I've finally had time today to read Merrill Brown's piece for Carnegie on the "future of the news business" that Rupert Murdoch and others have cited. (Perhaps you're going to the related gathering at Museum of TV and Radio tomorrow?).
A lot is stuff that's obvious and been around, but it's also a good, comprehensive amalgamation, and I think contains the important issues for every news executive to consider. I am, frankly, heartened by the pro-activeness of many of the quotes compared to a sort of "pooh-pooh" attitude I've seen in the past about the news consumption habits of young folks. Are we finally moving away from the "eat your spinach" mentality and considering that the consumer may deserve the news as s/he wants?
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Been Away
Apologies for not posting more on this blog in the past month. My bad. I was, though, blogging last week for "the brilliant Rafat Ali's" PaidContent.org, on a paid subscription conference. I had thought the conference might be morose, but it was instead quite optimistic. People are making money again. I'll let my coverage on Rafat's site speak for my conclusions.
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