The Seven Principles of Community Building: Geoff Livingston reviews the 7 principles of community building Twelve things journalists can do to save journalism: Howard Owens lists 12 steps for journalists to save journalism The problem with newspaper blogs is… Jeff Jarvis argues that newspapers should not be big brands but big collections of brands Ten Questions with Chris Brogan: Guy Kawasaki interviews Chris Brogan on Social Media and Twitter The Conversation: Carlie Flossberg explains the value of blogging to people…
The Future of the Press Release – Part I, Acceptance
The press release is on life support and I’m rallying a team of supporters to euthanize it – not to put it out of its misery, but to keep it from contributing to the misery of reporters, analysts, bloggers and the people who read them. The process of writing and distributing a press release can be excruciatingly painful and is almost laughable when you read the final product. Company X Launches World’s First, Industry-leading, Innovative Thingamabob that will Change Our…
San Jose Mercury News to Lay off 101 Workers
Hat tip over to Nick Douglas at ValleyWag. Not that I want to start reporting about every media outlet that lays off reporters…but I do want to highlight the inevitable reality and need for publishers to redefine their business models immediately. There have been many flags along the way, with the most recent being the break-away of Silicon Beat’s Matt Marshall to startVentureBeat andMike Langberg’s decisionto leave journalism (after 18 years at the Merc) to join The TDA Group, a…
