Post about the art and strategies of professional publishing, from business models to platforms, and more.
alan rusbridger
Two things you should really look at today: Steve Jackson, more widely known as ourman, has written a great post rethinking the way that newspapers should be run [http://ourmanonplanetearth.com/2009/04/27/social-media-newspaper/]. And, as highlighted by Martin [http://www.itsdevelopmental.com/2009/04/video-guardian-editor-alan-rusbridger-on-future-of-journalism.html] , and originally
Blogging
To add to the gathering clouds, Brian [http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/index.php/weblog/comments/clay_shirky_on_newspaper_doom/] linked to this neatly-argued augury of DOOM [http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/] (as did everybody else, as half an hour in my feed reader proved): > The
content
I just stumbled across this, and have planted it firmly in my “things I didn’t know, but find really interesting” pile – the WSJ’s old free content model [http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2009/03/my-two-cents-on-charging-for-content.html] : > But what WSJ.com used to do was to
Journalism
Roy Greenslade, writing on his *Guardian *blog, paints a far harsher picture of the future of the sub-editor [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/feb/13/national-newspapers-local-newspapers] than Karl did in his post [http://fallingoffablog.typepad.com/falling_off_a_blog/2009/02/the-web-production-desk.html] : > So I
Blogging
 Make your own [here](http://ruletheweb.co.uk/b3ta/bus/?s1=There%27s+probably+no+future+for+print.&s2=So+STOP+WORRYING&s3=AND+GETTING+BLOGGING.).
Journalism
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/01/IMG_0186.jpg] Here’s some quick links for today, with minimal commentary – because I’m meant to be on holiday. 🙂- It’s more than just the internet that’s changing journalism, it’s [a perfect storm of
hackopalypse
[](https://i2.wp.com/commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rolling-thunder-cloud.jpg)Image via [Wikipedia](http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rolling-thunder-cloud.jpg) Ah, the storm clouds are gathering. He’s
Blogging
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/01/IMG_0177.jpg] Good morning, good morning. I imagine that many people are back at their desks this fine Monday morning, and so, from my holiday, I provide you with some crucial reading about journalism to while away the
Journalists
Reflections on a difficult year working on the intersection of journalism and emerging media.
B2B
John Welsh, of United Business Media has a list of 15 reasons that B2B media should survive the transition to digital [http://johnwelsh.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/can-b2b-magazine-brands-survive/]. I like 11 and 12 particularly: > 11. Clients know they must move their marketing online. They, like the media, are
hackopalypse
Everone else republished it, so I might as well don my sheep disguise and go eat some grass:
Clay Shirky
[](https://i0.wp.com/commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Clay_Shirky.jpg)Image via [Wikipedia](http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Clay_Shirky.jpg)Boing Boing ran an excellent post by