How Google is Unlocking the Hidden Ad Value in Old Media

Google is going after new revenue streams and old media is snoring on their archives. Times of India has an century worth of archives..

NYT’s TimesPeople Social Network Tops 100,000 Users (NYT)

Impressive growth in less than 100 days! News does have a role to play in social networking and vice versa. Watch this space

Crain Closes Financial Week Print Mag; Now Online Only | paidContent.org

More print media are moving online as print costs go up.

Many thanks to Steve Rubel for the links.

We continue our series with more links about the changing landscape, please do let us know if you enjoying this would like for us to continue.

Tribune Co. Mulling Bankruptcy – BusinessWeek

If Tribune does file for bankruptcy it would significant low point for the industry and a shift in the direction of where the industry is headed.. It was meant to happen but it still does hit you when it does.

The Medium – Content and Its Discontents – NYTimes.com

A fabulous write-up and analysis of whats wrong with current state of journalism and where its headed to! Kudos to the author.

NewAssignment.Net | an experiment in open-source reporting

An interesting experiment with the cutting edge phone. Nokia is the market leader in India. I am sure people would sign up and contribute if the right tools are available at the right time ..

CNN Cuts Entire Science, Tech Team : CJR:

I have watched Miles O’ Brien time and again, a fabulous reporter! As media organizations trim down in the US its only a sign of the times & a good lesson for the indian television industry to learn from. I hope we do.

The New York Times Clutters Up Its Homepage With Links From Elsewhere (In Beta)

Interesting model for news aggregation. NYTimes understands that the users are looking for options and cannot control them. If you ask us its a brilliant move.. NYTimes wants to become the start page for news.. Thoughts?

Mauj Takes FHM Mobile | MediaNama

Mobile News in India is becoming a pretty fragmented market without a clear revenue model in sight. Not many mobile users use these VAS services. Do you?

The automated posting from delicous is not working. We contacted delicious support and it appears that its a known problem, so please pardon the delay. The news industry is transforming… And we have front row seats to this generational shift.

As part of our interactions with you we would like start a new series that would give you an update on the news & media industry that we cater to.

More links on the way..