Obvious statements in the Newspaper Business:
1) Lots of Readership= lots of Ads
2) Lots of ads = lots of revenue
3) Lots of revenue = success
4) Newspaper Business= Less readership
5) Less readership = Less ads
6) Do we really need to spell this out?
James O’Shea, the editor of the Los Angeles times was fired by publisher Dave Hiller [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 24, 2008
It’s a business, man!
January 23, 2008
It’s a blog eat blog world
In our last post about Gawker, this question was posed: “How much do these bloggers make anyway?”
Answer: we’re not quite sure yet! But this guy knows how much the average journalist who works as a professional blogger makes!
Is it:
a) $20 k
b) $45 k
c) $90k – 120k
Find out how much (and who this guy actually [...]
January 23, 2008
When pranks backfire
We like pranks, pranks are fun. Getting punched, on the other hand? Not so much.
There’s no audio, but we kindly provided a transcript for your reading pleasure:
Reporter: are you going trick or treating?
Student: no, I … WHAT THE F_CK?!
Monster: RAAARRR… OOOOOFF!
Student: Ho Ho Ho!
Yikes!
January 20, 2008
Goodbye Gawker!
In one of her last posts as an editor, Emily Gould used her literary prowess to announce her exit at Gawker.com.
“Yes, also it’s just a job, it’s just a business. Right now, it’s a business that is fairly hell-bent on increasing pageviews in light of the allegedly coming internet advertising downturn—whether that means that content [...]
January 20, 2008
No Compete- Yes downtime!
Though we’re half way into January, the no compete clause that Rick Reilly agreed to when signing on with Sports Illustrated is more like a Santa Claus. Why? Because Rick Reilly gets the best present of all- vacation!
Who wouldn’t want one of those?
It’s not really a vacation, but instead a contractual obligation. According to Denver’s [...]
January 20, 2008
Bad College Media
Many blogs have considered this the next Boom Goes the Dynamite! At least this guy knows he belongs behind the camera.
