Archive for the ‘print media’ Category

NY Mayor wants to save New York’s media industry

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

New York is also referred to as the media capital of the world. Media companies in NY area are having trouble (like any where else) but the good news for them is - their billionaire Mayor wants to do something about it.

Newspapers, wire services, online publishers: It’s all war

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Publishers like AP etc etc are asking for a revenue share from Google, bloggers and aggregators. But then Google,bloggers could also come back and ask the publisher to share revenue from the traffic generated by them (Google). There is no end to this sharing business.

Can techies save newspapers from shutting down?

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

These days you read a lot about US newspapers considering to shutdown or "reinvent" themselves. What if The New York Times goes out of business? Seattle Paper Advances Plans to Turn Into Online-Only Publication Bring On The Techies: How Silicon Valley Can Help Save Newspapers

Hindi newspapers have the highest growth rate

Friday, February 6th, 2009

According to "Hindi Dailies With Local News Rule The Roost"

How to determine if Indian languages are wanted on the internet?

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Ajit Balakrishnan's comment "Let us not assume users want Indian languages" got me to think why people think Indian languages are not "wanted" on the internet.  I wasn't at that conference, so I don't know what was exactly said.  My thoughts and reactions are completely based on Medianama's post.