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Another omen for newspapers
Google announced today that it is ending it’s Print Ads program which packaged and sold advertising space in over 800 U.S. newspapers. Apparently the program, which started in 2006, hasn’t lived up to expectations for generating revenue.
Posted in Business, Marketing, The Future
Tagged advertising, Google, journalism, The New York Times
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Smokey the Bear on Wall Street
Thanks to the recent financial crises in the mortgage industry and investment banking, Americans are now being treated to a high volume screaming match over how much the US government should regulate Wall Street, and what role the government should … Read the rest of this entry
Package Shrink: Getting Less for Your Money
The U.S. seems to be entering a period of increased package shrink. And no, I’m not talking about something from an old Seinfeld episode. One of the items I needed to buy on my last trip to the grocery store … Read the rest of this entry
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Tagged consumer packaged goods, doublespeak, package shrink
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The Democratization of Writing and Publishing: Access for All?
So where exactly is the digital revolution taking writing and the publishing industry? The new issue of The Futurist magazine (July-August 2008) contains the article “The 21st Century Writer“which yet again has me trying to visualize where the publishing industry … Read the rest of this entry
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Tagged author, digital revolution, publishing, writing
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Lights out!
Recently the Osco Pharmacy is our neighborhood changed hands as part of CVS Pharmacy’s purchase of about 700 Osco and Sav-on drug stores. I personally saw the change as a positive one, given that I always felt like I was … Read the rest of this entry
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