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LePost.fr: How amateurs produce valuable journalism

October 7, 2009 by marek.miller · 5 Comments 

Home page of LePost.frTwo weeks before the start of the INMA / OPA Outlook 2010 conference, Forum4Editors is here with the series of exlusive interviews. The speakers who will be presenting their ideas during the conference agreed to answer few questions about what they do best, and what, in their opinion, is the best strategy to develop the best relation with their readers.

First in the series is Benoît Raphaël, the Editor in Chief of LePost.fr, a subsidiary of “Le Monde”. He will be telling us about this new brand of Le Monde featuring user-generated content, videos, blogs, and more. Read more

Peter Vandermeersch: how newspapers can set a mobile strategy

December 5, 2008 by tom.corbett · Leave a Comment 

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

Mobile strategy: from mass to tailor-made advertising

December 5, 2008 by tom.corbett · 2 Comments 

“Mobile is going to be an advertising revenue-driven business as it is online,” believes Peter Vandermeersch, an editor-in-chief of De Standaard, a Belgian daily newspaper. Read more

Web Goes Mobile: seminar starts

December 4, 2008 by tom.corbett · Leave a Comment 

The “Web Goes Mobile” seminar in Grimbergen (Belgium) has started today. The event is organised by MobileWeb.be and will be covered for forum4editors.com by Tom Corbett. Read more

Interview: Patrick van Waeyenberghe, de Persgroep

November 27, 2008 by tom.corbett · Leave a Comment 

When online advertising revenue will overtake the printed one at a Belgian multi-media company de Persgroep? Read more

When newspapers go weekly, weeklies go monthly

November 6, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · Leave a Comment 

75-years-old U.S. News & World Report is getting out of the newsmagazine business and going all digital (except of a monthly print edition). Read more

Wikipedia founder: recession to hit websites

November 6, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · 1 Comment 

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, believes the global economy is headed for a “pretty serious recession” that will hit websites that are heavily reliant on advertising. Read more

CS Monitor replaces daily print edition with its website

October 29, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · 1 Comment 

Christian Science Monitor: an upgraded website prototypeAnalysis: Is it a model that other struggling newspapers should follow? Why could the Christian Science Monitor succeed on the net if it did not in print? Read more

NYT’s Sulzberger: We can’t care if newspapers die

October 27, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · Leave a Comment 

“We must be where people want us for our information. It’s the thought of cannibalizing yourself before somebody else cannibalizes you,” says Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman and publisher of The New York Times. Read more

FT editor: here’s a tipping point in journalism

October 19, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · Leave a Comment 

“There are plenty of opportunities for growth [for newspapers], starting with a renewed focus on local news; a more sophisticated blend of online and print content; and a more adventurous approach to what readers and viewers want, particularly younger ones.” Read more

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