Author: Jack Lail

  • Abandoning the News

    There seem to a spate of articles about the future of news and newspaper — most of them filled with dire predictions. One of the most thought-provoking I’ve seen appeared this week: Merrill Brown’s “Abandoning the News” report for the Carnegie Corp. Even if the daily newspaper industry’s advertising revenue dwarfs its Internet business, the…

  • Paper Profits

    Ole Venob had a call from someone who said a copy of the News Sentinel Pat Summitt edition was selling for 41 bucks. Yep, sure thing. Here’s the link. Another seller has same paper up to $15.

  • ‘New News’ Retro

    Nora Paul has some good reading at OJR with ‘New News’ retrospective: Is online news reaching its potential?. Yes, 10 years ago — and even recently — the selling point was “Web as bottomless newshole” which turns out to be exactly what people don’t need. And newspaper news sites still don’t provide the convenience and…