“L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.” KnowsImportantCultureCoursesAttentionToo MuchNew YorkIndustryOfficeBoxesNewspapersArchitectReportersRatingBox OfficeNewspaper Reporters Author:Dylan Walsh
“The Internet will not become a money machine until the banking industry figures out how to transfer money for free so you can charge USD 0.005 (half a cent) for some simple service like, say, reading a newspaper article you have searched for. With today's payment system, the cost of the transfer of the funds completely dwarf the cost of the service paid for. ... This situation, however, is what acutely prevents the Internet from taking off as a network for paid services.” TodayReadingSimpleHalfSituationFiguresIndustryInternetCostMachinesPaidNewspapersFundArticlesCentsBankingPaymentTransfersDwarfsDwarves Author:Erik Naggum
“On behalf of the newspaper industry I wish to announce some changes we're making to serve you better. When I say 'serve you better,'' I mean 'increase our profits.' We newspapers are very big on profits these days. We're a business, just like any other business, except that we employ English majors.” MeanBigsWishIndustryMajorsIncreaseProfitNewspapersThese DaysBehalfEnglish Major Author:Dave Barry
“The three principal trends affecting how we do business in the newspaper production industry might best come under the headings: automation, diversification, distributed print.” MightThreeIndustryProductionsNewspapersPrintTrendsPrincipalHeadingsDiversificationAutomation Author:Eric Bell
“We think we have to work because the advertising industry has elevated wants into needs. The newspapers and the television batter us incessantly with the latest "must-haves", whether that's shoes, videogames or patio heaters. As a result, mums think they "have" to work at Tesco in order to buy expensive trainers.” ThinkingWantNeedsOrderResultsTelevisionIndustryShoesNewspapersAdvertisingExpensiveMumTrainersIncessantlyVideogameAdvertising IndustryTesco Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Nowadays, of course, just about our only solvent industry is the merchandising of death, bankrolled by our grandchildren, so that the message of our principal art forms, movies and television and political speeches and newspaper columns, for the sake of the economy, simply has to be this: War is hell, all right, but the only way a boy can become a man is in a shoot-out of some kind, preferably, but by no means necessarily, on a battlefield.” MenWayKindMeanArtWarFormPoliticalCoursesBoysEconomyHellTelevisionIndustrySpeechMessagesSakeNewspapersPrincipalGrandchildrenColumnsBattlefieldsPolitical SpeechesMerchandising Book:Bluebeard: A Novel Source: Bluebeard: A Novel
“In those days, most people read newspapers, whereas today, most people do not. What caused this change? One big factor, of course, is that people are a lot stupider than they used to be, although we here in the newspaper industry would never say so in print.” PeopleBigsTodayUsedCoursesIndustryNewspapersFactorsUsed To BePrint Author:Dave Barry
“... people in the newspaper industry saw the web as a newspaper. People in TV saw the web as TV, and people in book publishing saw it as a weird kind of potential book. But the web is not just some kind of magic all-absorbing meta-medium. It's its own thing.” PeopleKindBookSawsMagicTvsIndustryNewspapersMediumsPublishingAbsorbingBook Publishing Author:Paul Ford
“Consumer habits have changed dramatically. People have gotten used to getting the news they want, when they want it, how they want it, and where they want it. And this change is here to stay. Despite all the dire reports about the state of the newspaper industry, we are actually in the middle of a golden age for news consumers who can surf the Net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and be able to comment, interact, and form communities.” PeopleWorldWantStatesStoriesUseAgeAbleFormUsedCommunityMiddleChangedIndustryHabitNewsAccessNewspapersGoldenDespiteAround The WorldConsumersReportsCommentEnginesSurfGolden AgeSearch Engine Author:Arianna Huffington
“As the newspaper industry continues to contract, one of the most commonly voiced fears is that serious investigative journalism will be among the victims of the scaleback. And, indeed, many newspapers are drastically reducing their investigative teams.” TeamSeriousIndustryVictimNewspapersJournalismContractsReducingInvestigative Journalism Author:Arianna Huffington
“Now the industry is looking at the change in a very real way - to find ways of talking to the consumer much faster. Everything we have is changing with communication - from fashion to newspapers.” WayRealTalkingFashionCommunicationIndustryNewspapersFasterConsumersWay Of Talking Author:Donna Karan