Friday, May 22, 2009

Pew Center illustrates how Craigslist is killing newspapers

CNET: "Not that this is big news but the Pew Center helps to illustrate just how devastating online classifieds has been on newspapers. A graph of newspaper classified ad revenue since 1980 to last year ... shows that the industry saw a high in 2000 with about $19.6 billion. Last year, newspapers recorded $9.9 billion."

Monday, May 11, 2009

Hulu's tug of war with TV

Los Angeles Times: "But in making a bid for the next generation of Internet- attuned viewers, Hulu's owners have strained their lucrative relationships with cable and satellite operators. Companies like Time Warner Cable Inc. and DirecTV Group Inc. pay cable networks billions of dollars each year to carry programming. Believing that they should have exclusivity because their payments support the enormous cost of producing TV shows, such companies have been pushing back against the Hulu freebies."

How the next internet revolution will save your favourite TV shows, newspapers and magazines

Times Online