Columns & opinion

Chuck Blevins: Lessons from Paper, Digest

Feb 16, 2014 at 05:06 pm by Staff

Media companies can learn from the tightly-focussed new apps from Facebook and Yahoo, Chuck Blevins says. “The trend in mobile apps is building toward narrowly focused functi.... Read More

Mario Garcia: It’s the curators’ turn

Feb 03, 2014 at 01:46 am by Staff

It’s all about knowing what to serve on the plate of our hungry readers/users. Curators to the rescue, writes Mario Garcia. Behold those news curators. Their mission involve.... Read More

Peter Coleman: Political nonsense – register to save ten cents

Jan 30, 2014 at 02:58 am by Staff

Australia Post has confirmed that it is planning a ten cent concession on the cost of stamps. What nonsense, writes Peter Coleman. The kneejerk reaction to the political hot.... Read More

Peter Coleman: Weighing anchor when the pension fund owns the shop

Dec 10, 2013 at 02:30 am by Staff

The complexity of updating North America’s depressed print newspaper industry is brought home by news from Charlotte, North Carolina (writes Peter Coleman). There, the daily.... Read More

Rod Kirkpatrick: Cherrys ripe in Burnie

Nov 29, 2013 at 02:02 am by Staff

Ownership dynasties have been common in Australian newspapers, from the Fairfaxes, Symes, Packers and Murdochs at a metropolitan level, to the Motts, Harrises, McPhersons, Wil.... Read More