Archive for October, 2006

Why Newspapers Are Dying a Slow, Painful Death

As I watch Gannett in my hometown spring up new local print publications that seemingly step on each others’ toes, I have to step back and look at the newspaper landscape and wonder how much longer they will survive. I guess when you are a $7 billion company, it takes awhile for you to die. [...]

Judy’s Book Speaks Out on the Difficulties of Local Portals

Thanks to one of my favorite blog sites the Local Onliner, I was pointed to the co-founder of Judy’s Book blog Andy Sack. If you haven’t seen Judy’s Book, it is a local e-commerce portal appealing to local businesses (sound familiar?). On his post, he talks about the big issues facing local e-commerce portals which [...]