Media in the New Millennium

posted by Doyle
Clay Evans, a columnist for the Boulder Daily Camera, hit the nail on the head today with this column. 
He showed me exactly why newspapers are dying.
To be clear, I disagree with the overall message of Evans’ column, but I’m not one of these cheering the end of the mainstream media. In fact, I’m [...]

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posted by Doyle
I got an email today from a reporter I work with at a national publication — what many would call mainstream media — with links to two articles she had written. It wasn’t that I was in them, or helped with them, or that they included one of my clients. She was just [...]

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Posted by Lisa Everitt
Boulder native, New York Times reporter and Rudy Park co-creator Matt Richtel has launched his latest creative project: a novel on Twitter.
Called Twiller, it’s a thriller delivered one 140-character slice at a time. Catch it at  http://twitter.com/mrichtel.  You might want to check the plot summary first before jumping into tweets like this:
Interogators [...]

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Yesterday, the Denver Business Journal reported that Denver Post columnist Al Lewis was taking a job with Dow Jones Newswires as a national business columnist (by the way, congrats Al! Well deserved!). What made the coverage interesting to me was this quote:
“Before joining the Post, Lewis was a business reporter at the Rocky Mountain News [...]

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Just when I’m about to give up on SNL, they make me laugh out loud. I have to admit that I like Hulu.com a lot since it allows you to pick and choose through sketches.
Since this is a new media blog, I couldn’t resist posting this one. Best line: “If you want to meet someone [...]

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The Newspaper Association of America has reported print advertising revenue in 2007 decreased nearly 10 percent, the biggest decline since the association started measuring the statistic in 1950.
Editor & Publisher has a complete story.
Despite my headline (OK, I was going for attention) I don’t believe newspapers are dead — yet. However, the model of a [...]

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Although I’m not much of a country music fan, I do like the Dixie Chicks’ 2006 release Taking the Long Way. Earlier today I had a chance to watch part of the accompanying documentary Shut Up and Sing, which I also enjoyed.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the movie for me was the preparation for [...]

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Media Post’s OnlineSpin ran a great piece last week on Brian Morrissey, Adweek’s digital editor. I have to admit I cringe every time I hear about PR people behaving badly, but interviews like this are great reminders of what not to do.
Also, if you’re on Twitter, you might consider following Brian (@bmorrissey). My favorite “tweet” [...]

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The New York Times ran a great article today about the rise of streaming TV shows to computers. It’s nothing new to the geek world, but as Alan Wurtzel, the head of research for NBC, notes, “It has become a mainstream behavior in an extraordinarily quick time.”
One of the benefits I’ve found of late is [...]

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I believe, like many, that traditional media is in big trouble. I’m not sure how much longer radio, or newspapers, or any number of other information/entertainment sources, will be viable. That said, I’m a passionate supporter of the idea of journalism. I don’t care if it’s delivered via a lump of dead trees on my [...]

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