The Steve Rubel Stream

Insights on emerging technologies and trends.

Julio Ojeda-Zapata on the Potential for Newspaper Storystreaming

Julio Ojeda-Zapata explainsl how the St. Paul Pioneer Press used Posterous to solicit photos from readers in reporting the Packers-Vikings game over the weekend.

Filed under  Lifestreaming   newspapers   posterous  
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Posted 4 months ago

Chart: Newspaper Circulation - the Last Two Decades

Fascinating look at newspaper circulation over the last 20 years. Handy for PowerPoints should you need it.

Filed under  media   newspapers   stats  
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Posted 4 months ago

Charticle: The Death of the Print Newspaper

The Mint blog has compiled in one place a wealth of data about the decline of the print newspaper. The data points come from the Newspaper Association of America and Bloomberg. 

Curiously the data doesn't include aggregate figures from Mint users - which conceivably they can compile by looking at payments to newspaper delivery companies and the like. It would have been interesting to see how this trend is sliced among Mint users, who are more tech savvy. 

The full size infographic is here. Highlights below via Mint.

Filed under  charts   journalism   media   newspapers   stats   trends  
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Posted 5 months ago