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Redefining content
Content cannot be defined by the content producer. I first discovered this in around 1998. I was the managing editor for a large group of weekly newspapers (six or seven, I believe) and was working at...
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The challenge of measurements
At the end of every month, and then again for the quarter, just like every business on the planet, we take a peak at a series of measurements to evaluate how the paper is doing as a business. Revenue...
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The Pope, free speech, old-fashioned views and a bunch of liars
The editorial cartoon didn’t have to be in print long to create some push back. The cartoon, drawn by a Pittsburgh Post Gazette editorial cartoonist, depicts a caricature of Pope Benedict XVI tweeting,...
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The other day, I was told something rather silly. It’s not the first time someone has “accused” me of this, and it won’t be the last, but I get amused every time I hear it. “You are just trying to sell...
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The newspaper of tomorrow
As I look around and see the changes that are descending on the industry at the speed of, oh, roughly light, it naturally makes me wonder what the DNJ will look like in five years, ten years, or 20...
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