These are the online journalism-oriented blog posts and articles people were clicking on off my reading list from September 2008.
- Inflation-adjusted newspaper revenues approaching 1982 levels: “According to The Newsosaur, Alan Mutter, the first-half 2008 newspaper revenue details, released by the Newspaper Association of America, represent the worst numbers in a dozen years. But that’s comparing 1996 dollars to 2008 dollars. If you look at print revenue performance in constant 2008 dollars, the industry hasn’t seen numbers this grim since 1982 (click to see the chart in full size)”
- Google News Archive Adds Many Scanned Newspapers
- 10 ways that ad sales people can save newspapers: “The biggest problem for newspapers is not falling readerships, it is falling advertising revenue. It is the move from local monopolies to a global platform where competition is everywhere, and advertising less lucrative. For all the talk of how journalists can get a grip on new media, there’s been far too little on how ad sales people can do the same. So here I present ten ways ad sales people (and their managers) can save their jobs.”
- Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers: Fifty percent true.
- Daily Show: The Best F**king News Team On The Planet - DNC: F**kin’ hilarious. “What do you look forward to not accomplishing this year in congress?”
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