Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Like a great many such things, some of journalism’s most precious ideals were the happy result of geography and economics. That is, in any given geography, the dominant newspaper tended towards a natural monopoly for two reasons: When it came to costs, the ownership of expensive printing presses and distribution channels made entrance difficult for…
It’s no secret that the media industry has been high on the list of businesses that have been disrupted by the Internet and is struggling to find a new footing. For a few years, things appeared to be settling down a bit, as the music, written word, and video businesses seemed to be on promising digital…
1) We hear all the time that the pace of technological change has sped up. How has that changed the job of the CTO, particularly in digital media? Since I’ve always been working in technology it has always felt fast. There is always change. It’s very important that we are constantly experimenting, constantly iterating- taking…
/.byline-inner Photo: Courtesy of The Blonde Salad When it comes to building a career as a fashion blogger, there’s no better business role model than Chiara Ferragni. Since launching The Blonde Salad as a personal style blog back in 2009, the 27-year-old has expanded her team to 16 people, inked partnerships with luxury brands like Burberry and Dior,…
February 21, 2015 Weather: An Immediate, Personalized Form Of Breaking News We Can All Learn From It’s snowing in DC. I’m not going to write a long note today, but if you get a chance today, take a look at the Capital Weather Gang Twitter feed. You’ll notice that most of the information is crowdsourced from…
Ehhhhh. I’m not really sure about this article. So it is… an attempt to identify BuzzFeed that ends up calling it unidentifiable while criticizing others who criticize people who criticize BuzzFeed? This may be a little too deep media, even for me, but unpacking it: So, I don’t think anyone has ever claimed BuzzFeed is…
BuzzFeed isn’t just for listicles anymore, and whoever says otherwise is regurgitating outdated folk wisdom. Or, at least, that’s the prevailing meme ping-ponging around media circles (read: people I follow on Twitter). It’s true, BuzzFeed has changed. The company has displayed the kind of hockey-stick growth that tempted investors to cut checks for $50 million…
Significant questions have arisen after a large number of images were disqualified from this year’s World Press Photo competition because of excessive — and sometimes blatant — post-processing. After independent experts examined the images being considered for prizes in the final rounds, and presented their findings to the jury, 20 percent of the photos were…
I published a post two weeks ago explaining how we’re optimizing the newsroom for business realities. I included four circular graphics. The first provided a visual framework for a new kind of editorial workflow. The other three were specific examples of how we sync up staff and contributor content on Forbes.com with audience segments, the…
Mark Duffy has written the copyranter blog for 10 years and is currently an unemployed but freelancing copywriter with 20-plus years of experience. His hockey wrist shot is better than yours. The “content” being produced is an embarrassment to the advertising industry, and more importantly, to the brands sponsoring it. All of it falls into one…