Margaret Simons recently posed some questions about the new Herald and Weekly Times policy and how it sits with the News Limited Code. Simons got some answers from HWT’s Genevieve Brammal.
Newspaper death watch
Media briefs: CMail’s JT campaign … US media jobs go … journos in exile …
There are campaigning newspapers (carbon tax, NBN, SuperClinics, refugees) and there are campaigning newspapers. Fresh from a victory to force child molesters to wear electronic GPS tags, the Courier-Mail has turned its sights on the really big issues…
Building successful online business models is a community thing
The word “paywall” is inevitably linked to discussions about successful online business models, but arguably just as important is fostering a sense of community, writes Jessica Roy.
Debunking the ‘us and them’ dichotomy of bloggers v journos
Commentators who engage in the ‘bloggers versus journos’ debate almost always miss the point. It’s not about amateur versus professional. It’s about asking how we can deliver the best possible journalism in multiple mediums, writes Mr Denmore.
NYT paywall a success on more than one front
The New York Times’ announcement two years ago that it would erect a paywall was greeted with widespread cynicism. But the paywall has not only worked — it’s also actually increased print subscriptions, reports Henry Blodget.
infographic Global newspaper map
Almost every newspaper in the world — more than 10,000 — are represented in an innovative new Google map loaded with customisable features, writes Meranda Watling.
Deputy editor quits The Age
Beleaguered The Age editor Paul Ramadge has finally announced that deputy editor Sean O’Connor will leave for greener pastures.
Innovation in journalism: the age of the search engine
If the theme of the decades after the invention of the Gutenberg printing press was “publish”, the theme of today might well be “search”.
Innovation in journalism: let the games begin
This is the second episode in a series of articles I am writing on innovation in journalism. The episodes will run each Monday in Crikey until I run out of ideas.
Newspaper circulations on the march … downwards
Despite the usual attempts to spin the numbers, the quarterly newspaper circulation figures for March were not good.
Crikey Says: Fairfax stuck in the spin cycle
For politicians and journalists, spin is the word of our times. Politicians do it incessantly, the media attempt to detect and deflect it incessantly.
Online news readers: where they come from and where they go
Understanding the navigational habits of news website readers is crucial to the future of journalism. Here are some findings from a Pew Research Centre study of 25 major sites.
Senior age journos maintain their (r)age
Some of The Age’s most senior journalists have put their name to a statement lambasting the newspaper’s decision to outsource subediting, writes Margaret Simons.
Firfax utsources suburbs
Here’s a message for Fairfax, which announced the outsourcing of subediting of major mastheads: subs aren’t just glorified spell-checkers and pun obsessed headline writers, writes Dave Gaukroger.
Paywalls at News Limited – announcement in the wind?
You heard it here first. As I reported here a couple of weeks ago, News Limited newsrooms are on instructions to be ready to move to a paywall system on short notice, writes Margaret Simons.
Sacking subs sacrifices the Fairfax brand
Outsourcing the investment in highly skilled value-adders such as subeditors represents the final chunk of canned ham Fairfax has chucked at the spew that passes for news in most formats, writes former Fairfax subeditor Charles Maddison.
Fairfax yet to sign on the dotted line
For all of Fairfax’s talk of quality guarantees and conditions of service in its arrangements with Pagemasters, it has emerged that the contracts are not actually signed yet, reports Margaret Simons.
How long before the newspaper biz goes belly-up?
Fear of oblivion is inspiring publishers to make huge changes but no newspapers have found a workable business model. We all know traditional newspapers are doomed, but how long do they have left? asks Ken Doctor.
Will news apps reinvent journalism or fade into nostalgia?
News apps for tablet PCs have been touted as potential saviours of the flailing newspaper industry. However some experts say they have a limited shelf life, reports Josh Halliday.
Mark Scott: Journalism’s Golden Era
Lots of journos like to harp on about the old days of journalism, when deadlines were few and money was plentiful. But, says ABC managing director Mark Scott, journalism today is a more democratic, in-depth and thrilling affair than the days of yore.
Why The Daily is doomed. Doomed!
Rupert Murdoch is pouring money into his tablet-centric new “newspaper” but virtually every expert says The Daily will quickly go belly-up. Here’s why.
Fairfax has ’4 years max’ to steady the ailing ship
Yesterday’s Fairfax revamp is being viewed on the newsroom that the changes were flawed, rushed, not well thought through, with little attention to detail.
Rupert Murdoch 
The Daily: the world’s first tablet-only newspaper
Rupert Murdoch’s “most exciting project” is The Daily — a new tablet-only “newspaper” designed to woo iPad users. News Corp has cherry picked talent for its new app-centric approach, which Murdoch hopes will snare half a million users in the next five years.
Hartigan: Why we should fight The Fiji Times closure
It’s a sorry day for press freedom with the Fijian government forcing the sale of The Fiji Times, writes chairman of News Ltd — which publishes the paper, John Hartigan.
The Mirror shatters with job cuts
Yesterday 200 journos were made redundant at UK Trinity Mirror, home of five national papers including The Daily Mirror, meaning 1/4 of the total editorial staff. It’s all just all part of the digital age, notes Roy Greenslade.
