content redesign, not graphical redesign!

It’s not graphic redesign that papers need; it’s content-driven redesign that we need for our papers! Says Juan Antonio Giner. http://tinyurl.com/7abzn3

The Associated Press: Google to cut 100 jobs, close engineering offices

Google is closing three offices; one in Austin (USA) the two others are Trondheim (Nprway) and Lulea (Sweden): Google to cut 100 jobs, close engineering offices.

What Would Google Do?

On January 27th, Jeff Jarvis’ new book will be published with the intrigued title “What Would Google do?”. He reverse engineers the start of Google and looks at how you would start or run your business they way Google would do it. A short video explanation of the author himself on the following link: Jeff Jarvi on his upcoming book

Magazines feeling the heat now too

Magazines now feeling the heat too of the economy crisis? Interesting post by Jeff Jarvis. http://tinyurl.com/98jch7

Where Is Media Going?

An estimate by investment bank “Jordan, Edmiston Group” that 88 percent of the publishing and advertising industry’s revenue growth over the next few years will come from four sectors: http://tinyurl.com/78mlca

Juan Giner about Joe Belden

Joe Belden on what readers want from and in newspaper over the last 50 years. Not much difference between then to now. Interesting story on “Innovations in Newspapers”-blog (Juan Giner) about Joe Belden (founder of Belden Associates). http://tinyurl.com/a6k97k

Picard on the upside of disappea…

Robert Picard on the upside of disappearing newspaper advertising. What’s left in your newspaper?

http://tinyurl.com/7xtgyr

Annita Beysen: focus on consumers, not a product

”Products will come and go, websites will come and go, newspapers will come and go, consumers will always stay,” says Annita Beysen, an owner of U-sentric consultancy. Read more

Danny Lein: successful mobile sites of newspapers

Recently launched mobile site of De Standaard quickly reached top 10 list of sites in Belgium. Only portals of mobile operators are larger, says Danny Lein of MobileWeb. Read more

Peter Vandermeersch: how newspapers can set a mobile strategy

The first step is a mental one, claims Peter Vandermeersch, an editor-in-chief of De Standaard, a Belgian daily newspaper. Read more