Tag Archives: Newspaper

Why “process journalism” is neither journalism, nor process

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Jeremy Toeman, talking about the truly absurd “Twittergate”, sums up why process journalism fails: “But this is par for the course if your job is breaking news as fast as possible, as there is no reward for being late nor is … Continue reading →

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The new economic reality: business model first, build traffic second

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Farhad Manjoo at Slate offers a timely reminder of one of the underlying realities of online business: “Everyone knows that print newspapers are our generation’s horse-and-buggy; in the most wired cities, they’ve been pummeled by competition from the Web. But … Continue reading →

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Some quick thoughts about Google versus the newspapers

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase Rupert Murdoch has really put the cat amongst the pigeons with his comments about Google: “Rupert Murdoch threw down the gauntlet to Google Thursday, accusing the search giant of poaching content it doesn’t own and urging media … Continue reading →

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