Aug 29, 2008
August 29th, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
The biggest problem for newspapers is not falling readerships, it is falling advertising revenue. It is the move from local monopolies to a global platform where competition is everywhere, and advertising less lucrative.
For all the talk of how journalists can get a grip on new media, there’s been far too little on how ad sales people can do the same. So here I present ten ways ad sales people (and their managers) can save their jobs. [Read more]
Aug 25, 2008
August 25th, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
I recently heard about a TV news website that’s only accessible to subscribers to the TV channel. They are resisting moving to an open access model because they believe people stick with the TV channel because of that news: opening up the site, they argue, would give people less of a reason to stay with the service. [Read more]
Aug 22, 2008
August 22nd, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
Based on the information I have so far, here’s a comparison table of all the services offering SMS text messages from Twitter. Any updates you can provide would be most welcome:
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Aug 22, 2008
August 22nd, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
In the latest (and as far as I know, last) interview with the services to spring up since Twitter pulled its SMS service, I speak to Jeff Bonnes of TwitSMS.
What features can users expect?
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Aug 22, 2008
August 22nd, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
In the latest interview with the services to spring up since Twitter pulled its SMS service, I speak to Jake Stride of Tweeteroo.
Did you know this was coming – how did you get the service up so quick? [Read more]
Aug 22, 2008
August 22nd, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
This week the Times Educational Supplement relaunched its website TESconnect.co.uk as part-social network for half a million users to share and rate teaching materials . Alex Lockwood spoke to Head of Internet Edward Griffith:
“When we launch, we’ll have the largest single professional network online in the UK. The community lends itself to a social media network.” [Read more]
Aug 22, 2008
August 22nd, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
In the fifth interview with the services to spring up since Twitter pulled its SMS service, I speak to Stuart Herbert of Twittex.
What features can users expect? [Read more]
Aug 22, 2008
August 22nd, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
In the fourth of my interviews with the services to spring up since Twitter pulled its SMS service, I speak to Andy Jagoe of 3jam.
What features can users expect? [Read more]
Aug 21, 2008
August 21st, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
Twitter may have pulled its SMS service, but startups continue to sprout offering to provide the service. Today: Nigel Shardlow of ZygoTweet.
What features do you expect to launch with? [Read more]
Aug 20, 2008
August 20th, 2008 by Paul Bradshaw
In the second of my interviews with the services that have sprung up to fill the gap left by Twitter pulling its SMS service, I talk to James Burgess of twitMobile.
What features do you expect to launch with? [Read more]
10 ways that ad sales people can save newspapers
