links for 2008-01-03
By William M. Hartnett on Jan 3, 2008 in daily links
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“If you haven’t got a video strategy or you’re still deciding on how best to get video off the ground in your office then you have 6 months to do it. Otherwise you’ve missed the boat.”
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Following up on Andy Dickinson’s Newspaper video will die post “in an effort to get you thinking smarter” about video.
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Thank you, lolcat, for reminding us of the importance of setting ambitious personal goals in 2008.
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“The market value of the American newspaper publishers entering 2008 as independent, publicly traded companies has fallen by $23 billion, or 42%, since the end 2004, the year before the wheels started coming off the industry.”
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“If we believe that professional journalism, however it might evolve, has value in the modern media world, then we need to accept a role that goes beyond merely posting the news.”
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“Every day, users come to nytimes.com and perform a wide range of searches. Using these user submitted searches, we recently launched a small feature on our search results page (that) … recommends relevant suggestions of related searches …”
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“I’m not sold on the whole Data Desk/Data Center idea that a lot of newspaper websites are trying out. … for all the love I have for putting data online, there’s something that has bothered me about the way they’re going about it.”
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Jeff Jarvis says Orlando Sentinel and Tribune Co. were right to stop devoting staff to national coverage of NASCAR, but should have set up departing beat writer Ed Hinton with an independent blog and business model instead of simply letting him go.
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“In praise of booze in the newsroom.” I can never tell how deeply imbedded in his cheek Jack Shafer’s tongue truly is, if indeed that’s where he keeps it at all. Is he completely mental, or just moderately mental?
