Archive for January 11th, 2008
In a possible precursor to dropping the subscription wall, WSJ.com announced that it’s opening up free access to editorials, video interviews and commentary. The video will include clips from the paper’s weekly TV show on the Fox News Channel, Journal Editorial Report. “It’s as close as we’ll get to conceding there is such a thing as a free lunch,” explains WSJ.com. AdWeek reports that News Corp. president and COO Peter Chernin said in an investor presentation this week that the conglomerate hasn’t made a decision on whether to make all of WSJ.com free.
January 11th, 2008
The Pew Research Center has released a survey detailing where people say they’re getting their campaign news. As you might expect, the internet continues to grow as a news source: nearly a quarter (24%) say they regularly learn something about the campaign from the internet, almost the double the percentage from the 2004 campaign (13%). Television still rules the roost, but it’s seeing a decline: 40% say they regularily get campaign news from local TV, down from 42% in 2004 and 48% in 2000. Of course, when you look at younger people (ages 18-29), the trend away from TV is clear:
January 11th, 2008
Reports the NYTimes, “(There’s) a growing unease among some guild members that the hardball tactics are backfiring, damaging the public image of the guilds and the well-being of many writers, without making a dent in the biggest companies that oppose them.” The Times reports that the idea behind the picketing of the Golden Globes, which ultimately ended up in its cancelation, was designed to motivate NBC to return to the bargaining table. Instead, NBCU chief Jeff Zucker has “toughened his stance.”
January 11th, 2008
