What Little I Know...

Paton Adds Web Thinkers to Newspapers Board

Beverly Crandon — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:49:48 +0000

Everyone… please give a round of applause to CEO John Paton, of the Journal Register Co. for his move to add social media and online innovators Jeff Jarvis, Jay Rosen and Betsy Morgan to the publishing group’s board.

Josh Cohen, Google, and the Business of Newspapers

Beverly Crandon — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:47:56 +0000

We came across a pretty neat video of Josh Cohen of Google News, as he chatted to newspaper publishers on their options on blocking content from being indexed by search engines, such as his.

BBC Posts International Web Usage Stats Via Interactive Visuals

Beverly Crandon — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:54:26 +0000

I have to commend the BBC on their most recent feature called 'SuperPower', with a byline of 'Exploring the extraordinary power of the Internet'. This section of the BBC site show visuals of Internet growth and activity across various channels.

Publishers take Notice of Foursquare’s Small Business Tools!

Beverly Crandon — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:59:31 +0000

But, all this innovation by Foursqure leads us to ask the million dollar traditional media question: What does this all mean for publishers of directory products and or publishers of newspapers looking to take their business content, down the directory path?

iPad Commercial Aired During the Oscars

Beverly Crandon — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:39:40 +0000

but I can share with you Apples iPad commercial, which debut during the the Oscars and although it won't necessarily have you locked up in the boardroom building strategies, it is at least exciting and breeds anticipation!

Funny Video About the Hording of Newspapers

Beverly Crandon — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:36:31 +0000

Here is a funny video about the print media industry (partially -- my industry). It's brilliantly done and at times, because of its reminiscence to CNN and Headline News, you're caught thinking the piece is actually true.

Mobile, eReaders and Other New Media (SNA)

Beverly Crandon — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:26:24 +0000

This session started with Shannon Kinney of AIM Group. She made it clear that the times have changed; "communication styles have changed and marketing has got to change with it:

Non-Traditional Revenues for Publishers (SNA 2010)

Beverly Crandon — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:38:17 +0000

Peter Conte from Borrell spoke to the SNA/SNPA Strategic Revenue Summit attendees about couponing and using it as a non-traditional revenue source for publishers.

Canpages WANTS YOU to Develop their Mobile App.

Beverly Crandon — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:22:54 +0000

Just today, Canpages announced the launch of their Canpages mobile application contest.

Visual Search for Newspapers and Magazines

Beverly Crandon — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:45:15 +0000

Virtual Search - just think about the things publishers can do for advertisers with this technology.