Comments on: Man Bites Dog – Chronicle to Lay Off 25% http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/19/man-bites-dog-chronicle-to-lay-off-25/ Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me Thu, 17 May 2012 21:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/19/man-bites-dog-chronicle-to-lay-off-25/comment-page-1/#comment-115570 Jeff Mon, 21 May 2007 04:41:42 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/19/man-bites-dog-chronicle-to-lay-off-25/#comment-115570 But why is it a very good web site? Top 5 most visited newspaper site fails to impress me when I see the growth rates for non-newspaper portals skyrocketing. What's their strategy to reaching a regional audience instead of just an SF audience (the Merc gets the same question)? No registration... so what. I just don't get why that's a big deal, and you do have to register if you want to post a comment to any of the blogs. How are they going to create monetary value from their content archive? Is the Chron in the business of delivering advertising or publishing news stories? Beyond the obvious linkages, how are the two strategies integrated? But why is it a very good web site? Top 5 most visited newspaper site fails to impress me when I see the growth rates for non-newspaper portals skyrocketing.

What’s their strategy to reaching a regional audience instead of just an SF audience (the Merc gets the same question)?

No registration… so what. I just don’t get why that’s a big deal, and you do have to register if you want to post a comment to any of the blogs.

How are they going to create monetary value from their content archive?

Is the Chron in the business of delivering advertising or publishing news stories? Beyond the obvious linkages, how are the two strategies integrated?

]]> By: Chronicle Does Irony : Venture Chronicles http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/19/man-bites-dog-chronicle-to-lay-off-25/comment-page-1/#comment-115565 Chronicle Does Irony : Venture Chronicles Mon, 21 May 2007 04:27:55 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/19/man-bites-dog-chronicle-to-lay-off-25/#comment-115565 [...] a really good piece on pay-per-click advertising the day after they publish an article announcing a 25% job cut at the newspaper in an effort to stem a long trail of [...] [...] a really good piece on pay-per-click advertising the day after they publish an article announcing a 25% job cut at the newspaper in an effort to stem a long trail of [...]

]]> By: Ben Casnocha http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/19/man-bites-dog-chronicle-to-lay-off-25/comment-page-1/#comment-115415 Ben Casnocha Sun, 20 May 2007 15:33:58 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/19/man-bites-dog-chronicle-to-lay-off-25/#comment-115415 Agreed. But SFGate is a very good web site -- top 5 most visited newspaper site in the country. Especially since they don't have any registration policy or anything. Agreed. But SFGate is a very good web site — top 5 most visited newspaper site in the country. Especially since they don’t have any registration policy or anything.

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