http://aaronmentele.com/2006/11/08/gannett-gets-radical/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://aaronmentele.com/2006/11/08/gannett-gets-radical/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Content is not king. at charisma:18 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:06:51 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2006/11/08/gannett-gets-radical/#comment-1196 [...] Since nobody reads them any way, I won’t jump into another post about Gannett’s digital publishing efforts. I will say this, though, content isn’t shit if your distribution channel is broken. The entire newspaper industry needs to spike its collective web strategy before using the “content is king” phrase ever again. As an alternative, maybe it could test-drive the phrase “accessibility is king” for a while. Maybe even “craigslist is king.” Newspapers could learn a lot from a widely accessible site that develops none of it’s own content. [...] [...] Since nobody reads them any way, I won’t jump into another post about Gannett’s digital publishing efforts. I will say this, though, content isn’t shit if your distribution channel is broken. The entire newspaper industry needs to spike its collective web strategy before using the “content is king” phrase ever again. As an alternative, maybe it could test-drive the phrase “accessibility is king” for a while. Maybe even “craigslist is king.” Newspapers could learn a lot from a widely accessible site that develops none of it’s own content. [...]

]]> http://aaronmentele.com/2006/11/08/gannett-gets-radical/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Newspapers strike deal with Yahoo! at charisma:18 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:22:38 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2006/11/08/gannett-gets-radical/#comment-998 [...] Earlier this month Gannett, Tribune, and McClatchy (which recently absorbed Knight Ridder properties) made news for their investment into topix.net, an online news aggregator. Gannett also announced a community publishing initiative to leverage crowd sourcing. [...] [...] Earlier this month Gannett, Tribune, and McClatchy (which recently absorbed Knight Ridder properties) made news for their investment into topix.net, an online news aggregator. Gannett also announced a community publishing initiative to leverage crowd sourcing. [...]

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