Rapid mobile growth to change history
With both the capabilities and the consumption of news media on mobile growing expeditiously, are we about to see the most rapid transition in the history of media?
Author: Jim Chisholm
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Forgive them, for they know not what they do
More than half of marketers lack confidence in digital ability, a recent study reported by Adobe concludes. But why?
Who should own the news?
Jeff Bezos’ recent acquisition of the Washington Post has raised one of the biggest questions surrounding our industry. Who should own the news?
Why industry’s future isn’t what it used to be
Jim Chisholm looks at why now is the time for investment - not more short-term cuts - in creativity, flexibility and technology.
Leveson Inquiry threatens press freedom we take for granted
Why the phone-hacking scandal in the UK has set dangerous precedents.
Take a tablet for healthy readership
Meet Roger Fidler. A lovely man with a mind like a razor. His page on the venerable US Reynolds Journalism…
Modern editors drop in stature
People still want quality journalism, but there are forces out there that are determined to diminish our quality to serve their own ends.
The price of press freedom
An active press is an expensive business. Its cost to markets across the western world is only now coming home to roost as our industry sees a massive divorce between the costs of news generation, and the decoupling of advertising from the business model.
A bigger issue than hacking
I have never met Rupert Murdoch, and News International is the only major newspaper publisher in the UK, which I have not advised, but up until the hacking debacle, I’ve always had a great admiration for him and his company.
Go weekly, not weakly
Is going from daily to weekly a sign of weakness? Is it giving in to the inevitable? Or is it a positive reaction to market dynamics?