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Posts on ‘March 5th, 2007’

Economics of Social Media

That’s the name of this conference on April 26 in Los Angeles.

New Report Shows How News Orgs Encourage Audience Involvement

We’ve just posted “Frontiers of Innovation in Community Engagement” — a report that looks at how traditional media organizations are starting to involve their audiences in the journalism process. Lisa Williams of Placeblogger and H2otown fame did the heavy lifting for this report, which will evolve as we learn more. Here’s the executive summary: As […]

Buffett All But Writes Off Newspapers

Washington Post: Buffett Pessimistic About Newspapers. “Simply put, if cable and satellite broadcasting, as well as the Internet, had come along first, newspapers as we know them probably would never have existed.” It’s a sobering assessment from the world’s most famous investor. Here’s his full letter to shareholders. (Note: I’m a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder, as […]