New Media

My Christmas List: #1 A Viable Revenue Model for the Blogosphere

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

It was a particularly depressing week for journalists; I was tempted to turn Romenesko off my Twitter feed, since I kept waking up each morning to more sky-is-falling news about the future of the industry. (Check out his page; it’s a fantastically aggregated downer of all you need to know.) As my last E&P column [...]

E&P: Breaking Through to the Text Message Generation

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Today I address something I’ve been contemplating for weeks: the way teens and younger millennials relate to mobile media more than their older counterparts. Kudos to USC’s Karen North and Celebrifantasy.com’s Marc Mitchell for pitching in on the column:
From a business perspective, it appears to be a home run. Despite the collapse and resurrection of [...]

Politico: Reporters Have No Access on Campaign Trail

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Politico has an interesting story today on how news orgs are apparently wasting big bucks traveling with Obama and McCain to limited results:
“Not only do the reporters have little interaction with the candidates, but increasingly they are having little impact on the broad campaign narratives and daily story lines that supply most voters with their [...]

MSNBC, HuffPost Traffic Spikes

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 16, 2008 ⋅ One comment

With numbers like this from Nielsen Online, the online CPMs are bound to increase at a sharper rate than has previously been predicted (thanks, Editor & Publisher):
Brand — Aug. ‘08 Unique Audience (000) — Aug. ‘07 Unique Audience (000)
MSNBC Digital Network — 52,212 — 29,564
Yahoo! News — 40,787 — 34,277
CNN Digital Network — 38,821 — [...]

Hybrid Media Love Fest at HuffPost Luncheon

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A cast of entertainment, media and political heavyweights discussed the role of new media in the 2008 election this afternoon. Moderated by Charlie Rose, the lineup included Rahm Emanuel, George Stephanopoulos, WaPost’s Katharine Weymouth, Will.i.am, YouTube’s Chad Hurley and the guy who plays Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live.
While a lot of the usual arguments [...]

E&P: The Pew Study Doesn’t Tell Whole Story on Young Readers

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In today’s Editor & Publisher I argue that younger readers are spending less time on news sites because of social networking, mobile-dependency and an affinity for Colbert-style news.
“Defenders of the millennial generation’s civic engagement had some explaining to do last week after a recent Pew study indicated that a third of us don’t seek out [...]

Today’s E&P: Young Journos and The Social Contract 2.0

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Forgive my lengthy absence; I was out of town at my ten year high school reunion!
In this week’s Editor & Publisher column I discuss the murky intersection of journalism with activist bloggers and social networks.
For better or worse, journalism is inherently fused with technological evolution and this alignment will have redefining implications for young journalists. [...]

E&P: Do Young Journos Have a Future? And Will It Be Dumb?

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ One comment

This week’s edition is up. Remember, you can’t leave comments on the Editor & Publisher site yet, but you can leave them here or email me.
It’s baffling how many journalists, who comb through countless angles to produce a thoughtful story, are actually one-trick ponies. Of course, there’s a reason why Scarlett Johanssen’s CD of Tom [...]