Media upheaval roundup
Another day in the media industry, another half a dozen or so indicators that upheaval is the name of the game — whether you’re in the music business, the TV business or (yes) the newspaper business. Here’s a few links of interest in case you’re trying to follow along with this little game of Snakes & Ladders at home:
- Some of the local TV stations attending the National Association of Broadcasters convention this week said that they are more than a little nervous about what is happening with online video, as NBC and CBS are doing deals with Joost and everyone else under the sun (other than YouTube), or starting their own online video channels. Where does that leave the affiliate in Topeka, Kansas? Good question.
- The major record labels have been hoping that downloads of digital music through iTunes and elsewhere might help reverse the slide in sales the industry has been fighting for some time, but a new survey throws some cold water on that idea. Enders Analysis says it expects sales to keep falling.
- Associated Press has launched a new blog aimed at giving younger audiences the news in a fresh format. It’s called Far and Wide and describes itself as “a fresh way into the news, one that puts you squarely in the places where news is happening, and in the newsrooms where reporters’ stories go out to the world”. It will also give readers a look behind the scenes at the lives of some of AP’s reporters. (hat tip to journalism.co.uk for the link)
- The Chicago Tribune is launching a “hyperlocal” website that it is hoping readers and residents will be willing to not only read but help contribute to. The newspaper says that it is looking for “citizen contributors” to write blogs and submit news stories for its new site, Triblocal.com, and that the best pieces will be selected and printed in a publication that will be inserted into the regular Tribune newspaper. On an unrelated note, Tribune Co. — which is being taken private by real-estate gazillionaire Sam Zell — posted a loss and sharply lower revenues for the first quarter.
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