Andrew Golis

• Print to Web. Helping One Newspaper Make the Migration
  Interesting intro post from the designers who are building the Christian Science Monitor's new web site.
  (tags: new.media newspaper csm)
• How the WSJ Failed the Web 2.0 Test
  This is a perfect example of, well beyond the economic modeling, newspapers are still slow to embrace the journalistic improvements that the web allows. This is just bad journalism, and the WSJ should be better than that.
  (tags: new.media newspaper journalism wsj gigaom)
• At Magazines, It's 2.0 Steps Forward, 1.0 Step Back | The New York Observer
  Magazines, in the face of economic hard times, are killing their online staffs. I really really don't understand this.
  (tags: finance advertising new.media magazines nyo)

I write a lot about problems I see with NYTimes.com.  They need to learn to link out, they need to learn to engage more directly with their readers, etc. etc.

But then I read that they did a billion pageviews in October, and I realize that I should probably STFU.

• techPresident – Pulling Off Houdini's Trick
  One Obama team experiment that, though groundbreaking, didn't work on election day.
  (tags: organizing obama new.politics pdf my.bo nancy.scola gotv)
• MediaPost Publications – Pew: Most Will Access Internet Via Mobile By 2020 – 12/15/2008
  From the Pew data.
  (tags: new.media metrics mobile pew)
• Chicago Reader | Hot Type | Chicago Needs a New News Model : And here are a couple ideas—just add cash.
  Interesting TPMish projects in Seattle and Vancouver.
  (tags: finance advertising new.media newspaper journalism blogging non.profit seattle vancouver)
• Pew Internet: Future of the Internet
  READ THE DATA!
  (tags: metrics mobile prediction pew)
• Hasbro Drops Suit Against Scrabulous Creators | paidContent.org
  There is hope!
  (tags: facebook scrabble games)
• The Web is in Motion via Movable Type Pro – Movable Type
  Not sure what to make of this yet, but it's certainly intriquing.
  (tags: new.media blogging social.networking mt)

It’s just been announced Jay Carney has taken a job flacking for veep-elect Biden.  Way back when, I interview Carney at YearlyKos 2007:

He seemed like a pretty nice fellow back then, good for him for landing a good gig.

It does, however, throw his defense of the “objective journalist” in a new light….

• News You Can Lose: Financial Page: The New Yorker
  Nice concise summary of newspapers' struggles,
  (tags: advertising new.media finance new.yorker newspaper economics)
• David Shuster To Host 6PM Hour On MSNBC
  Poor Shuster has so much hustle, can only get table scraps.
  (tags: huffpo television msnbc david.shuster)
• Google Slams 'Confused' WSJ Story on Network Neutrality – Technology Blog – Tech Observer – Portfolio.com
  Hmmmm…
  (tags: portfolio wsj google lessig net.neutrality)
• Interview: New NYT.com GM Denise Warren: Tip-toeing Into Aggregation With Guarded Optimism | paidContent.org
  Pretty weak sauce on aggregation.
  (tags: new.media nyt paid.content aggregation)
• Google wants "fast track" for its content: WSJ (Reuters) by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech
  So much for network neutrality.
  (tags: google network.neutrality yahoo fina)
• Politico announces Reuters partnership – Michael Calderone – Politico.com
  Politico continues to expand its business reach by partnering w/ struggling old media brands. Smart and impressive.
  (tags: advertising new.media politico syndication reuters)

• Michael Calderone's Blog: Politicker cuts back nationwide – Politico.com
  NY Observer wanted to build 50 state-level political blogs. Now they're cutting back to try to make 6 profitable.
  (tags: new.media nyo blogging politics politicker)
• e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Joe Rospars and A Billion Minutes on YouTube: Content was Key (and Overlooked) Part of Obama’s Online Juggernaut
  Obama net director estimates that A BILLION minutes of Obama net video were consumed in the '08 cycle.
  (tags: video youtube new.media joe.rospars e.politics)
• techPresident – More Hints from Chicago on Obama For America 2
  Micah keeping us updated on the slow drip of news about Obama 2.0.
  (tags: organizing social.networking obama new.politics)
• Newsweek: Team of Rivals | The Big Picture
  Newsweek is going to lean more to opinion, model itself after The Economist (except with bylines and no coherent political perspective… so not like The Economist at all).
  (tags: newspaper magazines journalism economist wsj)
• Ustream.tv working on mobile streaming app to take on Qik, Kyte, FlixWagon
  Looks fantastic. Let's hope it's true.
  (tags: video tech.crunch mobile qik live.video ustream)

• YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money – NYTimes.com
  YouTube focuses on making amateurs a living. (grumble, grumble). They're doing better and better, but despite the reporter accepting YouTube's positive spin, these monetization numbers are still pretty dismal.
  (tags: finance nyt advertising video youtube)

• Oh, Great: New York Times (NYT) Online Business Falling Apart Now, Too
  Digital revenue growth may well stop dead in its tracks or shrink.
  (tags: new.media finance nyt advertising)

Newspapers.  Ouch.

Via: FishbowlNY.

• Profiles: Outside Agitator: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
  Very interesting profile of Naomi Klein. I don't grasp her appeal fully, but it's interesting to ponder her success.
  (tags: new.yorker economics books globalization naomi.klein)