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BIG GAINS IN ONLINE NEWS READERSHIP, REVENUES And according to a new study by Borrell Associates, www.borrellassociates.com, "Newspapers, TV and radio station Web sites experienced strong revenue growth in 2004 as they held onto half of all locally spent online advertising. Newspapers remained the leader, generating nearly $1.2 billion from their sites. TV sites saw nearly 60 percent revenue growth at $119 million, and radio stations suddenly awakened to the opportunity in 2004, nearly doubling their Internet ad revenues at $34 million." The numbers look even better for 2005. MORE NEW BLOGGERS CAN BE FOUND AT NEWSPAPER SITES • Doug Herold, Editor of Electronic Publishing at the New Haven, Conn., Register, reports that they've added three new blogs:
The paper also had two short term-blogs for the NCAA men's and women's basketball tourneys. Kristi Angel, managing editor of The Billings (Mont.) Gazette, reports that the newspaper has launched eight blogs, including a teen blog called "Quarter Spent," because these 15-year-olds think that a quarter of their lives is over. See the blogs here: The Reading (Pa.) Eagle has a long list of new blogs, nine from staffers, one from the mayor, five from citizens and two "Backtalk Blogs" in which readers can discuss editorials and letters to the editor. See them all here: The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, Ind., debuted its first blog, www.tracywarner.net, at the beginning of the year. Warner is the editorial page editor. And here's the most comprehensive list of blogs by journalists: We'd like to know about what new blogs or other interactive features have been launched at news sites. Tell us at kens@spokesman.com. SMALL PAPERS CAN DO MULTIMEDIA, TOO Chris Ammann, an enterprising staff photographer at the Carroll County Times, a 27,000 circulation daily newspaper just outside of Baltimore, started doing some multimedia efforts last year. To see the work, go here: http://www.CCTphoto.com and click on "projects." Have you done any recent multimedia work you'd like to share with others? Tell us at kens@spokesman.com. EXPERT TIPS FOR SHOOTING WEB VIDEO ANOTHER REPORT OF PROBLEMS ON SPORTS CREDENTIALS They were told the NCAA "didn't want us posting 'live'" results and that we already had someone from the Iowa City Press-Citizen with credentials to the event. The bottom line, I think, was that the championships were played tape-delayed on ESPN2, and the NCAA didn't want to hurt the potential ratings for the event." Has your staff has a similar experience? Tell us at kens@spokesman.com. COOPERATION KUDOS: MEMBERS RUSH AP TIPS, STORIES, PHOTOS — The Times Leader and The Citizens' Voice in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and The Express-Times in Easton, Pa., for quickly sharing photos when heavy rains led to extensive flooding in northeastern Pennsylvania April 3. The same spring storm dumped three feet of snow in Erie, Pa., where the Erie Times-News shared its photos with other members. — The Express-Times in Easton, Pa., for calling the Philadelphia AP immediately upon learning that an officer had been shot inside police headquarters March 25. Editors later sent AP a detailed story and a photo, even though they could not publish the information until the next day. — The Indiana (Pa.) Gazette for sharing dramatic images from the shooting death of a man outside of the local high school March 23 even though the newspaper could not use the images itself until the next afternoon. — The Express in Lock Haven, Pa., for alerting the Philadelphia AP when a plane crashed in Bellefonte March 26, killing all six people aboard. — The Daily Gate City of Keokuk, Iowa, for sending AP on-cycle the newspaper's story after a furnace at a steel foundry exploded, seriously injuring two workers. — The Hawk Eye of Burlington, Iowa, for sharing the story and photos when 650 United Auto Workers ratified a four-year contract with CNH Global, ending a lengthy strike in four states. — The Daily Reporter of Spencer, Iowa, which shared with the Des Moines AP bureau its story and photos when a funeral was held March 16 for a local soldier killed in Afghanistan. — KFGO radio of Fargo, N.D., which tipped AP about the arrest of a man with a weapon near a Grand Forks middle school. — The Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald, which alerted AP when a tanker truck caught fire, critically injuring a pickup truck driver and shutting down part of Interstate 29 Feb. 14.
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Readership news: Two reports find gains in online news readership and ad spending, respectively. | ABOUT US: APME Update is published weekly by the Associated Press Managing Editors. It is edited by Elaine Kulhanek of the Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune. Send submissions by e-mail to ekulhanek@greatfal.gannett. Our contributors welcome your suggestions and news tips related to their Update topics. Contributors include: • Ken Sands of The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., online • Carol Nunnelley of the Credibility Roundtables project • Darrell Hoemann of The News-Gazette, Champaign, Ill., a member of the Associated Press Photo Managers • Scott Angus of the Janesville (Wis.) Gazette, APME state associations • Logan Molen of The Bakersfield (Calif.) Californian, APME readership committee. |
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