He is gone.
Thanks God!
The CNN bulling advocacy journalists and political activist is leaving CNN.
A great news for CNN, and for Hispanics and other U.S. minorities that Lou Dobbs targeted to become a popular TV presenter.
FOX News said that they are not interested in him.
Imagine how bad is now his reputation.
As Bill Gates said:
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
Listen to your readers.
Or, better, to your non-readers.
Another first.
This time in New Delhi, a mega city with 100 million people living in its metropolitan area.
Today we had our first ONE DAY WITH INNOVATION in India.
And in our way to the ONE DAY we found 24 billboards promoting the Seminar.
A big event with a massive audience.
Thanks to the efforts of our INNOVATION’s Director in India, Pradeep Sharma.
He has done the same show for many years.
To show the crazy structure of multi-section broadsheets.
And specially with the dammed JUMPS!
So here it is again, this time during an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America.
Better than ever.
LIBE leads today the French press with its coverage of the Berlin Wall anniversary.
What a day, November 9 1989, to review today the failure of the world media to forecast the end of the Wall.
The New York Times reports about i:
It would be hard to find a less promising country in which to start a newspaper than Portugal. Not only are readers defecting to the Internet, as they are elsewhere, but relatively few people ever picked up a paper to begin with. And print advertising has plunged by more than 40 percent this year.Yet while newspapers elsewhere are shutting down or grappling with an uncertain future, Portugal recently got a new one, called i, short for informação, or information.
“Everyone was astonished that they went ahead with the launch when they did,” said João Palmeiro, president of the Portuguese Publishers Association, referring to Lena Group, the Portuguese industrial conglomerate that owns the paper. But he added, “Most of the people are sticking with it once they read it.”
Well, this Thursday, the regional chapter of the Society of News Design holds its annual meeting in Lisbon with a fantastic program that includes the award ceremony for the best designed newspapers of Spain and Portugal.
And the editors of i will explain and present the new paper.
A colorized version of St. Louis Newsies in a May 5, 1910 photo by Lewis Hine.
Watch here the most recent and longest interview with Rupert Murdoch.
Tired?
Yes, but still willing to move ahead.
Retiring?
No.
Pay for content?
Yes.
How soon?
Very soon.
Stay tuned.
The news industry is facing big challenges.
Like in the past.
Like today.
Like tomorrow.
So let’s remember:
“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO what a ride”
(Thanks to INNOVATION’s Claude Erbsen)
The blog of the World Editors Forum writes about “i”, the newspaper that INNOVATION did with Sojormedia in Portugal.
As Emma Heald writes: Portugal’s newest daily newspaper, i, was launched in early May and has attracted a significant amount of attention due to its rising circulation figures and innovative approach. It recently won a design award from the Society of News Design.
See here a recent cover story with a unique front and inside pages that were produced on deadline:
INNOVATION