Been a crazy few weeks for Scott and I here at NewsTechZilla. I have been downsized as predicted and he’s been carrying much of the load. I wish to thank him and get back to bidness. Hopefully things will get back to normal. Let’s scoot around these innertubes, shall we? Reading Online Comments Shouldn’t Be [...]
Life After Layoff
Jeff Jarvis points us to the story of laid-off journalist Greg Hernandez. Within a week after this layoff as a Hollywood Writer for the LA Daily News, he took his entertainment writing to a new blog and is directly competing with his former employer. Jarvis gives some sound advice. Find your niche and run with [...]
Jack McElroy Says
From the head honcho at the Knoxville News Sentinel: There are caveats. For one thing, a newsroom needs more than just payroll to function. Still, the news is a sign that a tipping point lies ahead. The E.W. Scripps Co. has set a similar goal. We won’t hit it for a while. But projections for [...]
Advice From Wired To Google
Wired has some advice for Google on the newspaper industry. While the New York Times was given an early death sentence this week by The Atlantic, Google CEO Eric Schmidt was asked by Fortune magazine what Google should do to save the ailing newspaper industry. He reiterated his previous “moral imperative” sentiment to do something, [...]