Comments on: We Aren’t Still Looking for a Silver Bullet, Are We? http://blog.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Spot.Us Expands to L.A. with Annenberg and a 10-month State of the Spot « DigiDave – Journalism is a Process, Not a Product http://blog.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we/comment-page-1#comment-30027 Spot.Us Expands to L.A. with Annenberg and a 10-month State of the Spot « DigiDave – Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:39:38 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1339#comment-30027 [...] I have also come to realize that there is no silver bullet. Journalism needs multiple revenue streams. That is also why I believe “content is King, [...] [...] I have also come to realize that there is no silver bullet. Journalism needs multiple revenue streams. That is also why I believe “content is King, [...]

]]> By: Spot.Us Expands to L.A. with Annenberg and a 10-month State of the Spot | Spot Us - "Community Funded Reporting" http://blog.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we/comment-page-1#comment-22457 Spot.Us Expands to L.A. with Annenberg and a 10-month State of the Spot | Spot Us - "Community Funded Reporting" Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:12:38 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1339#comment-22457 [...] I have also come to realize that there is no silver bullet. Journalism needs multiple revenue streams. That is also why I believe “content is King, [...] [...] I have also come to realize that there is no silver bullet. Journalism needs multiple revenue streams. That is also why I believe “content is King, [...]

]]> By: Paid Content Roundup Aug. 31-Sept. 4: The P-G is the 1st Penguin in the Water, 3 Wolf Moon and 10 Lies http://blog.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we/comment-page-1#comment-20733 Paid Content Roundup Aug. 31-Sept. 4: The P-G is the 1st Penguin in the Water, 3 Wolf Moon and 10 Lies Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:55:24 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1339#comment-20733 [...] asks, “We Aren’t Still Looking for a Silver Bullet, Are We?” http://www.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we.html He compares the strategies of Leo DiCaprio in Titanic vs. Tom Hanks in Castaway – that Leo [...] [...] asks, “We Aren’t Still Looking for a Silver Bullet, Are We?” http://www.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we.html He compares the strategies of Leo DiCaprio in Titanic vs. Tom Hanks in Castaway – that Leo [...]

]]> By: tgd http://blog.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we/comment-page-1#comment-20615 tgd Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:57:44 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1339#comment-20615 Not to press the analogy to "Scarface" extremes, but: There's no silver bullet. We need a hail of bullets. When you think about it, print didn't get to its heights on a single revenue stream, either: National display, local display, auto classifieds, recruitment classifieds, home classifieds and subscriptions are all VERY different businesses, with different rates, different client goals and different sales channels. But combine them and you have (well, *had*) a business that could gross hundreds of millions a year in a decent-sized city. Online will never get to those levels because there's no natural monopoly. But I'm spending time working on GrowthSpur.com precisely because I believe the melding of several revenue streams will make hyperlocal and niche sites successful. -tgd Not to press the analogy to “Scarface” extremes, but:

There’s no silver bullet.

We need a hail of bullets.

When you think about it, print didn’t get to its heights on a single revenue stream, either: National display, local display, auto classifieds, recruitment classifieds, home classifieds and subscriptions are all VERY different businesses, with different rates, different client goals and different sales channels. But combine them and you have (well, *had*) a business that could gross hundreds of millions a year in a decent-sized city.

Online will never get to those levels because there’s no natural monopoly. But I’m spending time working on GrowthSpur.com precisely because I believe the melding of several revenue streams will make hyperlocal and niche sites successful.

-tgd

]]> By: links for 2009-08-25 « Glenna DeRoy http://blog.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we/comment-page-1#comment-20022 links for 2009-08-25 « Glenna DeRoy Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:59:34 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1339#comment-20022 [...] We Aren’t Still Looking for a Silver Bullet, Are We? « DigiDave – Journalism is a Process, Not ... (tags: onlinejournalism paidcontent businessmodels agreed) [...] [...] We Aren’t Still Looking for a Silver Bullet, Are We? « DigiDave – Journalism is a Process, Not … (tags: onlinejournalism paidcontent businessmodels agreed) [...]

]]> By: Recommended reading: A few vital links to share – Invisible Inkling http://blog.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we/comment-page-1#comment-19928 Recommended reading: A few vital links to share – Invisible Inkling Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:51:13 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1339#comment-19928 [...] We Aren’t Still Looking for a Silver Bullet, Are We? Dave Cohn has been using the “journalists awash at sea” metaphor lately, encouraging us to grab not just *the one perfect log* but rather, to use some string and tie a few together. He then offers at least five ideas — pick any three, tie them together, and you have a shot. [...] [...] We Aren’t Still Looking for a Silver Bullet, Are We? Dave Cohn has been using the “journalists awash at sea” metaphor lately, encouraging us to grab not just *the one perfect log* but rather, to use some string and tie a few together. He then offers at least five ideas — pick any three, tie them together, and you have a shot. [...]

]]> By: Joha http://blog.digidave.org/2009/08/we-arent-still-looking-for-a-silver-bullet-are-we/comment-page-1#comment-19927 Joha Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:51:51 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1339#comment-19927 Dave - as always, there is plenty to agree. I like the idea about Newsroom Café, as it signals the transparency the industry so desperately needs. But will it pay the staff? No way. I also followed the NewsPass discussion. It sounds really promising as it would make it easier to engage and pay, in some ways similar to what OpenID is/was about. As far as the sharing of information about users is concerned: This would only work up to a certain degree, at least in Europe, as we have stronger data protection (rightfull so, I have to add). But news organisations really have to think if they can survive solely as news organisations. And some are scared to think this through as they lack ideas. But there are plenty - look at press-clippings for example: If you manage to establish an industry-wide standard for how to make your data perfectly readable (not only on the web, but directly out of any content management system), publishers can easily go into the press-clipping-business. Here in Germany, it is still a job students do...they read the internet and papers early in the morning and textmark things. Why not let a program run through the data and automatically cough up customized files you can easily take money for? It only takes some more developments in the semantic web, and look how fast the progress has been in the last few months (note: this clipping service would be different from a normal search engine as it would also use data that is not yet available on the net or things that are behind paywalls, as it gets its data directly from the source). There are plenty of things and who believes pay-walls will save you reminds me too much of AOL and the like. Dave –
as always, there is plenty to agree. I like the idea about Newsroom Café, as it signals the transparency the industry so desperately needs. But will it pay the staff? No way.

I also followed the NewsPass discussion. It sounds really promising as it would make it easier to engage and pay, in some ways similar to what OpenID is/was about. As far as the sharing of information about users is concerned: This would only work up to a certain degree, at least in Europe, as we have stronger data protection (rightfull so, I have to add).

But news organisations really have to think if they can survive solely as news organisations. And some are scared to think this through as they lack ideas. But there are plenty – look at press-clippings for example: If you manage to establish an industry-wide standard for how to make your data perfectly readable (not only on the web, but directly out of any content management system), publishers can easily go into the press-clipping-business. Here in Germany, it is still a job students do…they read the internet and papers early in the morning and textmark things. Why not let a program run through the data and automatically cough up customized files you can easily take money for? It only takes some more developments in the semantic web, and look how fast the progress has been in the last few months (note: this clipping service would be different from a normal search engine as it would also use data that is not yet available on the net or things that are behind paywalls, as it gets its data directly from the source).

There are plenty of things and who believes pay-walls will save you reminds me too much of AOL and the like.

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