http://oznewspapers.com News and views about newspapers Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:21:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An American survey has found that more people obtain national and international news from the internet than any other medium. Forty percent say they get most of their news about national and international issues from the internet, up from just 24 percent in September 2007. For young people, the internet now rivals ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/119 I was surprised the Australian Press Council upheld a complaint against the Sunday Age for obtaining information from a source without informed consent. The girl was drunk when she spoke to the newspaper. Which is what the story was about, I remember reading it. The story was on “ladettes” … young women who ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/113 I worked for WAN. What do I make of the changes there? It's hard to say if Kerry Stokes and his people will be better than the previous board and management, but they couldn't possibly be worse. Paul Armstrong continues to be the editor of The West Australian, but presumably not for ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/109 I'm looking forward to reading the latest State of the Newsprint Media report. There was a preview in the Australian Press Council newsletter that teased my interest. The summary touched on the twin pressures confronting journalism from different directions. The public relations industry on one hand and citizen journalism assisted by ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/104 It's nearly a month since I've found time to write here. In the past week the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald has departed and Fairfax chief executive David Kirk has been knifed. There is no polite way to describe Kirk's treatment. He was addressing staff in Melbourne while his board ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/89 Fairfax started slashing jobs before the recession kicked in. Now Rupert Murdoch is promising cuts "across the board" as News Corporation earnings diminish. I question this strategy. I thought we learnt a lesson from the 1990s that people are important? Murdoch is implying that he ran his business inefficiently while times were ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/87 The PANPA website has undergone a significant and long-overdue overhaul. The site includes features, blogs and podcasts. It promises to publish industry news daily. "The six key-area blogs are a major part of the site, giving you a chance to publish your own article or comment on the views of others about ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/85 This probably sounds like heresy to advertising managers, but in my past life as a communications consultant I was happy to advise clients to advertise on the left-hand page. From my Rural Press layout training (when training was compulsory under Paul Keating) I learnt from a publishing guru that right-hand pages ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/83 The Newspaper Works website has been revamped. It's a much better effort than the previous incarnation. In fact, the previous site should never have been launched given its lack of content. This collaborative effort of the nation's major publishers is gaining momentum and will hopefully serve the purpose of convincing advertisers that ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/81 Australia has almost certainly plunged into recession, or is at least teetering over the brink. It will be interesting to see how newspaper managers cope with declining revenues. Many companies see advertising as discretionary expenditure and make it one of the first items they cut when times are tough. We're already feeling ... http://oznewspapers.com/archives/79