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The big picture: Mass media era was the blink of an eye

Dec 17

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In the midst of major change, we can only make the right moves if we properly understand what’s happening.

Right now, we in the mass media are wrestling with the most massive change we’ve ever seen. But, as in the parable of the blind men and the elephant, we’re only aware of the tiny part of this change that we touch every day. Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted in Advertising, Audience, circulation, Content, Disruption, innovation, investment, Magazines, Media business model, Revenue, Sales

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Desperately needed: More innovation on the audience side

Oct 14

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Just how disrupted is the old newspaper business model — the model that’s centered on providing news to a geographic market?

A lot more disrupted than many people in the news media think.

The local media industry is scrambling to innovate around sales. This is seen, for example, in the race to create new digital sales teams and agencies selling digital marketing solutions to small and medium businesses. And the industry is innovating around costs by consolidating, outsourcing and otherwise whacking at the high costs of producing and distributing its products.

But I don’t see a lot of innovation happening around the content model that’s been the basis of the newspaper business for the last 100 — even 200 — years. Read the rest of this entry →

Posted in Audience, circulation, Consumer revenue, Content, Disruption, innovation, Media business model, Newsrooms, Paid content, Revenue

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