WHAT'S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139905602008-04-27T11:16:29.360-04:00WHAT'S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERSNEWS, TIPS & OPINIONS FROM THE INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONSULTING GROUPJuan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comBlogger525125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1165537659076622692006-12-07T19:27:00.000-05:002006-12-07T19:27:39.670-05:00

THE MILENIO´S TV COMMERCIAL "Opens the debate"

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1165502428367514992006-12-07T09:40:00.000-05:002006-12-07T09:40:28.563-05:00The newsroom of Al Jazeera headquarters in Doha

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Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1165459903851089372006-12-06T21:51:00.000-05:002006-12-06T21:51:44.120-05:00REAL NEWSROOMS (VIII)

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162919417168860052006-11-07T12:09:00.000-05:002006-11-07T12:10:17.170-05:00AP REPORTS ABOUT THE GANNETT'S "INFORMATION CENTERS"

Here.

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162912012333205162006-11-07T09:59:00.000-05:002006-11-07T12:08:18.706-05:00USA ELECTIONS: PICTURES, PICTURES, PICTURES

The Polling Place Photo Project is a Winterhouse Institute and Design Observer initiative in collaboration with AIGA, Design for Democracy and NewAssignment.Net The project seeks to advance innovation in citizen journalism by documenting local voter experiences during the today's U.S. midterm elections. The goal of all participants is to both engage voters and to document

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162883361406550692006-11-07T02:02:00.000-05:002006-11-07T09:58:16.240-05:00HOW THE "INFORMATION CENTERS" OF GANNETT WILL BE ORGANIZED

Exciting times for the newsrooms of the future. Steve Fox tells us the good news: "Newspapers, including Gannett’s, have traditionally operated in silos: national reporters and editors covered national news, photographers took care of the images, etc. Gannett takes all these traditions and throws them out the window. The focus will be on delivering information, not job titles and section

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162838717858027922006-11-06T13:45:00.000-05:002006-11-06T13:47:18.006-05:00GOOGLE TESTING SALES OF NEWSPAPER ADS

This makes sense to me because of the convenience factor for some advertisers. However, its not enough and not nearly what Google could be doing to revolutionize print advertising. From what the article reads, it seems that this trial is only limited to selling, thus Google only acts as another distributor of ads for the selected papers. The beauty of AdSense is the advanced algorithms that

Christian Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844253643217342964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162833440222914082006-11-06T12:09:00.000-05:002006-11-06T12:17:20.223-05:00THE UNEXPECTED NEWS ABOUT SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT: THE REACTION OF TONY BLAIR

49 minutes ago, the news came from London. AP reports: "Blair opposes death penalty for Saddam Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday he opposed the death penalty for Saddam Hussein even though the deposed Iraqi leader's trial had reminded the world of his brutality. Asked about Saddam's sentence at his monthly press conference, Blair noted that Britain opposed the death penalty "whether it's

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162828856455988732006-11-06T10:53:00.000-05:002006-11-06T12:05:59.140-05:00TODAY'S FRONT PAGES FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN

These are some of the covers 24 hours after the big news about Saddam. As expected, just the old news. Not too much creativity. No planning. No surprises. Again, and again, the same "breaking-news" reaction when print newspaper are not anymore breaking-news media. And a few exceptions like the good headline from the NY Daily News in the tabloid tradition, the what's next approach in the The

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162797973031738182006-11-06T02:15:00.000-05:002006-11-06T02:26:13.060-05:00THE GREEK TV UNDER HEAVY CRITISCISM

An interesting front page from yesterday's Sunday edition of one of the main Greek papers. "When the TV is off, life begins." A recent case of rape in a Greek high school has been treated in a very sensationalistic way by TV and this covers shows this criticism.

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A good front page from an American newspaper before this week elections.

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Right now we know the verdict. But, please, tell us more. Like: 1. Tell us more about the Chief Judge. As the leading Canadian blogger says today "No matter your position on the Iraq war and the difficulties they face, there is one thing that all reasonable people can agree on - it is home to some of the most courageous people on Earth. Chief Judge Raouf Abdul-Rahman and the others who serve

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162721161178991382006-11-05T04:55:00.000-05:002006-11-05T05:06:01.180-05:00ANOTHER WAVE OF "WE GOT HIM!" FRONT PAGES?

It's official. Minutes ago came the big news of this Sunday: Saddam Hussein sentenced to hang. I can guarantee you that tomorrow 99% of the world press will have this headline. It's going to be another wave like the "We Got Him!" one. But that was unexpected. It was a real surprise. Now, it is different. Since Friday, we knew that THIS SUNDAY, the court will announce the verdict. Ok,

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162719798213917662006-11-05T04:18:00.000-05:002006-11-05T04:43:18.240-05:00SO, YOU WANT "REAL CHANGES"? OK, LET'S START WITH THE "REAL" DAILY LIFE IN YOUR NEWSROOM

The excellent blog of John Robinson, the News & Record editor in Greensboro, North Carolina, posted yesterday this funny (but quite real) graphic. Is this the way that we work in our newsrooms? Yes, it is worse tha that. This is too soft. It doesn't include the timetable, because than you will see how much time is wasted in gossip, boring meeting, marginal and burocratic tasks, and how little

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162667668519505282006-11-04T14:06:00.000-05:002006-11-04T14:14:28.520-05:00NEWSPAPER PROFITS AND ONLINE ADVERTISING

Two relevant quotes from a web exclusive of Jessica Ramirez in Newsweek: PROFITS "Newspaper profitability remains high. Cash-flow margins—a good measure of the self-financing capabilities and profitability of a business—are still high. The New York Times Co., which posted a 3.5 percent slump in circulation, had a 15 percent margin last year, according to JPMorgan Chase; The Tribune Co.,

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162657451426976062006-11-04T11:15:00.000-05:002006-11-04T11:24:11.450-05:00THIS WEEKEND: THE EUROPEAN NEWSPAPER ADWARDS

This weekend in Dusseldorf, Germany, an international jury will decide this year's European Newspaper Awards. The most important newspaper competition in Europe is organized by the newspaper designer Norbert Küpper (Germany) in co-operation with the journalists' magazines Medium Magazin (Frankfurt), Der Österreichische Journalist (Salzburg) and Schweizer Journalist (Zürich). Last year, THE

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162632971982398032006-11-04T04:13:00.000-05:002006-11-04T11:51:34.073-05:00THE INNOVATION'S "INFORMATION ENGINE" CONCEPT COMES TO USA TODAY'S NEWSROOM

Last Thursday, the CEO of Gannett, Craig Dubow, sent this historical memo to all his newsrooms: "I'd like to talk about a Gannett innovation called the Information Center. It's being launched now in some locations around the company, and plans are being made to broaden that rollout across Gannett. What is it? The Information Center is a way to gather and disseminate news and information across

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162595132466735772006-11-03T17:30:00.000-05:002006-11-06T11:46:04.486-05:00SHOW DON'T TELL: WHY GRAPHIC REDESIGNS WILL NOT SAVE NEWSPAPERS

Well, this is too much. NewDesigner tracks the last USA redesigns and adds the most recent ones in the UK and the conclusion is clear: what newspapers need now is more than graphic redesigns. Of course, many of these USA redesigns were done before changes in the amount of free copies that many of these papers were giving away, but the reality is this: You can re-design your paper (and many USA

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162543305910002942006-11-03T03:37:00.000-05:002006-11-03T16:38:31.950-05:00THE "READING WITHOUT READING" NEWSPAPER TREND: FROM COWS TO FILET MIGNONS

The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) reports that 57 million Americans visit newspaper websites for an average of 1.37 minutes a day. Well, four years ago, the average reader of an US print newspaper devoted 20 minutes to "reading" the daily newspaper. Today this figure is 10 minutes. If this is the case, US is becoming an on-and-off line newspaper market with "Reading without Reading",

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162536954638304062006-11-03T01:53:00.000-05:002006-11-03T01:57:34.930-05:00THE NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (NAA) ADVERTISING ARGUMENTS

Now that everybody seems so pessimistic about the future of newspapers as an advertising medium, I found this excellent collection of powerpoint presentation from the NAA that presents interesting data and arguments. Worth to browse and see the other side os the story. As we said many times, let's not forget that newspapers companies still make three times more money than the average 500

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162499916169114902006-11-02T15:33:00.000-05:002006-11-02T15:45:03.226-05:00THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL'S WAY OF LIFE: OUR OPINION FOR YOUR MONEY

Romenesko's headline: Providence Journal stuns readers with pro-casino editorial Ian Donnis says favoring a proposed Harrah's casino is "a remarkable switch" for the Journal, which for years has staunchly opposed the establishment of a destination casino in Rhode Island. He writes: "Some readers, in letters to the editor, have suggested that the change was motivated by a desire to cultivate

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162485759047233142006-11-02T11:39:00.000-05:002006-11-02T11:42:41.496-05:00INNOVATION OR DEATH: THE ONLY OPTION FOR THE NEWSPAPER COMPANIES OF THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF NEWSPAPERS

Jeff Jarvis is very direct: Last night, we had our gala opening for the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and many noted with rueful nostalgia that we were in the old Herald-Tribune building (next to the new New York Times building). We were surrounded by computers and screens and students: in short, the future. It’s a reminder that newspapers do die. But journalism will continue, in one form

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162349619001787312006-10-31T21:50:00.000-05:002006-11-02T11:03:48.740-05:00THE CIRCULATION CRISIS ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES: NO PROBLEM

From a memo of Scott Heekin-Canedy, president and general manager of The New York Times: Dear Colleagues, Yesterday, the most recent circulation results for The New York Times and other newspapers were released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. As we expected, The Times posted a modest decline (-3.5%) in our daily and Sunday circulation, the first in several years. This is a result of

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162320478406113082006-10-31T13:43:00.000-05:002006-10-31T13:47:58.406-05:00THE NEW YORK POST GAINS READERS BUT NOT ADVERTISERS

Daily circulation at the paper overtook the Daily News and showed gains of 5% Perhaps the only major metro in the country to report such growth to 704,011 copies. That's an increase of 34,348 copies over the same period in 2005 The New York Post surpasses the Daily News and The Washington Post to become the 5th largest newspaper in America after bucking the national trend and chalking up a

Juan Antonio Ginerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489832274686189254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990560.post-1162319420026910172006-10-31T13:13:00.000-05:002006-10-31T13:32:43.006-05:00USA NEWSPAPERS: WORST NUMBERS THAN EVER. LESS AND OLDER READERS. PERIOD.

Here there are the top 25 daily newspapers in the U.S. by circulation (with percent change) for the six-month period ending September 2006. 1. USA Today: 2,269509, (-1.3%) 2. The Wall Street Journal: 2,043235, (-1.9%) 3. The New York Times: 1,086,798, (-3.5%) 4. Los Angeles Times: 775,766, (-8.0%) 5. The New York Post: 704,011, 5.1% 6. Daily News: 693,382, 1.0% 7. The

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