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Jenna Peterfeso

Making news pay: Reinventing the newspaper - 0 views

  • This model worked well for a long time. But it has come unstuck in the internet era as readers have shifted their attention to other media, quickly followed by advertisers.
  • It may be a business, but it also plays an important part in a democracy: holding those in power to account, giving voters the information they need to make choices and making markets more efficient.
  • Having long made content available free online, news providers are starting to restrict access to some or all of it to paying subscribers.
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  • A decade ago the idea of a paywall appeared to have been widely discredited.
  • Another option is the “metered paywall”, pioneered by the Financial Times, which lets visitors to its site read ten stories a month before asking them to pay.
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    The future of newspapers and issuing a paywall. Also talks about a metered paywall. New business models. 
Melinda Snell

Media Experts Ponder Future of Newspapers After Washington Post Sale - 1 views

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    Video on the future of newspapers and how they are being saves. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos made news this week following reports that the Internet pioneer had purchased one of the nations top newspapers.
Jenna Peterfeso

How it's made - Newspapers - YouTube - 1 views

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    Video on how a newspaper is made. 
Melinda Snell

3 Ways Social Media Can Save the Newspaper Industry - Social Media Week - 0 views

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    As the Golden Age of newspapers comes to an end with the sale of the Washington Post to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, social media is no longer a crutch but a force that can transform and potentially save the dying industry.
Jenna Peterfeso

The Dire State of the Newspaper Industry [STATS] - 0 views

  • In 2008, newspapers made $37.848 billion. Yes, they made a full $10 billion more last year than they did this year, a staggering drop of 27.2%. Nearly all of that loss was from print:
  • In 2000, newspapers peaked at $48.67 billion in revenue. This came entirely from print
  • The old newspaper model is simply not going to be market-viable as we head deeper in the digital age
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  • News blogs (such as Mashable) and online reporting are the future of journalism.
  • The ones that embrace the online space faster and more effectively have the best chance for survival.
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    Statistics on the present state of newspapers. A chart from the Newspaper Association of America showing advertising expenditures.  "Journalism is not dead, it is just evolving."
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    Statistics on the present state of newspapers. A chart from the Newspaper Association of America showing advertising expenditures.  "Journalism is not dead, it is just evolving."
Jenna Peterfeso

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable Clay Shirky - 0 views

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    Clay Shirkey's opinion on the future of newspapers. 
Melinda Snell

Is the newspaper business really dying? - 0 views

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    A video found on youtube going through a presentation on the newspaper industry. Talks about the "cliché" the newspaper industry is dying.
Melinda Snell

The history of newspapers in five minutes - 1 views

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    A quick video about the history of newspapers, 5 minute video full of important and key things in the newspaper industry.
Jenna Peterfeso

The Sorry State of the Newspaper Industry - 0 views

  • The U.S. newspaper industry was already facing numerous challenges before the economy took a nosedive, but the latest data from the Newspaper Association of America shows that the current economic climate has only exacerbated the already dire state of the American newspaper industry.
  • Specifically, total newspaper advertising revenue fell 16.6% in 2008.
  • Classifieds advertising, which is under a lot of pressure from online ventures like Craigslist, fell almost 30%, and real estate classifieds fell 38%.
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    A really good, short article with lots of current statistics. 
Jenna Peterfeso

Goodbye to Newspapers? - 0 views

  • Its advertising and circulation are being drained away by the Internet, and its owners seem stricken by a failure of the entrepreneurial imagination needed to prosper in the electronic age.
  • Surveys showing that more and more young people get their news from television and computers
  • Rupert Murdoch
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  • but it was the disclosure in May that the Bancroft family, which controls The Wall Street Journal, might be ready to sell him their paper for five billion dollars that really struck at journalism’s soul.
  • . Still, it is on the ownership and management side that the gravest problems exis
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    A long article about the present state of newspapers. Includes information about selling the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch. Includes names of many journalists that may be important. 
Melinda Snell

The Newspaper Decline - 1 views

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    Visual timeline all about the newspaper decline, where it started and where it is going. also includes a little about the future of newspapers and the little hope they have left.
Melinda Snell

How Do Americans Get Their News in 2013? - 0 views

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    Another really nice chart about how Americans get their news now in 2013. Great visual for the present part of our presentation.
Melinda Snell

How Is the Newspaper Industry Trying to Save Itself? - 0 views

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    Really cool graph/ flow chart on the future of newspapers and how they are trying to save the industry. Has a link to embed it in a presentation. You do need to zoom in and scroll around to look and read this though.
Melinda Snell

Author on the future of newspapers. - 0 views

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    Short three minute video about how wall street contributes to the newspaper decline. An interview with the author of "deal from hell" a book written about the future of newspapers.
Melinda Snell

John Peter Zenger - 0 views

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    An article and history on John peter zenger and the zenger case trial. This has to do with the past and politics of our industry.
Samantha VanTassel

'New Journalism', Subjectivity and Modern News - proof-reading.org - 0 views

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    Maitrayee Basu reviews the legacy of New Journalism, and sees the signs of postmodern times in its two-pronged assault on literary hierarchy and the ideal of objectivity
Samantha VanTassel

Comic Strips history, Comic Strip Art Facts - 0 views

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    The history of newspaper comic strips and the different kinds of comic strips.
Samantha VanTassel

Gutenberg Bible: the Basics - 0 views

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    Basic information: Who was Gutenberg. What is the Gutenberg Bible. Why are they both important.
Samantha VanTassel

Can Group Buying Save the Newspaper Business? - 0 views

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    group buying could be the problem solver in saving today's newspapers. What's needed to really turn around the segment is a new source of revenue growth. This includes Groupon and Livingsocial.
Samantha VanTassel

Why The New York Times Company Will Never Be Great Again - 0 views

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    The New York Times and its struggle to keep up with the age of technology.
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