links for 2008-06-24

  • Over all, ad revenue fell almost 8 percent last year. This year, it is running about 12 percent below that dismal performance, and company reports issued last week suggested a 14 percent to 15 percent decline in May.
  • That’s the big picture for journalism and Romenesko. They are both being done in by large impersonal forces like the commoditization of news, accelerated obsolescence, mutating news values, and what happens when newspapers try to wring 21st-century profi
  • Several months ago I spoke with Amy Cross (the editor of this new citi-j site) about citizen journalism in general and technological issues/solutions she might face. I’m glad the site is up and running. Even happier she contacted me to let me know.

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