Author: Jack Lail

  • 5 questions that keep Ken Lowe up at night

    1. Will media consumers pay for quality content on interactive platforms? 2. Shouldn’t we be worrying about our privacy? 3. Can we find a better way to measure audiences across platforms? 4. Why are you still watching commercials if you use your DVRs? 5. What marketing opportunities will emerge as interactive, mobile media evolves? (Ken…

  • Something to say

    The next couple of weeks seem to be all about giving talks. Doing a roundtable discussion with Kevin Slimp and Tom Chester tomorrow at lunch at the Institute of Newspaper Technology. This session meets at Regas and should be fun. The institute cranked up on Thursday. Hope Tom and I can still hold their attention…

  • Scripps Networks in play?

    A trade publication fuels rumors that Knoxville-based Scripps Networks will be acquired by a larger media player by saying it looks ripe to “be nibbled at or gobbled up whole.”