It's 11 and I'm ready for bed. Yes, that's 11 AM. Curse you, winter months.
But one more awesome piece of news: the Pulitzer Prizes are now accepting entries from online-only publications. The Pulitzers are moving into the future. Why can't everything else? I guess we all wish we knew. Besides economic troubles, why did there have to be Media Meltdown Monday? The only people that should lose jobs when we turn to web are printers (sorry, guys). Designers, writers, and editors alike should have a place online.
Still, folks are writing lots about the future of publishing and there's lots of wobbly knees at the offices of Big Media. Things aren't going so well.
Tip Sheet:
* Tina Brown 'gets it' and saves all the writers for herself. Good thinking.
* Great books on Nintendo. Holy Shit.
* September: New York Magazine gets us talking about "The End"
* Insightful solutions from the Urban Elitist
* December: Cuts at Random House, NYTimes asks for big money, Tribune Company declares bankruptcy
* James Gleik's poorly written Op-Ed for the NYTimes gets a lot of online attention
* The only way to save the industry is a pretty package? So says Good Magazine. Good luck, folks.
* Quill and Quire OMNI with a huge leak. The Globe and Mail scraps their standalone Books Section, arguably the nation's best, and folds it into the Focus section.
The last word: we will be fine. If there is a way to make money, North Americans will find it.
1 comment:
Do you know how magazines and newspapers are faring in other parts of the world? The Internet scare has been such a big topic for North American publishers, but I wonder if it could be in fact a literacy scare. The Internet simply does not provide the same quality content that dedicated staff at the NY Times do.
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