] Tuesday, April 17, 2012 IJNET By Margaret Looney Reuters journalists Anthony De Rosa and Lauren Young gave their own set of best practices for navigating the stream in a recent webinar. They shared tips for using social media as reporting tools, conversation starters, audience builders and more. IJNet tuned in and found these takeaways: Tailor your message to the platform. De Rosa, social media editor, and Young, wealth editor, both think Facebook is a more appropriate forum than Twitter for having a conversation with readers. De Rosa likens Facebook to a "town square," enabling journalists to ask readers for feedback, find sources or just discuss a recent article. He in turn refers to Twitter as more of a "news feed." "Twitter is not ... Continue reading →

Photos: Elizabeth Lippman There’s no mistaking where Andy Lack feels Bloomberg LP is positioned versus its competitors. “We may be the last man standing,” says Lack, who oversees the news organization’s multimedia operations. A veteran of network television, Lack sits in his small office in Bloomberg’s gleaming New York headquarters, which is stocked with signs of the company’s largesse: expensive artwork, oversized fish tanks, a state-of-the-art TV studio. “Most of the other news organizations I’ve worked at are fighting the delusion factor,” says the former news executive for both CBS and NBC. “There’s enormous pressure of economics on journalism. It’s an expensive, tough game to be in.” Awash in subscriber revenue, Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters are those truly rare things: news organizations that not only ... Continue reading →

PEJ: News Orgs Still Struggle With Digital Revenue Digital devices are boosting the consumption of news but the 2012 State of the News Media report finds that the revenue picture remains cloudy By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/19/2012 12:01:00 AM The growing popularity of accessing news on mobile devices, online and social media is increasing the consumption and demand for news content, according to the newly released 2012 State of the News Media report by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence (PEJ) in Journalism. But news organizations are still struggling to make money off these digital distribution platforms, in part because tech giants are capturing a significant portion of the money being spent, with five tech companies grabbing 68% of all digital ... Continue reading →

The last quarter of 2011 brought no respite for the newspaper business, which saw another round of revenue declines as the year drew to a close. Total newspaper revenues sank 6.7% to $6.83 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the latest figures from the Newspaper Association of America. Print ad revenues in the fourth quarter decreased 8.3% from $6.45 billion to $5.93 billion. Online revenues -- the only bright spot on the ledger -- edged up 3.1% from $878.4 million to $905.6 million. For the full year, total newspaper ad revenues (including print and online) sank 7.3% to $23.9 billion in 2011. Total print revenues sank 9.2% from $22.8 billion to $20.7 billion. Online revenues increased 6.8%, from $3 billion in 2010 ... Continue reading →