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Amateur Newsies Top the Pros
Eyewitness accounts of the WTC and Pentagon attacks, as well as a diverse range of opinions, make amateur websites better places to go for information on the terrorist attacks of 9/11. (9/15/2001 at Wired News)
Amid Pullback, Big Media Rethinks Role of Internet
As Internet media companies crash and burn, traditional media companies are scaling back their online ventures and tying their Internet arms closer to their main businesses. (1/10/2001 at The Boston Globe)
AOL May Get Content From Time Inc.
America Online's service may become the only place where readers can get some of the content from Time, and other AOL Time Warner Inc. magazines, online. (11/25/2002 at MSNBC)
AOL to Unveil New Features
America Online will release a new version of its browser software, as well as an AOL-by-Phone service. (10/25/2000 at The Industry Standard)
AOL-Time Warner Merger Raises Questions About Journalism, Concentrated Ownership
The merger of America Online and Time Warner is causing concern among some media analysts. It's a harbinger of future media and industry consolidation; and, unfortunately, big business often means bad journalism. (1/11/2000 at The Freedom Forum Online)
Banking Big on e-Literacy
Readers are not yet flocking to read e-books; some industry watchers blame poor reading tools and high prices. (8/6/2000 at The Washington Post)
Banned From the Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) won't issue press passes to reporters from sports web sites, and won't allow live coverage of the 2000 Olympics on the Internet. (8/14/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Book Business Is Latest Battleground Over Contracts and Copyrights
Arthur Klebanoff, founder of RosettaBooks, will publish electronic versions of several popular books being published in paper by major publishing houses; the publishing world is nervous, and the music industry is watching the legal battle. (7/19/2001 at The New York Times)
Booking on Down the Road
Audible.com will distribute audio versions of various written content - books, newspapers, lectures - through its website. (2/10/2000 at 15 Seconds)
Books by the Chapter or Verse Arrive on the Internet This Fall
Traditional publishers are teaming with Net companies to provide readers with customized books - books combining chapters from several other books, in both electronic and printed format. (7/18/2000 at The New York Times)
Boundless Books Abound
Newspapers have been reporting that e-books are expensive and not many of them are available; R.R. Bowker, citing information from Books in Print, disagrees. (9/11/2001 at 15 Seconds)
Can Newspapers Stay Strong Online?
A recent industry survey says that more Internet users get their local news and entertainment information from online versions of their local newspapers, rather than Net-only city guides; still, some wonder if newspapers can maintain their audiences. (10/5/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
Can't Judge E-Books by Words Only
The National Book Foundation will consider e-books for its National Book Award; but the books must be printed out. E-book publishers say this will diminish the books, which often contain graphics, sound, and hyperlinking. (6/5/2001 at Wired News)
Conde Nast’s Magazine Titles to Create Individual Web Sites
Conde Nast, publisher of GQ, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker, plans to launch websites for each of its magazines by the end of 2001. (11/16/2000 at MSNBC)
Consumers May Find E-Books a Tough Read
E-book publishers want to restrict the number of times readers can read the electronic books they buy, and keep them from making copies; in doing so, they may alienate their customers. (11/30/2000 at News.com)
Copy This! Can 'Military' Technology Beat Digital Piracy?
Infraworks Corporation, headed by various defense and intelligence industry alumni, has built a technology - InTether - that purports to keep even the most determined hacker from copying any kind of content without permission. (3/12/2001 at Inside.com)
Copyright Fears Make Publishers Wary of E-books
Publishers, afraid of piracy, are hesitant to publish electronic texts without copyright protection; but some analysts say that making text hard to copy could kill the industry early. (10/6/2000 at News.com)
A Credit Card Solution For Low-cost Content Sales
Third-party credit card transaction aggregators like MicroCreditCard offer publishers the ability to sell low-cost digital content (under a dollar) for very low transaction fees; they may make micropayment for archived newspaper articles feasible. (9/13/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
Deadbeats Prompt King to Yank Internet Book
Writer Stephen King is halting writing of his online self-publised novel, "The Plant"; among other reasons, 46 percent of those reading part 4 of the novel paid for it, which is below the 75% he had hoped for. (11/28/2000 at The Washington Post)
Discussion Not Always Frank On Industry Forums
Two Internet mailing lists dedicated to the online news business are seeing decreased traffic; many members now refrain from discussing industry trends and events due to pressure from their managers or for their own reasons. (9/27/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
Do News Photographers Have a Wireless Future?
Examining the prospects for photojournalism on the web and on handheld devices. (8/16/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
E-Book Future Hazy – Try Again Later
At the Jupiter Media Metrix conference on bookselling, participants focused on how to integrate online and offline efforts for greater synergy. (2/28/2001 at The Industry Standard)
E-book Makers Sold to a TV-Centric Company
Gemstar, a previously TV-focused technology company, has acquired NuvoMedia and SoftBook Press, the two leading ebook makers. (1/19/2000 at Salon.com)
E-Books Turn Over a New Leaf
The Open E-book Authoring Group has come up with a single format which device makers and publishers say they plan to adhere to in creating e-books. (12/27/1999 at Wired News)
E-Books' Full Court Press
At the Seybold Seminars conference, Adobe announced that it was allying with Barnes and Noble for e-book publishing, while Microsoft announced an alliance with Amazon.com. (8/28/2000 at Wired News)
EarthWeb Selling Most of Its Web Sites and News Services
EarthWeb, an online publisher specializing in Internet-related news and tutorials, is selling most of its assets to internet.com, but will continue to operate as a recruiting company. (12/27/2000 at The New York Times)
EchoFactor Bridges Have, Have-Not Content Gap
EchoFactor will use open-source technology to provide syndicated content to small websites. (8/29/2000 at TechWeb)
Even Offline Publications Try Giving It Away
Online newspapers and magazines have had varying degrees of success in trying to charge money for access to content. (1/27/2000 at The New York Times)
Forecasts of an E-Book Era Were, It Seems, Premature
Early predictions of a huge e-book market are not panning out; sales are low for all titles except for bestsellers, due to high costs and technical problems. (8/28/2001 at The New York Times)
Freelance Writers Ink for Web Payment
The National Writers Union has approved a deal with Brill's Contentville.com site, under which authors will get 30% of the fees paid for their content. (8/4/2000 at Variety.com)
Hacker Re-writes Yahoo! News Stories
Freelance security consultant Adrian Lamo demonstrated that using an ordinary Web browser and Yahoo's proxy servers, he could subtly alter the content of the portal's news stories, spreading disinformation to readers. (9/20/2001 at New Scientist)
The House of Buzz
Salon.com is the most-talked-about online media site these days; through a combination of incisive reporting and tawdry features, it has developed a loyal audience. (2/13/2000 at The Boston Globe)
How to Crack Open an E-Book
A hacker has figured out how to break the encryption on RocketBook e-books; the information is now circulating via web and email. (4/27/2001 at Wired News)
How To Make Money, Not Enemies, Online
Using non-standard advertising on a news or content site: large Flash ads, emailed advertisements, pop-up ads, etc. (2/21/2001 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
IMC's Arresting Coverage
The Philadelphia Independent Media Center, a liberal news cooperative/organization covering the 2000 Republican convention. is providing more hard-hitting political coverage than the mainstream outlets inside the convention center. (8/2/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Internet Opens a New Chapter in Self-Publishing
A look at the opportunities for self-publishing and print-on-demand publishing being created on ther Internet. (2/14/2000 at Los Angeles Times)
internet.com Acquires ClickZ Network
internet.com has acquired the Clickz network, a marketing-oriented Net magazine and conference organizer, for $16 million. (9/11/2000 at ClickZ Network)
Interview: Chris MacAskill
An interview with Chris MacAskill, CEO of Fatbrain, the book retailer and now online publisher. (5/15/2000 at Internet World)
IOC Opens Winter Games to Net Journalists
The International Olympic Committee will grant journalists from 15 Internet sports sites press passes to the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. (3/1/2001 at The Industry Standard)
Is Now the Time to Start Charging for Your Content?
An increasing number of content providers are considering keeping the majority of their content free, but charging for "premium" content - for a "what-the-hell" price of approximately $1 a pop. (10/25/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
It Takes Killer Content To Generate Killer Revenue
Mai-Lan Tomsen's book Killer Content: Strategies for Web Content and E-Commerce is a bit dry, but provides some good advice on how content sites can "monetize" their assets to become profitable. (6/28/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
It's Not Your Father's Newsroom
Based on a video produced by a German-based news and media association, some predictions of how the newsroom of the future will change: more technology, fewer people in the office, multiple media formats. (12/20/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
A Judge's View of What's Right and Wrong
One of the EPpy award judges gives his advice on what makes a good, award-winning journalism website. (12/1/1999 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
King's Success Triggers E-Book IPO
Electronic book provider NetLibrary, Inc. has filed for an $82 million IPO, hoping to cash in on the hype following Stephen King's online publishing experiments. (8/21/2000 at ECommerce Times)
Learn from the Libraries
Rather than restrict access to words, music, and movies, intellectual property owners should come up with new business models that make information ubiquitous. (1/31/2000 at Business 2.0)
Magazines Ink E-Partnerships
Real-world magazines are inking deals with websites, providing content for the Net startups in exchange for advertising dollars and greater exposure. (12/22/1999 at MSNBC)
Mags Learn to Cope Without Gushers of Net Ads
Though some technology magazines continue to overflow with ads from dot-coms, general-interest real-world magazines are seeing ad revenue decline along with the Nasdaq. (10/23/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Media Critics See Web Role Emerge
Media critics praise the Web for providing quick, in-depth, varied coverage of the recent terrorist attacks. (9/18/2001 at Online Journalism Review)
Microsoft, Barnes & Noble Join to Push eBooks
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have joined forces to make a major push into the e-books arena, expecting e-book sales to top paper book sales in the next 10 years. (1/6/2000 at CNNfn)
The Middlemen of Content
Websites looking to buy and sell the use of their content are working through companies like iSyndicate and ScreamingMedia, which will transform text, video, and audio into appropriate formats and vet sites that want to use syndicated content. (9/25/2000 at The New York Times)
More 'Miracles' for E-Authors
Stephen King markets his online serial with full-page newspaper ads; Contentville excerpts 2 chapters (for free) from Anne Rice's new novel months before publication; and Mightywords publishes the fifth in the Miracle book series online. (7/25/2000 at Wired News)
Move Over, Gutenberg. Please.
Attendees at the Electronic Book 2000 conference played with new ebook hardware and talked about what's needed to make the electronic book industry take off. (9/27/2000 at The Washington Post)
National Book Awards Decides to Consider E-Books
The National Book Foundation will consider e-books for its National Book Awards; but the books will have to be printed and bound to be considered, and pay the same $100 entry fee as "normal" books. (5/31/2001 at The Industry Standard)
Net VS. Norm: The Slashdot Effect
A look at the history of Slashdot.org, the SlashDot effect, and what it all means for journalism. (2/8/2000 at 15 Seconds)
New Books, No Bindings?
A publishing industry veteran predicts that the Web will save small-time authors and publishing houses, and change them irrevocably. (11/30/1999 at Wired News)
News Publisher Strategies For the 2000s
Strategies for survival for newspapers in the next century. Publish in multiple formats (including for wireless access), journalists must develop technical skills, provide video, and provide immersive 3-D. (12/29/1999 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
Newspapers Adapt to the Web
According to a Newspaper Association of America survey, about half of North American newspaper sites are close to profitability or breaking even. (9/1/2000 at NUA Internet Surveys)
Newspapers, TV Stations and Web Sites Converge to Create a New Media Entity
A look at the convergence trend in new publishing operations, and what's driving the combinations of local TV stations, newspapers, and websites. (2/21/2001 at The Detroit Free Press)
No More Free Rides With Intranets.com
Net industry publication Intranets.com will end its advertising-supported website and go with a subscription model. (6/5/2001 at InternetNews.com)
Once-Trustworthy Newspaper Databases Have Become Unreliable and Frustrating
Because of the publishers vs. freelancers case that reached the Supreme Court, The New York Times Company v. Jonathan Tasini, newspapers are removing old freelance articles from their online archives; historians and researchers fear the resulting voids. (1/21/2002 at The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Online Content Is Getting Commonplace in Print
Increasingly, content from websites and individual web authors is being syndicated both to other Internet venues and print newspapers and magazines. The fresh style and content of many online offerings can both help and hurt their resale value. (2/9/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
Online News Advice For 2001
Advice for online news publishers for 2001: integrate your old- and new-media operations; distribute news via audio; charge for some premium content; publish 24 hours a day; and more. (1/2/2001 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
Online Newspapers Beat TV Sites in Most Markets
In general, websites build by local newspapers and city guides are getting more visitors and more revenue than TV station websites. (9/6/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
Online Publishing's Moment of Truth
Inside.com's announcement of a print magazine and the shutting down of some "pure content" web sites may signal a decline in the fortunes of content-only web-only businesses. (9/22/2000 at ZDNet)
Piracy to Hurt Music Firms?
According to Forrester Research, major recording labels will lose $3 billion and book publishers will lose $1.4 billion by 2005, due to authors and artists setting up their own online distribution systems, in addition to Internet piracy. (9/19/2000 at CNNfn)
Pirates Invade Book Publishing
A website called #Bookwarez provides links to websites offering bootlegged books in e-book (and other) formats. Pirated authors include Stephen King, Tom Clancy, and J.K. Rowling. (9/22/2000 at Wired News)
Publishing Without a Net
Several major magazines, including Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, don't put any content - repurposed or original - online; in response, some of their writers have started their own websites. (9/16/2000 at Wired News)
Regulating the Olympic Rings
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) is banning unauthorized webcasts of any Olympic events, but is experimenting with live web broadcasts that are restricted to particular geographic areas. (2/8/2002 at Wired News)
Salon.com Launches Premium Subscription Service
Salon.com, an Internet magazine, is offering a premium version of its site for $30 a year. (4/25/2001 at Excite News)
Serial E-Authors Make a Killing
Internet serialization - in which authors dole out their novels chapter by chapter - are winning writers high advances from publishers, and greater loyalty from readers. (2/29/2000 at Wired News)
Serial Novels on the Internet
Serial novels, in which authors release a chapter or two at a time, are making a comeback on the Internet. (8/30/2000 at Feed)
Stephen King's Fans Fail to Pay Up
Preliminary figures show that only 70 percent of those who downloaded Stephen King's online serial novel, "The Plant," paid for it; the author had said 75 percent would have to pay for him to keep writing. (9/21/2000 at Salon.com)
Stephen King: Content Provider?
Stephen King's latest work, a 66-page story, will be released in eBook format only. (3/9/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Taking Stock of a Hoax
Several major news organizations talk about how they were fooled into reporting a fake press release about Emulex Corp. as fact, resulting in the company's stock dropping precipitously. (8/29/2000 at The Washington Post)
Technology Delivers the Dailies to Some New Doorsteps
NewspaperDirect, a company formed by Esther Dyson, Russian programmers, and others, provides PDF copies of newspapers from around the world to hotels and other businesses, which print the papers on local printers for their customers. (10/1/2001 at The New York Times)
Thomson To Unload Print Empire In Favor Of Web
Canadian publishing giant Thomson Corp. will sell all but one of its newspapers and concentrate on developing online media. (2/16/2000 at NewsBytes)
Treating the Web Like Royalty
The Recording Industry Association of America's royalty-payment system, SoundExchange, is already the sole agent for collecting royalties for music broadcast over satellite or cable; it hopes to fulfill the same role online. (11/28/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Trying to E-Right a Wrong
Literary agent Richard Curtis is developing a web-based service that will re-publish out-of-print books in a variety of formats. (12/27/1999 at Wired News)
Two New Web Sites Cover Political Races
Voter.com and SpeakOut.com are two political sites with divergent revenue models that will both be covering U.S. elections this year. (7/17/2000 at The New York Times)
An Unbound Best Seller
Finally, an e-publisher's romance novel reaches sales of 5,000 in one week, allowing the publisher's authors to join the Romance Writers of America. (12/8/1999 at Wired News)
Web Killing Newspapers? Ha!
The Web was supposed to take business away from newspapers; but as it turns out, major newspapers across the country are reporting increased earnings. (7/24/2000 at Wired News)
Web Publishers Hunt for Bottom Line
Internet content sites find it hard to make profits using traditional banner advertising; small niche websites are especially desperate for a better means of making money. (10/4/2000 at MSNBC)
What's Wrong With Newspaper Discussion Boards
Advice on building a sense of community, and improving the perception of your newspaper, through discussion boards on your site. (9/6/2000 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
What's Wrong With Today's News Web Sites
Where most news websites are lacking: no personality; not enough use of email; no PDA content; and little interactivity. (1/17/2001 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
Who Would Ditch Print for the Web?
The News Journal, a small local weekly newspaper in Virginia, is abandoning its print version for an online-only existence; printing and postal expenses dictated the move. (4/24/2001 at Editor & Publisher Interactive)
Why I'm Still Scribbling for a Living
Chris Nolan, the former San Jose Mercury News high-tech reporter who faced criticism for investing in a high-tech Silicon Valley company, explains why he still loves journalism. (3/14/2000 at Salon.com)
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