"Google Devalues Everything It Touches": Charlie Rose today started a series on the future of journalism.
A conversation about the future of newspapers with Walter Isaacson of "Time," Robert Thomson of "Wall Street Journal" and Mort Zuckerman of "The New York Daily News"
It was a fascinating discussion about micropayments, subscription models, and how newspapers can adapt to the challenge of low online ad revenues. And Poynter.org produced an excellent transcript.
Google UK head says that Google isn't to blame for newspapers' problems: it is not Google but consumers who are causing the downturn in advertising in print.
Research: top ten newspaper sites, nytimes.com at the top: According to research from The Bivings Group, which included 100 daily U.S. newspapers, the ideal newspaper website is nytimes.com since it incorporates new Internet tools while managing to retain a classical look. The study focused on web features, key concepts and navigational aspects.
Bivings found that the top ten sites are:
1. The New York Times
2. The Washington Post
3. The Wall Street Journal
4. The Florida Times-Union
5. The Philadelphia Inquirer
6. USA Today
7. The St-Paul Pioneer Press
8. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
9. The Arizona Republic
10. The Columbus Dispatch
