Ferrit’s sale. Seems that their 20% off sale is the fruition of the ‘unsubstantiated rumour. Retailers get to sell their products cheaper, Ferrit cops the bill. Actually I feel this is a pretty good promotion, as it drives people to actually do a transaction, rather than just to visit the website. I have not seen …
Category Archives: media
xtramsn split – the results appear for the first time
We are told in the NZHerald that Yahoo!xtra gets 4-500,000 UB’s a week and 12-14m page impressions. Could we see the source for that information? Yahoo!xtra isn’t on NetRatings and so we have no evidence that this is true? Let’s graph it, and I stress, these figures are not at all comparable – the Yahoo! …
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Leaving a trail….
A wannabe social networking site releases some research (from the UK’s yougov, who ran some panels), and before you know it the WSJ, NET, and SMH are commenting on the perils of releasing too much information on the net. Apparently job seekers get Googled, and if you have a criminal record or drank too much …
Recent Fairfax developements
I cannot talk about these things much, but…. We at Fairfax signed a deal with TVNZ to use their video content. Stuff had a deal with TV3 that lapsed last year, and of course TV3 is now tied up heavily with msn.co.nz. RugbyHeaven.co.nz will launch soonish, and we managed to bring across Marc Hinton and …
How to hire the best people you’ve ever worked with..
Actually that’s a title of an entry of Marc Andreessen‘s new blog. He’s the sort of guy that gets 48,562 pageviews in his first 4.5 days of blogging. I imagine Sam Morgan would get a similar (NZ scaled) response if he started blogging. I agree with Marc’s criteria for hiring good people – (Intelligence,) Drive, …
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The NZMusic fade to black
It’s sad to see the gradual demise of NZMusic.com – a site that once had a commanding grip on the music scene in New Zealand. Traffic has almost totally dried up over the last two years to just 13% of record UB’s and PI’s. The forum, once the place for musos and fans, has been …
Fake Ribena, real Vitamin C
Spotted on the ferry on the way South – fake Ribena, but including real Vitamin C….
Truemors
Truemors is a cool fusion of news and rumors, and perhaps a new word we need to learn. It was launched by Guy Kawasaki for just $12100, although he also has an enormously popular blog and a huge following. I’m not sure it is useful yet, but one thing I do like is that I …
April is shorter than March
I just have to quote this Dow Jones wire article – via the subscription walled WSJ. “Yahoo! UK Web Sites’ Vistors Dn 3% On Mo In April – ComScore’ Yes – that’s the real headline, complete with 3 shortened words. “DOW JONES NEWSWIRES May 29, 2007 6:02 a.m. LONDON (Dow Jones)–Unique visitors to Web sites …
AFR.com.au
Someone (at Crikey.com) has finally written about the usability travesty that is AFR.com.au. The article is pretty entertaining, but the points about the usability of what should be the wsj of this region are right on: The article starts with a bang… “The AFR’s new multi-million dollar online push is in serious trouble, with the …
A future for newspapers?
Andy Kessler’s A Future for Newspapers in the (subscription required) WSJ makes a few good points: “Media, after all, is about owning a pipe …. The tighter the pipe, the less the competition.” For broadcasters, the pipe is spectrum For cable operators, it is often the sole cable franchise For phone companies, it’s those regulated …
Local coverage from afar: Outsourcing journalists
From Rodney Van Meter via Dave Farber’s IP list, here is news that could make local news reporters nervous: “The website Pasadena Now, a local online news source, has created a stir by hiring a couple of reporters to report on Pasadena City Council meetings. Why the stir? Well, the reporters live in Mumbai and …
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qantas media awards – some pictures
Some Stuffies Newspaper of the year – again And my favorite – The environment portfolio award, sponsored by….. Shell, and won by Sandra Mu with (stunning) photos of… duck hunting.
Qantas media awards – protest by APN Sub editors
At the Qantas media Awards last night there was a very polite protest from 3 APN sub editors (I assume). They are protesting against APN’s decision to outsource sub-editing. When someone turned the mike off the calmly walked off the stage, making a brief appearance on the dance floor later on. Very well done. Watch …
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DPReview falls to Amazon
DPReview is the site for checking out the latest hotness in digital cameras. I’ve been using the site for years as I tend to lose, drop, vibrate to death or otherwise attempt to destroy the digital cameras I own. Strangely enough they don’t totally die (I look for robustness), but they are broken enough so …
Lance Wiggs 