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Archives: December 19, 2013

“As journalism gets more one-to-one, causes become more personal, and communities divide into subsets of subsets, someone will find a metric to meet the moment.” Elise Hu

Find starters, not stars

“It’s a trap to conflate popularity and the ability to build a new property.” Dan Shanoff

Getting past the data paradox

“Our future as an industry lies in our ability to tap into the resources and empirical insights that Big Data offers without eroding the trust of our users.” Adrienne Debigare

Appreciating the digital difference

“It is the newsrooms that are embracing these differences, as opposed to fighting them, that are growing and innovating as the medium develops.” Henry Blodget

A toddler’s view of the future of media

“Consumers will increasingly expect to find their favorite media brands on new devices and platforms.” Etan Horowitz

The veracity of viral

“To a large degree, this is a discussion which only journalists, and maybe the occasional underemployed philosopher, could ever care about.” Felix Salmon

Hayashi KaoriDecember 19, 2013

In Japan, loyalty among newspaper readers is strong, but digital natives are the future

“Trapped in their own twentieth-century formula for success, Japanese newspapers have yet to formulate a clear vision for the twenty-first.”

Ken DoctorDecember 19, 2013

The newsonomics of how the news industry will be tested in 2014

These are the nine big themes that will further separate the winners from the losers when we look back a year from now.

Paying more attention to the public

“The year ahead might bring news organizations that will pay more attention to the public. While that might be good for their bottom lines, it might also be bad for the quality of our democratic life.” Pablo Boczkowski

News that anticipates the reader’s needs

“Now is the time to push the boundaries and use the best of those worlds in the service of storytelling.” Cory Haik

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