Two things about the Seattle Courant
1) I wish them well, and you should, too.2) …but note the comma splice on their “about” page.
View ArticleOld forest, new trees
If you stand far enough back, the future of local news is so easy to see at this point that you can practically phone in your story and still sum things up well. That’s exactly what Perez-Pena does...
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Four principles, four commandments
Preview of a series. Your startup will only thrive if things are changing; if nothing’s been changing, somebody already tried it. So, how is today’s news market different from yesterday’s? Here are...
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Why social networks are like early television
The new limiting factor is time, right? Using a social network isn’t rewarding until we invest time in it. More time, more reward. What if social networks were TV channels circa 1948? The appearance of...
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Very small advertising opportunities are literally not worth advertisers’ time
…it doesn’t matter how clever the opportunities are. This is a simple point about the economics of local advertising, but it’s very important. I wish I’d understood it two years ago. When I started a...
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