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Newspaper execs: This is not a fire drill
Industry execs convene to discuss crisis. Some suggestions offered to the attendees: Act like an entrepreneur; stop thinking first about why a new approach won’t work. Create a portfolio of initiatives; recognize that some will fail and kill those quickly. Don’t wait for every data point before taking action. “Ready, fire, aim” should be the…
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Happy day
Thursday was the college signing ceremony for our son, Mark, at his high school. We experimented a bit using a new Nokia N96 cellphone to stream video to Qik. Worked well except it’s hard to shoot video, take photos with a digital camera at the same time, and be in some of the photos.
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Newspapers, whaling ships and oil drilling
The above is the short version of the Michael Rosenblum speech to the Society of Editors. The speech has deservedly created a lot of viral buzz and blogging and if you’re just stumbling upon what he said, listen to the short version at least. The long version is in part 1 and part 2 and…