Andy Soloman

Pixies perform a stunner in New York City. photos - Andy Soloman

From the page: "VIDEO â€" $5 an hour to read online news (as seen in a 1981 TV report) By Andy Soloman Filed in Uncategorized Tagged with Business and Economy, California, Metro Areas, news, Newspaper, online news, online revenue, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, United States, video November 19th, 2009 @ 1:26 pm Itâ€s always good to look back so we can understand just how far we have come. This 1981 TV news report was broadcast on KRON in the San Francisco Bay Area and showed how early home computer adopters were willing to pay $5 an hour (yes, $5 a hour) to consume their daily newspaper online. (Thanks to Graham Holliday (@noodlepie) for including this gem in his presentation â€oePublishing Kigali Wire”). " - Andy Soloman

From the page: "Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar dropping Twitter project for local news service 0 comments By Andy Soloman Filed in Uncategorized, blogging, journalism, news, newspapers, online revenue, publishing, twitter Tagged with Business, EBay, editor, Ginx, Hawaii, Honolulu, Howard Weaver, journalism, local news, media, news, Newspaper, Peer News, Pierre Omidyar, publishing, randy Ching, twitter November 19th, 2009 @ 12:48 pm Image representing Pierre Omidyar as depicted ... Pierre Omidyar, Image via CrunchBase Billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar has announced that heâ€s abandoning Ginx, his Twitter client project, in favour of developing a new online local news service in Hawaii where he lives." - Andy Soloman

From the page: "Associated Press job losses update â€" AP layoff list 0 comments By Andy Soloman Filed in Uncategorized, journalism, media, news, publishing Tagged with AP, Associated Press, Business, Employment, Gawker Media, Government, jobs, Los Angeles Times, news, news wires, Newspaper, publishing, recession, Tom Curley, United States, US November 18th, 2009 @ 5:42 pm AP Associated Press LogoFurther to my posting earlier on job losses at US wire agency the Associated Press, Gawker has been keeping a running total of job losses in both the United States and in news bureaux elsewhere in the world. The list is being constantly updated as more information and tip offs become available. The full AP layoff list can be found here." - Andy Soloman

From the page: "VIDEO- Socialnomics presents compelling evidence of the power of Social Media If you needed any convincing, this latest video â€oeSocial Media ROI: Socialnomics by Socialnomics author Erik Qualman paints a convincing case. Memo to all companies and businesses everywhere: Ignore at your peril. As Qualman says on his Socialnomics â€" Social Media Blog: This article and video have been put together with the hopes of it being a viable tool for those with a vision to get those seated in the back row to stand up and see the social media light. The latest offering is packed full of bold stats, so Iâ€d advise some degree of caution in blindly accepting the detail. However, what cannot be disputed is social media isnâ€t just flexing its muscles, it is fast becoming the most powerful technological revolution to sweep the globe. It is critical for the power of the social media discontinuity to be fully understood. Those that do will prosper. The video follows on from... - Andy Soloman

If you needed any convincing, this latest video â€oeSocial Media ROI: Socialnomics” by Socialnomics author Erik Qualman paints a convincing case. Memo to all companies and businesses everywhere: Ignore at your peril. As Qualman says on his Socialnomics â€" Social Media Blog: This article and video have been put together with the hopes of it being a viable tool for those with a vision to get those seated in the back row to stand up and see the social media light. The latest offering is packed full of bold stats, so Iâ€d advise some degree of caution in blindly accepting the detail. However, what cannot be disputed is social media isnâ€t just flexing its muscles, it is fast becoming the most powerful technological revolution to sweep the globe. It is critical for the power of the social media discontinuity to be fully understood. Those that do will prosper. The video follows on from Qualmanâ€s hugely successful YouTube video from a few months ago called â€oeSocialnomics:... - Andy Soloman

From the page: "Associated Press lays off news staff as cost cutting hits home 0 comments By Andy Soloman Filed in US, Uncategorized, journalism, news, newspapers, online revenue, publishing Tagged with AP, Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, google, jobs, Los Angeles Times, Microsoft, news, news wires, Newspaper, publishing, recession, rupert murdoch, Tom Curley, United States November 18th, 2009 @ 10:31 am The Associated Press Building in New York City... Image via Wikipedia The Associated Press has laid off â€oedozens” of news staff as part of the agencyâ€s bid to reduce staffing costs by 10% this year. The moves come as the 163-year-old cooperative wire agency has grappled with falling revenues, mutiny from its members and well-publicised battles against search engines and aggregators that it accuses of making money off the back of its services. While US news media was buzzing yesterday as first word of the cuts began to filter out, the AP â€" which prides itself on fast... - Andy Soloman

From the page: "Rockâ€n'roller Josh Tyrangiel to leave Time.com, pogo over to lead BusinessWeek Josh Tyrangiel Michael Bloombergâ€s new play thing, the top (but loss-making) BusinessWeek magazine will have 37-year-old Josh Tyrangiel as its new editor, once the acquisition from McGraw-Hill completes in December. Full Article at Andy Soloman" - Andy Soloman