While the abuse that traditional media receives on a daily basis (i.e., it’s dying, they’re dinosaurs, they don’t get it, they’re clueless, etc.) is probably excessive, exaggerated, and in some cases even unfair, there is little doubt that much of it is accurate and well deserved. Examples of the missteps both large and small that [...]
Here is the last day (finally) of cleaning out my backlog of stories relating to the dailies, traditional media, new media, advertising, etc. Some of these headlines are slightly outdated, but so be it.
• Village Voice Media is stepping in to capitalize on the opportunity completely missed by the dailies in creating a local advertising [...]
As I indicated yesterday, I have a huge backlog of daily newspaper, media, and advertising news items that have accumulated over the past few weeks and am trying to get through them in as few blog posts as possible, so here’s day two of cleaning out the closet…
• McClatchy is scrambling on multiple fronts to [...]
Taking a few weeks off from posting the latest headlines concerning the plight of the dailies has created a massive backlog of items to list. I am not sure if the pace of noteworthy events is accelerating or if it just seems that way due to my short hiatus, but I have about 3 blog [...]
The tectonic shifts transforming the media and advertising landscape have always been fascintaing to me a stand as one of the central areas of focus of this blog. And while the earthquakes and volcanos along the fault lines are worthy of the headlines they grab, I am equally intrigued by the smaller events and more [...]
Consistent with LinkUp state by state job listing report for May released yesterday, the job search engine’s report of new and total job listings by industry for May provides further proof that the job market is showing signs of life. While new job listings on LinkUp fell 8% to 425,783, the decline was a massive [...]
The Department of Labor report for May will be released this Friday, and if LinkUp’s data is any indication, the jobs market is showing clear signs of improving. Granted, the numbers are still quite bleak, but they are a far cry from the abysmal numbers LinkUp reported in April. In May, new job listings on [...]