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CBC TV's The National did not finish first in its time slot on Monday night. I'll let Globe and Mail television critic John Doyle tell you about one of the shows that got higher ratings.* * (Ding, ding, Ding! My 6,666th posting!) From the Oct. 29 Globe and Mail: First the facts: Preliminary viewer numbers [...]
Fri, October 30 2009 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Kelly Toughill, a journalism professor at the University of King's College in Halifax, makes an argument why Canadian newspapers, if not looking up, at least aren't staring down into an abyss. From jsource.ca: John Honderich, chair of Torstar Corporation, pointed out recently (during a speech at the 2009 Joseph Howe Symposium) that newspapers are far [...]
Wed, October 28 2009 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The latest Audit Bureau of Circulation numbers for U.S. newspapers tells a grim tale. From the Newsosaur blog: Following an average drop of 10.6% in the last six months, daily newspaper circulation has fallen to a pre-World War II low of an estimated 39.1 million, according to an analysis of industry data released today. The [...]
Tue, October 27 2009 » Main Page, Media » 4 Comments
NYU j-student Cody Brown makes the case for direct versus trustee media in an essay entitled ‘A public can talk to itself. Why the future of news is pretty clear.’
Mon, October 26 2009 » Main Page, Media » 4 Comments
Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor in chief of CBC News, on the renewal of CBC News. I'll pull a few highlights, but read the whole thing. What you told us The research led us to a few major themes. Some of them are basic expectations that are the price of entry for any news [...]
Mon, October 26 2009 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
From the BBC: (posted Oct. 24) A female journalist in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 60 lashes over a TV show in which a Saudi man described his extra-marital sex life. The programme, made by Lebanese satellite network LBC, caused a huge scandal in conservative Saudi Arabia when it was shown several months ago. [...]
Mon, October 26 2009 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
I don't understand a goddamn thing being said, but the beauty of this clip is, you don't have to! (seen first on Twitter) Addendum A colleague who speaks some Japanese offers up a few snippets of the dialogue (thanks, Phil!) Female anchor: 'You must have oily hands' Male anchor: 'Why don't you try changing fingers?' [...]
Fri, October 23 2009 » Main Page, Minutiae » Comments Off
From the Oct. 21 Guardian: The BBC is attempting to embrace social media by appointing a social media editor in its newsroom and redesigning its website. As the September traffic figures for US political blogging site Huffington Post reveal, the strategy is clearly a wise one. In short: embracing social media boosts traffic. The figures [...]
Fri, October 23 2009 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Slate editor David Plotz told a University of Missouri j-school audience why he thinks 500,000 loyal, engaged visitors interacting with his site is better than seven million “uniques” every month.
Fri, October 23 2009 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Slate editor David Plotz told a University of Missouri j-school audience why he thinks 500,000 loyal, engaged visitors interacting with his site is better than seven million “uniques” every month. From the Knight Digital Media Centre: (seen first on Twitter) More sophisticated ways of measuring usership and engagement will change focus from mass audience, Plotz believes, and [...]