The Top 10 Media Properties in the USA
June 26, 2008
Well, I always liked Top 10 list about the media industry. According to Silicon Insider, these are the 10 biggest media properties in the USA:
Google CEO: “Moral Imperative” to Help Newspapers
June 16, 2008
There has been a lot of tension between the newspaper industry and search giant Google lately. Old media executives on both sides of the Atlantic believe that the Big G is going to destroy the business model of print media with its (free) online new aggregator Google News. CEO Eric Schmidt believes that a total misconception. In a recent interview with the New Yorker’s media reporter Ken Auletta, he said that media companies should see Google not as an enemy but as an ally that’s trying to make advertising work on the Internet. He even emphasized Google’s interest in a prosperous future of the newspapers. “It’s a huge moral imperative to help here”, he said. Google’s goal “isn’t to monetize everything. The goal is to change the world. … We don’t have an evil meter.” Read more
Postponed Death of Mass Media
June 15, 2008
In September 1993, novelist Michael Crichton wrote a great essay in Wired magazine “Mediasaurus,” in which he prophesied the death of the old-fashioned news business and mass media—specifically newspapers like the New York Times and the commercial networks. “Vanished, without a trace,” he wrote. Read more
NYT – SEO Master In Print Media?
June 13, 2008
Former newspaper colleagues always ask me: Why should we do Search Engine Optimization? We heard of this online marketing method – isn’t it kind of sleazy? And isn’t that a threat to our journalistic integrity?
I usually ask back: Well, doesn’t your marketing department promote your newspaper in ads, TV commercials and on billboards? Are you sure that’s well spent money in the digital age? And why shouldn’t you spend your advertising money where the eyeballs of your readers are – the world wide web? Read more
What Europeans Really Think Of Each Other
June 11, 2008
Europe is the third most populous continent (with its population of 710 million inhabitants) after Africa and Asia, but also the world’s second-smallest in terms of area. So it’s no surprise that the 48 European nations haven’t always lived in piece and harmony together – and animosities remain until this very day.
I had to really laugh out loud when I found this great blog post on Daily Candor about the characteristics of all the different Europeans and what they think of each other – a “basic backgrounder for Americans”, as the author describes it. Here’s a little excerpt of some of Europe’s nationalities:
The French
Disliked by some Spanish (particularly the Catalonians), for being arrogant. One woman from Barcelona told me, “Come on, who really likes the French? Nobody!” The Swiss don’t like the fact that they have contempt for authority and are lazy.
The Italians
Most of the stereotypes are positive, but mostly because of the food. Northern Europeans consider them lazy and flaky, and maybe incapable of managing anything right.
The Germans
Germans are considered industrious but uptight and humorless, by just about all the other Europeans. (…) The food is considered uninspired, too. The most anti-German sentiments are among the Dutch and Danish, who just hate them from invading their countries too often.
The Dutch
The Dutch, like the Scandinavians, have an enviable economy and social order that’s admired by southern European countries. However, they do have a reputation of being self-righteous “know-it-alls” and very similar to their German cousins in terms of their rigidity.
The Swiss
Considered extremely rigid, even by the Germans. Blunt to the point of being rude, the Swiss probably have the least likely reputation for being characterized as “friendly” or “warm”. (…) The German-speaking Swiss are more like the Germans except even more stiff, rigid and cranky.
The British
About half of the British would be really angry at being called European, so that should provide an apt starting point. They are considered polite, but maybe a bit two-faced (hence “Janus Britain”) and snobby.
The Belgians
Considered idiots by both the Dutch and the French. Belgians, in turn, consider the Dutch to be a bunch of cranky assholes, and French stuck-up.
I can only say – it’s all true! And being a native Swiss, there must be a reason why I relocated to the United States long time ago…