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David Shedden
Tracking changes in how news is financed.
TRANSFORMATION TOPICS:
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Entrepreneurial Journalism

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History of News Transformation

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News Transformation Examples

Newsgathering Partnerships

Nonprofits

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The Future of Advertising
Posted by David Shedden at 12:00 AM on Feb. 4, 2010
Links tracking the future of advertising and journalism:

Featured Story:

Google Patent Filings Shed Light On Future Of Internet And Online Advertising
Laurie Sullivan, MediaPost News, Online Media Daily, Feb. 4, 2010

"Google updated a series of patent filings in January that could suggest the search giant plans to dig deeper into behavioral targeting, video content, and might also roll out dynamic advertising in its mapping applications."


Borrell vs. Potts: Can Local Advertisers Be Sold on Local Online News?
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 8, 2010

News Organizations Tap into Twitter, Facebook to Generate Ad Revenue
Mallary Jean Tenore, Poynter, Feb. 1, 2010

Apple's Insidious Plan To Force Advertisers To Use Apple's Ad Technology
Ian Schafer, Business Insider, Jan. 28, 2010

Giving Mobile Ads a Makeover
Jessica E. Vascellaro and Emily Steel,
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 28, 2010 

Five Mobile Trends for 2010
Dan Neumann and Allison Mooney 
Advertising Age, Jan. 21, 2010

Confusing Audience Metrics Are Crippling Online Ad Sales
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Jan. 15, 2010

Google: Apple's Quattro Buy Is Proof Of A Competitive Mobile Ad Market
Tameka Kee, paidContent, Jan. 5, 2010

2010: Another Year of Waiting for Serious Revenue
from Mobile Ads, Online Display and Social Media

Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Jan. 4, 2010

Ad Influx Brightens Hopes For Newspapers, Magazines
Russell Adams and Shira Ovide, Wall Street Journal, Jan. 3, 2010

2010 outlook on ad revenue and strategic initiatives
Nestor Bailly, Editors Weblog, Dec. 17, 2009

How to Increase Ad Revenue with Paywalls, Higher Rates, Content Tracking
Steve Myers, Poynter, Dec. 11, 2009

The daunting reality facing newspapers
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Dec. 9, 2009

5 Tools to Help Automate Local Advertising
Andria Krewson, MediaShift, Dec. 8, 2009

Forecast: Online Will Take More Ad Dollars Than Newspapers By 2015
Robert Andrews, paidContent, Dec. 8, 2009

A Friend's Tweet Could Be an Ad
Brad Stone, New York Times, Nov. 21, 2009

Television: Bad News for Local Television Stations
Neal Justin, StarTribune, Nov. 21, 2009

What Consumers Are Thinking & What It Means for the Return of Advertising
Steve Myers, Poynter, Nov. 19, 2009

What's Apple Doing With A Patent For Non-Skippable Ads? 
Jay Yarow, Silicon Alley Insider, Nov. 15, 2009
(See also:
Apple Wouldn't Risk Its Cool Over a Gimmick, Would It?
Randall Stross, New York Times, Nov. 14, 2009) 

How Ford Does Social Media
JD Lasica, Socialmedia.biz, Nov. 9, 2009

Study: Newspapers Need to 'Shed Legacy Costs' to Capture Online Ad Spending
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Nov. 13, 2009

Online Ads Are Booming, if They're Attached to a Video
Brian Stelter, New York Times, Nov. 10, 2009

IDC: Global Online Ad Spend Has Bottomed Out--But Real Growth Won't Show Until Q1
David Kaplan, paidContent, Nov. 10, 2009

Ad Revenue Eludes Papers
Nat Worden, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 4, 2009

Happy Birthday, Digital Advertising!
Frank D'Angelo, Advertising Age, Oct. 26, 2009

High-End Brand Publishers Need to Sell Scalable Premium Ad Solutions, Not Commodity Ad Space
Scott Karp, Publishing 2.0, Oct. 26, 2009

Online Rally May Sidestep Newspapers
Stephanie Clifford, New York Times, Oct. 25, 2009  

Newspapers Find Some Relief in GM, Mercedes-Benz Ads
Greg Bensinger, Bloomberg.com, Oct. 16, 2009

More advert stats: 8% of users account for 85% of clicks
Nestor Bailly, Editors Weblog, Oct. 15, 2009

Can Self-Service Newspaper Ads Crack the Small Merchants Market?
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Oct. 8, 2009

Barely Anybody Clicks On Banner Ads Anymore
Kunur Patel, The Business Insider, Oct. 1, 2009

Prolonged Recession Boosts Coupon Clipping, Newspaper Inserts

Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Sep. 30, 2009

Will the Future of Advertising Be a Blend of Old and New Media?
Knowledge@Wharton, Sep. 30, 2009

Has newspaper advertising reached rock bottom? Probably not
Martin Langeveld, Nieman Journalism Lab, Sep. 22, 2009

A Guide To The Infighting Between Premium Publishers And Ad Networks
Michael Zimbalist, paidContent.org, Sep. 18, 2009

Google Aims to Wrest Display Ads From Yahoo
Miguel Helft and Stephanie Clifford, New York Times, Sep. 18, 2009 

Ad spending 2009: Even media is buying less media
Meg James, Los Angeles Times, Sep. 16, 2009

Privacy Advocates Take On Behaviorally-Targeted Ads on News Sites
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Sep. 8, 2009

Advertisers Get Where the Readers (and Customers) Are
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 28, 2009

More marketers use social networking to reach customers
Jon Swartz, USA Today, Aug. 27, 2009

Twitter To Add Location Data -- A Precursor To Geotargeted Ads?
Tameka Kee, paidContent, Aug. 20, 2009

Newspaper Industry Ad Revenue at 1965 Levels
Ryan Chittum, CJR, Aug. 19, 2009
(See also: The Chasm Between the Value of Print and Web Readers)

Advance Partnership Signals Greater Microsoft/Newspaper Connection
Ken Doctor, Content Bridges, Aug. 16, 2009

Is Television Over?
An intriguing new book about the ad recession's next victim

Seth Stevenson, Slate, Aug. 10, 2009

Modest newspaper sales bounce predicted
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Aug. 7, 2009

Ad Biz Faces the 'New Normal'
The industry will be changed forever by this recession. What will it look like on the other side?
Steve McClellan, Adweek, Aug 3, 2009

The Continuing Search for Online Ads that Work
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Jul. 30, 2009

Taming the Web for Local Advertisers
Jon Fine, BusinessWeek, Jul. 30, 2009

Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal Leaves Newspapers on Sidelines
Ken Doctor, Content Bridges, Jul. 29, 2009

Lab Watches Web Surfers to See Which Ads Work
Brooks Barnes, New York Times, Jul. 26, 2009

Profits, Recession, and Recovery
Robert G. Picard, The Media Business, Jul. 23, 2009

There's ads, and then there's ads
Steve Yelvington, Jul. 23, 2009

Five Reasons to Advertise on Newspaper Web Sites
Lisa Rabasca, Newspaperproject.org, Jul. 23, 2009

NYTimes.com Introduces Self-Serve Ads For Hyperlocal Sites
David Kaplan, PaidContent.org, Jul. 22, 2009

Realtors Repudiate Newspaper Ads
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Jul. 22, 2009

Online Advertising Still Works
Fitz & Jen, Jul. 17, 2009

How Craigslist Turned Small Ads into Big Business
Kevin Anderson, Guardian, Jul. 15, 2009

Nielsen: Personal Ties and Online Opinions Most Trusted
Mark Walsh, Online Media Daily, Jul. 9, 2009

The Poor Connection Between Internet Advertising and Newspaper Woes
Robert G. Picard, The Media Business, Jul. 8, 2009

Interpublic Pushes 'Retail 3.0,' Puts Former Home Depot CMO In Charge Of Emerging Media Lab
Joe Mandese, MediaDailyNews, Jul. 8, 2009

Amazon Patents Detail Kindle Advertising Model
Laurie Sullivan, Online Media Daily, Jul. 7, 2009
(See also: Amazon seeks patents for in-text ads on Kindle
Liz Webber, Editors Weblog, Jul. 7, 2009)

The Economist calls on a new type of targeted reader to "let your mind wander"
Christie Silk, Editors Weblog, July 3, 2009

What Ads Types Are Most Helpful? Search Ads Follow Newspapers, TV
Greg Sterling, Search Engine Land, Jul. 2, 2009

Advertising: The Price of 'Free' Media
Publishers Need a New Contract With Consumers
Omar Tawakol, Advertising Age, Jun. 30, 2009

37 Sites Ready To Implement OPA's Bigger, Badder Ad Formats
Mark Walsh, Online Media Daily, Jun. 30, 2009

The future of ad networks and display advertising
Jake Hird, Econsultancy, Jun. 29, 2009

'Tweets' on the menu are a sweet deal
Restaurants using Twitter for cheap, effective marketing
Devra J. First, Boston Globe, Jun. 29, 2009

MinnPost Tries Ads as Local Bulletins
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jun. 26, 2009

Reinventing classifieds: MinnPost launches "real-time advertising"
Zachary M. Seward, Nieman Journalism Lab, Jun. 25, 2009

Journal of Advertising Research
Advertising Research Foundation, Volume 49, No. 2, Jun. 2009

Social Networks: They're Popular, But Will They Pay? (Audio)
Laura Sydell, NPR, Jun. 23, 2009

NBC, CBS Have Conflicting Visions of Broadcast Future
Brian Steinberg, Advertising Age, Jun. 22, 2009

Univ. of Minn. Conference: New Economic Models for News
Minnesota Journalism Center, Jun. 16, 2009
(See also: Conference Summary)

For Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Members, Targeting Is Now The Draw, Not Job Ads
David Kaplan, paidContent / Washington Post, Jun. 16, 2009

Future of Advertising? Print, TV, Online Ads
ARF, Wharton School Study Finds WOM Largely Driven by Paid Media Ads
Jack Neff, Advertising Age, Jun. 1, 2009

This American Life Recalls The Days Of Newspaper Classifieds 
Chris O'Brien, The Next Newsroom Project, Jun. 12, 2009
(Archived This American Life episode, Oct. 11, 2002) 

Newspapers face ad revenue hit
Jennifer Youssef, The Detroit News, Jun. 10, 2009

Interview: Andy Ellenthal, CEO Of quadrantONE, On The Alliance's Move Beyond Newspapers
David Kaplan, paidContent.org, Jun. 10, 2009

Magazine Researchers Explore New Ways to Weigh Ad Impact
Stephanie Clifford, New York Times, Jun. 9, 2009

Al Gore wants to save advertising, too
Caroline McCarthy, The Social, CNET News, Jun. 3, 2009

Future of Advertising? Print, TV, Online Ads
Jack Neff, Advertising Age, Jun. 1, 2009

Advertising Expenditures --Statistics from NAA
(See Also: NAA's Trends & Numbers)

Yahoo Consortium Newspapers Starting to Book Local Ads
David Johnson, Poynter, May 28, 2009

Publishers Tap Readers for Revenue With $2 Newspapers
Greg Bensinger, Bloomberg.com, May 27, 2009

New revenue streams boost TV, while new fees may stifle Internet radio
Adam Clayton Powell III, Communication Leadership & Policy, May 26, 2009

Pew Research Center: Online Classifieds Climb
Sydney Jones, Pew Internet & American Life Project, May 22, 2009

Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Has Generated Estimated $50 Million In Revenues
David Kaplan, paidContent.org, May 21, 2009

Some Newspapers Booking Local Ads Online Thanks to Yahoo
Nat Ives, Advertising Age, May 21, 2009

An Inside View: How & Why Digital Advertising Stalled
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, May 21, 2008

McClatchy says it will push new ad sales strategy
Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, May 20, 2009

Talking Points Memo�s advertising strategy explained...in 100 seconds
Zachary M. Seward, Neiman Journalism Lab, May 20, 2009

Twitter sees tools, not ads, for revenue
Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters, May 18, 2009
(See also: Interview video with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone)

Magazines Scramble as Auto Pages Diminish
Laura Clark Geist, Advertising Age, May 18, 2009

TV, radio, Web ad revenue taking big hit
Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, May 17, 2009

Study: Newspapers Must Cross 'Digital Abyss'
Media Buyer Planner, May 15, 2009
(See also: Moving into Multiple Business Models
PricewaterhouseCoopers, World Association of Newspapers)

The Future of Advertising is Shakable and Location-Based
Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb, Apr. 30, 2009

Communities are key in building websites' advertiser support
Robert Niles, OJR, Apr. 21, 2009

Time to Reinvent Advertising, Not Sabotage It
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Apr. 13, 2009

The Future of Advertising: Just Ask "What Would Google Do?"
Steve Rubel, Micro Persuasion, Apr. 2, 2009

Redefining Advertising To Save Journalism
Kirk Cheyfitz, Post Advertising, Apr. 1, 2009

By 'optimizing' ads, can the Rubicon Project save this newspaper?
Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times, Mar. 24, 2009

Demos Not Memos: Fixes for Online Ads
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 23, 2009
(See also: RevenueTwoPointZero and Twitter #rev2oh)

Media Giants Want to Top Google Results
Nat Ives, Advertising Age, Mar. 22, 2009

Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet
Eric Clemons, TechCrunch, Mar. 22, 2009

The end of the free lunch -- again: The demise of a popular but unsustainable business model now seems inevitable
The Economist, Mar. 19, 2009

The Great Seattle Advertising Experiment
Scott Karp, Publishing 2.0, Mar. 16, 2009

J.P. Morgan Outlook: 2009 Ad Revenue to Skid 20%
Fitz & Jen, Mar. 9, 2009

Ad Revenue Pain Meets the Multiplier Effect
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Mar. 4, 2009

Coupons May Be One More Revenue Source of Worry
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Feb. 25, 2009

MinnPost Seeks Small Bite of Help-Wanted Market
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 23, 2009

How Low Will Newspapers' Ad Revenues Go?
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, Feb. 19, 2009

Vanishing Ads, the Two Customers Problem &
Why Saving Newspapers is Not Simple

Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Feb. 17, 2009

What Advertisers Want to Know About Your Web Site
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 16, 2009

The ethical journalist's guide to selling ads on a website
Robert Niles, OJR, Feb. 13, 2009

Print drives online ad sales at newspapers
Alan Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Feb. 3, 2009

Washington Post Selling Congrats-Only Obama Ads
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jan. 16, 2009

Is ad-supported journalism viable in a pay-for-performance age?
Ethan Zuckerman, My heart's in Accra, Jan. 16, 2009

The Times to Sell Display Ads on the Front Page
Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times, Jan. 5, 2009

When a Newspaper Stops Publishing in Print,
What Happens to the Print Advertising Dollars?

Scott Karp, Publishing 2.0, Dec. 17, 2008

An Online Ad Forecast: Chilly and Cloudy
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Dec. 5, 2008

Should Newspapers Become Online Ad Brokers for Local Businesses
Mark Glaser, MediaShift, Nov. 20, 2008

Can Newspaper Classifieds Really Be Saved?
Steve Outing, ReinventingClassifieds.com, Apr. 18, 2008

Four Things About QuadrantONE
Ken Doctor, Content Bridges, Feb. 18, 2008

The Coming Ad Revolution
Esther Dyson, Wall Street Journal, Feb. 11, 2008

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