The Future of Journalism: a joint Media Alliance & Walkley Foundation initiative

10,000 words: 10 ugly truths about modern journalism – among them: “if it bleeds, it leads” and “journalists often write for each other rather than their readers”:

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Newsosaur: Only 51 per cent of publishers think paywalls will work. 

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The Big Picture: How to save newspapers & journalism – in three steps, writes Barry Ritholtz: 1) make ‘em register, 2) charge ‘em for premium content, 3) charge ‘em for everything. So that’s that solved, then…

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Advertising Age: Goodbye to all that - We are witnessing the death of an entire professional culture, writes David Klein. Never mind. What’s important is what comes next:

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Advertising Age: The rise of the “Hate Beat” – a new round covering vilification may have a future, says Simon Dumenco:

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Guardian podcast: Media USA – Jeff Jarvis talks to Star Ledger editor Jim Willse and the Queen of Hyperlocal, Deb Galant. Says Jim: “I’m the editor of the paper and if I’m not reading it on newsprint, that kind of says something.” Sure does.

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New polls: Washington Post _ Pew Centre finds 63 per cent of respondents think that news they read, hear and watch is often wrong:

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This contrasts with this Roy Morgan poll, from earlier in the year, which wqas getting airplay on Twitter yesterday – which found only 9 per cent of respondents trusted journalists “very high” for honesty and ethical standards. So, no surprise there:

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Mumbrella: Federal government turns off the advertising tap, cutting ad spending by nearly 30 per cent:

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Fairfax launches National Times and brings Goanna back to life as blogger:

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Margaret Simons: Mark Day a little late with his tackle on Crikey:

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Buzzmachine: Hyperlocal bloggers starting to pull in the bucks by serving defined communities (although only 10-15 per cent of what newspapers used to get):

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Online Journalism Blog: Paywalls – some demolition jobs:

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UK’s Daily Mirror experiments with 3am gossip site that ditches SEO principles in favour of engaging headlines and strong content (read the comments on this one):

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Twitter decision to allow ads is welcomed by the market:

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Newspaper Death Watch: The ChicagoSun-Times and the BostonGlobe, which were both fighting for their lives earlier this year, appear to have turned the corner and may soon be profitable, owners say:

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Guardian: Next England football World Cup game could be streamed live on national newspapers' websites on a pay-per-view basis, with a potential audience of more than 20 million internet users.

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Media Guardian: BBC launches fightback against Murdoch attack. Broadcaster will not retreat from its position as a provider of "free, impartial, accurate news", says chairman of BBC Trust:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/09/michael-lyons-bbc-no-retreat

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/sep/09/bbc-james-murdoch

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/09/mark-thompson-bbc-james-murdoch

Media Daily News: US industry - Internet grows 37.5 per cent, traditional media declines 30 per cent, 2006-2009   

http://www.mediapost.com/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=113045

Online journalism blog: Is data the future of journalism, asks Paul Bradshaw, who chaired the first London Linked Data Meetup this week

http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/09/09/data-and-the-future-of-journalism-panel-discussion-linked-data-london/

Higher education: Paul Bradshaw on interactivity:

http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/09/09/data-and-the-future-of-journalism-panel-discussion-linked-data-london/

Online Journalism News: Data has always been at the heart of journalism. We just need to work out how best to use it, writes Judith Townend:

http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/535722.php

ReadWriteWeb: We’re in a Web of data rather than a Web of documents, writes Richard MacManus. Why you should care:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_5_web_trends_of_2009_structured_data.php

And here is Richard MacManus on the Real Time Web – FriendFeed, Twitter, Facebook. What to look forward to and some idea for using the new tools:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_5_web_trends_of_2009_the_real-time_web.php

Paid Content: Staci Kramer on Google’s proposal for a micropayments system. “Open need not mean free. At the same time, premium doesn’t mean hidden”:

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-proposals-for-newspaper-publishers-include-google-micropay/

The New York Observer: Has Matt Drudge lost his edge? The Drudge report is losing ground to an array of new, sharp internet news sites, writes Gillian Reagan:

http://www.observer.com/2009/media/are-days-drudge-over

Lawrie Zion: How a student newspaper is building its audience from scratch using social networking tools – and learning a lot into the bargain:

http://www.upstart.net.au/fanning-upstarts-following/

Paid Content: John Batelle offers the Big Guns some advice as to how to go about winning audiences in the Bay Area. NB – it’ll be tough:

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-welcome-to-publishing-waterloo-nyt-and-wsj/

Paid Content: New York Magazine has bought an online menu guides site. Will someone establish a good menu sites here in Australia?

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-its-official-nymag-buys-menupages/

Roy Greenslade: Please, sir, Mr Murdoch: don't shoot your Fox by cutting jobs – Fox news employee writes open letter to Rupert pleading the case against job cuts:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/sep/08/rupert-murdoch-news-corporation

UK Telegraph: 50 things that are being killed by the internet. A list that includes watches, paper-based porn and internet hoaxes:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6133903/50-things-that-are-being-killed-by-the-internet.html

Business Spectator: Seek.com/Carsales.com - it's easy to make damning judgements with hindsight, writes Stephen Bartholomeuz on Fred Hilmer's decision not to buy into the internet start-ups:

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Fairfax-and-the-cannibals-pd20090907-VN84R?OpenDocument&src=kgb

mUmbrella: Fairfax to launch its National Times online discussion site next week. Will they miss Annabel Crabb?

http://mumbrella.com.au/fairfax-to-launch-national-times-next-week-9284

Paid Content: News Corp launches global service to link content for all its properties (or “co-ordinate editorial assets”).

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-news-corp-launches-global-service-to-link-all-its-outlets/

Paid Content: Why women’s sites are attracting advertisers, even in a downturn – Answer: women’s sites are attractive, well-targeted and are doing great traffic, says Tameka Lee

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-why-womens-sites-are-attracting-advertisers-even-in-a-downturn/

Yahoo: Newspapers target younger staff for lay-offs in the US. Which is pretty silly, when you think about it…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090831/ap_on_bi_ge/us_newspaper_diversity_1

Check out the graphic on this version of the same story!

http://www.businessinsider.com/apme-survey-newspaper-cuts-clip-younger-workers-2009-8

Wall Street Journal and New York Times plan San Francisco Bay editions:via Crikey:

 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/business/media/05journal.html?_r=3

And - Jason Whittaker on the genuis behind Vogue. Should have posted this days ago:

http://importanceofideas.com/2009/09/02/for-true-grace-mags-still-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-3638