Geeks Bearing Gifts

The Link Economy and Creditright

There have long been two creations of value in media: the creation of content, yes, but also the creation of a public — an audience — for it. In legacy news…

Metrics

We get what we measure and we are measuring the wrong things in media. Our old, mass-media metrics of reach and frequency — translated into their digital equivalents: unique users and…

A Note on Journalism Education

These three areas of exploration — relationships, forms, and models — play themselves out in the curriculum and programs at the CUNY Graduate School of…

Data as News

Data is (or are, if you insist) the darling of the news business these days. Visualizations of data — “data viz” in the parlance — are popping up on news sites everywhere. It’s so…

The Pricing Paradox of Information

In Adam Smith’s paradox of value, he wondered why, if water is vital to life and diamonds are not, diamonds are worth so much more than water. The pricing…

Patronage

So far, we have examined direct revenue from users as a matter of access and ownership: a copyright-era model. And we have dealt in one currency: money. There are other models that…

Engagement, Collaboration, and Membership

One of the greatest crises facing news organizations — well, besides disrupted business models, unlimited competition, and eroding trust — is…

Capital: Investment in the Future

It took a half-century after Gutenberg’s invention of the press for the book to take on the form we know today. It took a full century, according to…

Curation

Some say “curation” is one of the most overused buzzwords of the day. Guilty as charged. I use the word often because it encapsulates the value of linking in media: finding the best…

Ecosystems and Networks

After the invention of the high-speed press, news became a vertically organized industry. Single corporations controlled every step: the entire process of defining…

Imagining New Futures for News: a book brought to Medium

The Link Economy and Creditright

Metrics

A Note on Journalism Education

Data as News

The Pricing Paradox of Information

Patronage

Engagement, Collaboration, and Membership

Capital: Investment in the Future

Curation

Ecosystems and Networks

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The Link Economy and Creditright

Metrics

A Note on Journalism Education

Data as News

The Pricing Paradox of Information

Patronage

Engagement, Collaboration, and Membership

Capital: Investment in the Future

Curation

Ecosystems and Networks

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