(tldr; A product strategy is only as strong as its weakest link.) The Twitter dust-up this week ostensibly about digital having been a mistake for newspapers felt a bit like Groundhog Day (the movie.) New day, same argument, same result. Steve Buttry and Mathew Ingram both posted eloquent rebuttals: Buttry: The newspaper industry’s colossal mistake was a […]
Everyone has a list of books worth recommending to someone new to your profession. For instance, this collection I posted on Amazon last month. But what about a recommended playlist? For product management. Sounds unlikely, but I am thinking of podcasts not Top 40 hits. (Though You Can’t Always Get What You Want would make […]
So, it is going to be a spectacle, especially during a slow news week, when one media company sues another for hyperlinking: Gatehouse sues NYT Co. over local Websites (Boston.com) Gatehouse Media sues New York Times Co. over copyright issues (WickedLocal.com) (For ongoing analysis Dan Kennedy at Northeastern University is tracking the case at Media […]
The New England Associated Press News Editors Association (NEAPNEA) is holding a multimedia contest and conference this September in Concord, NH. Region One of the National Press Photographers Association will be helping sponsor the event and will be providing a speaker or two. So – I am looking for a photo department or similar group […]