Matt Sokoloff
What type of news consumers are on your site?
An article in IMNA’s idea magazine breaks newspaper readers into five categories; “indignantâ€, “socialâ€, “ambivalentâ€, “pleasure seeking†and “closet.†It applies not only to newspapers but news websites. I can’t seem to find the whole article but Peter Krasilovsky discusses the five types: Indignant readers are the ones for which newspapers remain a constant. “These [...]
iPhone App Store lacking news apps, but not local apps
I started messing with the iPhone applications today and realized that the two categories with the least amount of application are weather and news. In the news category there are 10. They fall into three categories; national news, local news and news readers. There currently is only one local news application (not counting the NY [...]
Washington Post merging print, online newsrooms
Editor and Publisher reports the Washington Post will join their print and online newsroom into one. Currently they are in two different buildings. The Post’s new executive editor, Marcus Brauchli, has experience merging print and online newsrooms. He did the same at the Wall Street Journal as the managing editor. It’s interesting that it’s taken [...]
