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Personalized News Reaches a Turning Point

Beth Lawton — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:14:00 GMT

In a year, the media world has gone from no large-scale, truly-personalized, printed news products to five. MediaNews Group's I-News, The Washington Time's personalized news weekly (the pilot project ended recently), Printcasting and others seem...(read more)

Mobile Sales Advice from the Experts

Beth Lawton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:33:00 GMT

NAA this month hosted a series of Webinars on mobile revenue opportunities for newspapers. The following is a round-up of the best pieces of advice from our Webinar presenters. The Webinars focused on online classfieds, text messaging and mobile display...(read more)

NYT, Pro Publica Win Knight News Challenge Award

Beth Lawton — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Nine projects won News Challenge grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation earlier today. The projects focus on ways to use technology to foster community journalism and interaction. The biggest grant - more than $719,000 - went to The New...(read more)

Mobile Revenue: 'Opportunities are Significant' and will Grow

Beth Lawton — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:08:00 GMT

In an E-Media Tidbits column yesterday, Amy Gahran wrote this: "Mobile media offers not just a huge audience, but also existing revenue models -- including ample room to make money through premium personalized content, advertising, interactivity...(read more)

Online Consumers Say Fewer Ads are a Sign of Financial Weakness

Beth Lawton — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:18:00 GMT

Here's a good reason for banks and other retailers to advertising even when times are tough: Your customers may be gauging the health of a company by how often they see ads. eMarketer reported today, "Nearly one-half [48 percent] of the Internet...(read more)

NAA Begins Free Webinar Series on Mobile Revenue Opportunities

Beth Lawton — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:03:00 GMT

A brand new, innovative program from the Orange County Register is driving mobile revenue in classifieds. Gary Tackett and Dan Hellbusch from the newspaper will be talking about this program in a Webinar this Wednesday (June 3) at 4 p.m. ET. ( Register...(read more)

Increase Your Mobile Revenue: NAA Webinar Series Starts Next Week

Beth Lawton — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:13:00 GMT

In June, the Newspaper Association of America will present a series of four Webinars on mobile revenue opportunities. Registration is already open for next week's Webinar on mobile and classifieds and for the following week's Webinar on revenue-generating text messaging programs....(read more)

'From Gatekeeper to Information Valet'

Beth Lawton — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:57:00 GMT

In addition to the announcement about the formation of Circlabs, yesterday's conference at the George Washington University, "From Gatekeeper to Information Valet: Work Plans for Sustaining Journalism," included discussions about payment...(read more)

Attending 'From Gatekeeper to Information Valet' Event Wednesday

Beth Lawton — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:05:00 GMT

Tomorrow, I'll be in downtown D.C. attending an event called " From Gatekeeper to Information Valet : Work Plans for Sustaining Journalism." More than 100 people are attending, from journalists to entrepreneurs. The purpose of the meeting...(read more)

Online Publishing Update: Google, FTC, Digital Advertising

Lindsey — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:40:00 GMT

This week, the Online Publishing Update, an e-mail newsletter from NAA that goes to our Digital Media Federation members, is being published here on the Digital Edge blog. The guest OPU editor is David Johnson, an associate professor at American University...(read more)

Online Publishing Update: Nieman Fellows, New Search Engine, Google Tweaks

Lindsey — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:36:00 GMT

Online Publishing Update: Newsweek, TimeSpace maps, Facebook

Lindsey — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:35:00 GMT

Seizing the Opportunity? Proposing a Consortium for E-Readers

Beth Lawton — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:48:00 GMT

Last week in the Online Publishing Update*, I included this item: The Digital Publishing Alliance, affiliated with the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, met Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the Digital Newsbooks Publishing Project, emerging opportunities...(read more)

Bloomberg Television: NAA's Bennett on the New Kindle DX

Beth Lawton — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:54:00 GMT

Today's unveiling of Amazon's new Kindle DX has generated headlines across the country, with speculation focusing on how the new and significantly larger version of the company's e-reader will impact the newspaper business. In an article that...(read more)

E-Readers and E-Revenue: Webinar Next Week

Beth Lawton — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:45:00 GMT

NAA Webinar: E-Readers and E-Revenue 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Two recent projects have gotten a lot of traction here on the Digital Edge blog at on NAA.org: Forrester Research's analysis on e-reader opportunities and Cox Media Group's e...(read more)