Being out of the loop means I’ve missed the launch of two college-targeted social networking sites by major newspaper organizations.
Rachele Kanigel mentioned the two sites in the Student Newspaper Survival weblog: Another invasion on college media turf. Now there are three of these experiments, and BigLickU looks like a grandparent, age-wise, since it’s been up […]
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It had to happen: two more sites aimed at college crowd
Blueprint for Gannett’s future
The Business Beat
Participants at the recent CICM new media workshop in Nashville listened intently to keynote speaker Jennifer Carroll. Carroll is Gannett’s vice president of new media content in the newspaper division of the company.
Carroll played a key role in the development of Gannett’s “Information Center” concept and was named Gannett corporate staffer of […]
USAT contract shows shifting photoj biz
PDNOnline reports that USA Today has a new contract for freelance photographers that basically gives Gannett full rights to use the photos in any medium forever in exchange for a $100 rise in the daily fee.
The shooter retains the copyright to the photos, and can license them to other media outlets after a 30-day […]
The transformation of Gannett
Students and advisers attending the CICM new media conference held in Nashville, March 29 - 31, received classroom training from some of the best new media producers around including Jack Lail, Lee Clontz, Angela Grant and Jason Levine. The conference’s main focus was hands-on training and that’s what the participants got three hours at a […]
