The Media Drop

Reuters reports Thursday that Wine Spectator founder Robert Morrisey died this past weekend in San Diego. He was 78.

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There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the possibility that online newspapers may begin charging for content in some way, shape, or form on their websites, as the readership begins to shift from “paid” circulation for print editions to an online distribution. This is obviously something that is of concern for a lot […]

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Reuters has announced that it would host a debate next Tuesday, April 5 where the topic of discussion will be “the impact of blogs in journalism and the media.”
Details as follows:
When: 6.00 pm - 8.30 pm, Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
Where: The Reuters Building, (42ND Street and 7th Avenue), 3 Times Square, 30th Floor, New York […]

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Should Cablevision be able to jump in on the bidding for Adelphia Communications, the financially troubled cableco? That seems to be an important question of the day, according to a Denver Business Journal story.
Cable television providers are already existing in semi-monopolies (or actual ones in their own little markets), and the expansion […]

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This week, the Independent Producers Initiative Weblog was launched by CABLEready, an independent program distributor. The blog will be manned by CABLEready president / CEO Gary Lico and other staffers at the company. It’s been up and running “soft” for a bit now, and it appears to have a mix of commentary about […]

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Niche is good.
It’s a statement that many a blogger has mentioned to me when they were trying to figure out the best way to build a following as a writer online. Okay, maybe they rambled on and said something like “I wasn’t getting any traffic until I focused on one industry / […]

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A week ago, it was announced that CRACKED magazine had new ownership, and readers would see a shift in the publication when it relaunched later on in 2005. On Monday, Cracked Entertainment Inc. CEO / publisher Monty Sarhan made public that former Marvel Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco would take on the same role at the […]

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The WSJ’s Vauhini Vara profiles Wikipedia and the newest venture of its founder, Jimmy Wales - Wikicities.com.

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Last week, Motley Fool’s Tom Taulli called the Topix.net purchase by Knight Ridder, Gannett and Tribune “the very tip of the iceberg as investment goes.”
And if you’re looking for ideas, o investors, then be sure and drop by PaidContent.org - they’re keeping tabs on who should be next.

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According to an AP story, Phillipine columnist Marlene Garcia Esperat was shot and killed at her home on Thursday, making her the second journalist in that country to be killed this year, and the 15th in two years.

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