The IOC has agreed to shift gymnastics and swimming finals to the morning hours in Beijing in so the popular events can be broadcast live in prime time in the U.S. And you can blame it on the internet, which cut into NBC’s ratings last time around. “We’re pleased with the announcement,” NBC Sports spokesman Mike McCarley said. “It will allow the two most popular Summer Olympic sports in the United States to be seen here mostly live.”
It could take as long as 30 years for online revenue to represent at least half of a newspaper’s total revenues, according to a new report issued by Merrill Lynch analyst Lauren Rich Fine. She estimated double-digit growth for online ad revenues through 2012, then slowing to 5 percent, with print revenues declining 1.5 percent annually. Of course, this calculation assumes a lot of things, not the least is the fact that the most successful newspapers will be creating new digital businesses with new revenue streams. But again, it underlines the need to break out of the repurposing mold.
As announced a few days ago, news video from the CBS owned-and-operated stations is now appearing on Yahoo News. You’ll see it if you have your news page personalized to a region with a CBS O&O. And video will also appear in Yahoo News search results, listed as text links in the upper right (example here). Here’s a screen grab of the player, which lists CBS video by market…
Gary Kebbel, the Knight Foundation’s journalism initiatives program officer, made a special appeal at the RTNDA Technology Summit yesterday, inviting anyone (content creators and technologists alike) to participate in the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge. LR previously reported on Knight’s ambitious program to distribute $25 million over the next 5 years in support of innovative community news initiatives. The core purpose of the program is to study the effects of online news and information on local communities defined by geographic considerations. Knight plans on giving away $5 million this year alone. The deadline for submissions is December 31st. Help spread the word! Also, check out the video below for even more information and inspiration . . . .
The IOC has agreed to shift gymnastics and swimming finals to the morning hours in Beijing in so the popular events can be broadcast live in prime time in the U.S. And you can blame it on the internet, which cut into NBC’s ratings last time around. “We’re pleased with the announcement,” NBC Sports spokesman Mike McCarley said. “It will allow the two most popular Summer Olympic sports in the United States to be seen here mostly live.”
