editor on the verge

After speaking on the “Subscriptions, Paywalls and Real Money. Will Users Pay Up or Fade Away?“  panel at the Digital Publishing and Advertising Conference in New York City, I was interviewed by the folks from Scribemedia.org and no, my use of “monetization” is not intended for a drinking game…

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I spent part of my Sunday morning visiting dozens of newspaper websites and by the time I was done I found myself wanting to scream. WAKE UP! LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Too many of the sites I visited looked as if they’re frozen in time or, at the very least, not working with […]

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OK, here’s a prime example of a lost linking opportunity that actually annoyed at least one reader (me). On Sunday, the New York Times posted a story “Dancers in the Crowd Bring Back ‘Thriller’.” It’s an interesting and entertaining piece about how Sony BMG has used viral marketing as part of the 25th anniversary of […]

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I believe that the phrase “no one can do it all and frankly no one should” must be part of the discussion at any newspaper serious about their online operation. As I wrote in a previous post, there is a growing sentiment at many papers that there are just too few people to tackle what […]

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