http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:50:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/comment-page-1/#comment-318683 The 100 Year Flood for Newspapers | Venture Chronicles Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:59:41 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/#comment-318683 [...] for the digital argument. In a post I wrote last year, I laid out why display advertising on newspaper websites was failing when viewed through the lens [...] [...] for the digital argument. In a post I wrote last year, I laid out why display advertising on newspaper websites was failing when viewed through the lens [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/comment-page-1/#comment-314347 Newspapers Run Ad Campaign to Promote Newspapers | Venture Chronicles Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:55:17 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/#comment-314347 [...] I don’t think any informed people who comment on this industry are saying newspapers are dead because people are not consuming their products, print or otherwise. I have written many posts about the fact that they continue to grow their online product at a rapid clip but suffer from a business model that translates poorly to online. [...] [...] I don’t think any informed people who comment on this industry are saying newspapers are dead because people are not consuming their products, print or otherwise. I have written many posts about the fact that they continue to grow their online product at a rapid clip but suffer from a business model that translates poorly to online. [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/comment-page-1/#comment-313877 Newspapers Grow Web Traffic, Still Going Bankrupt | Venture Chronicles Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:04:10 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/#comment-313877 [...] I wrote about this phenomena back in June last year and NOTHING has changed. More web traffic won’t close the revenue gap to offline and it certainly won’t be enough to sustain newspapers across the country. More significantly, if you look at the traffic spread in just the top 10 on Nielsen’s list, you start to get a picture for how difficult it is for a non-major media market newspaper to grow traffic. [...] [...] I wrote about this phenomena back in June last year and NOTHING has changed. More web traffic won’t close the revenue gap to offline and it certainly won’t be enough to sustain newspapers across the country. More significantly, if you look at the traffic spread in just the top 10 on Nielsen’s list, you start to get a picture for how difficult it is for a non-major media market newspaper to grow traffic. [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/comment-page-1/#comment-312140 Newspapers and the Web | Venture Chronicles Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:35:15 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/#comment-312140 [...] the final equation this is also about how a fragile an industry’s business model can be. What works for newspapers in print doesn’t work to the same contribution level [...] [...] the final equation this is also about how a fragile an industry’s business model can be. What works for newspapers in print doesn’t work to the same contribution level [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/comment-page-1/#comment-297372 $7.5B sales plunge forecast for newspapers | Venture Chronicles Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:42:33 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/#comment-297372 [...] and declining value to newspapers as their core audience grows and online inventory expands. I argued as much in this post, suggesting that at it’s core the newspaper business (and associated advertising sales [...] [...] and declining value to newspapers as their core audience grows and online inventory expands. I argued as much in this post, suggesting that at it’s core the newspaper business (and associated advertising sales [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/comment-page-1/#comment-286086 Local Ad Dollars, Slip Sliding Away | Venture Chronicles Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:11:18 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/06/18/save-the-newspaper-industry-and-still-lose-weight/#comment-286086 [...] my take on newspapers and local ads click here for something I wrote a few weeks ago. addthis_url = [...] [...] my take on newspapers and local ads click here for something I wrote a few weeks ago. addthis_url = [...]

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