Author: Jack Lail

  • Barn at the end of the road

    This is a barn at what was the Stanley family homeplace, where my grandmother grew up in Southwest Virginia. I took it, among others, during a Stanley Reunion this past Sunday at the Caney Fork Baptist Church. This is way back in the hills; here’s a map of the area.

  • Disaster is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T

    Lauren Rich Fine on what has happened: “Traditional media failed to realize the competitive challenge created by the Internet as it allows all media to compete directly and without any competitive advantage,” said Lauren Rich Fine, a former media analyst at Merrill Lynch and now a Practitioner in Residence at Kent State University’s College of…

  • Trend lines still perilous for newspapers

    Martin Langeveld, analyzing, the latest Newspaper Association of America revenue data: As I’ve argued previously with regard to the NAA’s views on how newspapers are doing in the online arena, where they enjoy less than 1 percent of consumer attention, this data shows the crisis relates to market share, and that newspapers are in danger…