October 2010
Monthly ArchivesShifts in Mobile Market Share – where should publishers focus their development?
And in such a case, intelligently prioritizing your app. development becomes key. Take a look at mobile and smart phone adoption rates in your desired geographies, and also take a look at your current user profile and your desired user profile and go in the direction that gives you the greatest gain. Here is a sample mobile priority planning matrix that you may find useful:
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Barnes & Noble’s Nook is More than an eReader
With the upcoming launch (November 19th) of the Nook Color, they have invited developers to create Nook specific aps. for their users and they just announced their Nook Kids product, which couldn’t have happened before the Nook Color release anyway. Nonetheless, I see the beginnings of a sustainable strategy here, which if done right could position Barnes & Noble as the provide of the eReader+ that bridges the gab between the iPad and the Kindle.
Virtual Test Drive – Nothing New But It’s Still Pretty Cool
Nonetheless, there has been a lot of talk this week on Mitsubishi’s virtual test drive campaign, but I though it important to weigh in here and state that Volkswagen did this in Brazil, months ago
Top US Newspapers by Circulation: 2006 to 2010
The ABC has released their mid term report on US Newspapers, based on circulation and below is their list of the top 25 newspaper titles across the US. The numbers cover the period of April to September, 2010, and the comparisons are based on the same period last year.
Has Censorship on Newspaper Editorial Gone Too Far?
Aside from the clear online news consumption growth that has affected the traditional newsprint, I offered that there have been other changes affecting the attractiveness of the newspaper that folks have neglected to mention. Newspapers have become too censored, and in some cases biased, and these behavioural changes become quite obvious when reading editorial today.
The 2010 Blogoshpere Shown in an Infograph
Check out this infographic by the Blog Herald, a site dedicated to covering everything newsworthy and related to blogging, on the 2010 Blogosphere. No doubt what the Blog Herald and Blog Pulse have embarked on covering is extremely important as blogs become a standard go to source of specialized information and opinion.
Daily Beast and Newsweek Possible Merge to Compete in the Online News Space
It looks like Newsweek will be changing hands again, but for the purposes of fueling a rivalry between Tina Brown and Airianna Huffington.
Norman Lear Speaks on Traditional Media and Entertainment in Barcelona
Here is an interesting clip from a media event held at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute of the Open University of Catalonia, in Barcelona
A Visual of Newspaper Layoffs in the US
A visual depiction of newspaper layoffs, starting from 2007 through to 2010. It appears as though 2008 and 2009 were not good years for newspaper employees!
