New Media Initiatives

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Comment by Steve Thurston on August 18, 2009 at 8:45am

What I meant in that last post, if I wasn't clear, the local stores and restaurants had used their money with ads in the Post and elsewhere and didn't have even the small amount I wanted for an ad in my paper.

Comment by Steve Thurston on August 18, 2009 at 8:40am

From the story: "The Local has encountered similar resistance to its two sites in blog-filled Brooklyn as well. "They're worried," explains the Local's Kelley, "about the big media companies coming in and taking up [their local sites'] advertising dollars."
That was my problem with the print edition of my blog--no money left for small ventures.

Comment by Maurice Martin on August 17, 2009 at 8:50pm

Good article! People are already trying to put the pieces together, but nobody's done it yet.

Comment by Ted Bilich on August 17, 2009 at 5:12pm

With thanks to Erica Kraus, who forwarded this to me, here is another article talking about the market for "hyperlocal" news.

Comment by Maurice Martin on August 4, 2009 at 9:59pm

Here's a link to that David Simon testimony...

Question: Does anyone know of an example of the kind of non-profit model he's talking about?

Comment by Ted Bilich on August 4, 2009 at 10:06am

Here's another interesting article, from Slate, about the echos of earlier media battles. The point is that some of the same complaints now lodged against blogs were lodged by newspapers against radio.

Comment by Ted Bilich on August 4, 2009 at 9:19am

You've seen the Podcamps that blogger Chris Brogan is involved in, right? I don't know Chris, but I follow his blog because it is one of the best out there on the new media space.

Comment by Maurice Martin on August 4, 2009 at 6:57am

Just found out there's a new media unconference coming up in Pittsburgh: http://podcamppittsburgh.com/

I wonder if there's anything like that specifically for new bloggers?

Comment by Ted Bilich on August 3, 2009 at 10:32pm

I downloaded that recently, Steve, and I plan to listen, too. I think that collaboration tends to lead to greater good -- and greater revenue -- than sole effort.

Comment by Steve Thurston on August 3, 2009 at 5:58pm

My only concern with a group like this is we let proverbial cats out of bags, before any of us can make money! Still, I've listened on iPod to Free: The Future of a Radical Price, and I am embracing the "free," as much as I can. We'll see where this leads.