Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Content may be king again

As sources of content proliferate, the ability to individuate a newspaper prospers. Hooray: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/28/associated-content-raises-6-million-for-publishing-platform/

Google weighs in

Sooner or later we knew it would happen as Eric inferred last month when he addressed the Newspaper Association of America meeting: http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2009/04/googles_plans_to_bring_news_to_readers_b.php

A dream come true

I dreamed years ago that we would get newspapers and books out of print on demand kiosks. Here we go: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/24/espresso-book-machine-launches

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Adweek: Kodak Zooms In on Women

"Kodak is using an arsenal of national media properties anchored by assets under the recently formed Women@NBCU banner to drive a value message for its fledgling printer and ink business," reports Steve McClellan in Adweek.

Newspapers & Technology's Year in Review

Catch up with the top industry news from 2008, published this month by N&T.

PrintWeek: an "explosion" in digital newspapers

"The reason for the explosion in digital newspapers is simple: the improvements in digital technology, both press and post-press," writes Adam Hooker in PrintWeek.