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Mar. 26th MINT of India: two years later, evolution of a new financial daily, and its design

TAKEAWAY: As I concluded my week in Delhi, working with the Hindustantimes, I took pride each day to look at its sister publication, MINT, that dynamic financial daily that was launched Feb. 1, 2007. Two years later, it is a success in the market, and its design has evolved just as well. ALSO: At the National Press Club, in Washington DC, a cautiously optimistic forum on the future of our industry. PLUS: Weekend Reading Notes and observations—Esquire’s cover, the Kindle 2 and the future of books, more about the marvelous iPhone and more.

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Mar. 24th More on iPhone applications and news

TAKEAWAY: Yesterday we devoted most of this blog to the iPhone and its potential to link up with news organizations, a win win situation for all.  We expand on it today, with new research and the iPhone from Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana.

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Mar. 23rd The iPhone and news: interesting prospects ahead

TAKEAWAY: The iPhone, that marvelous piece of equipment, inches closer to becoming an ally of the news business.  The unveiling of the new features of the iPhone are reason for optimism. Newspaper managers be on the lookout for opportunities.

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Mar. 22nd Tips for a successful Sunday newspaper edition

TAKEAWAY: This is my first report from India, where I work this week, and it is based on my observations of the Sunday newspaper market here.

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Mar. 19th Creating graphics and illustration for a long series

TAKEAWAY: One does not see it happen very often, but when it is done, the impact of a well thought out visual plan emerges vibrantly.  At the Gulf News of Dubai, the technique is used occasionally, with great results, as we see in the one we have chosen to show here. PLUS: Tyler Brulé invites me on his The Monocle Weekly radio show about the future of newspapers.

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Mar. 19th New financial daily for the UAE: birth of Alrroya

TAKEAWAY: Yes, some dailies are disappearing, but others are born. Such is the case of the new financial daily published in the United Arab Emirates, Alrroya, a so called “multi-platform” publication launched March 15.

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Mar. 17th In Seattle: The online-only P-I offers new possibilities

TAKEAWAY: It is a sad day when a newspaper disappears. Yesterday, the Today was the last printed edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Today, readers can find most of the information they are used to seeing on the printed pages of the P-I online, at http://www.seattlepi.com. I take a look too.

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Mar. 15th The good news: we are reading more

TAKEAWAY: It is a good way to start the week, a sort of stimulus for the mood: we are reading more books, which translates into: as long as the art and enjoyment of reading are staying robust, then so will storytelling and the many platforms that dispense it.

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Mar. 15th The Aretha Hat: huge, bold and bling bling—-what can we learn?

TAKEAWAY: It is over the top, it shines, and one cannot ignore it. It is a scene stealer and says: Look at me, look at me.  Lessons newspapers could learn from that monstrously popular hat that Aretha Franklin wore to President Obama’s Inaugural.

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Mar. 13th The Craft: how Da Vinci and Beckham can join forces on a magazine cover

TAKEAWAY: Often lately, as we wake up each morning to worsening news of how our industry is doing in the midst of the worst global economic crisis ever, we tend to forget what our real job is.  I just realized that this blog space has NOT dealt with craft-related issues for weeks, as our efforts (call it a mini campaign?) have been to discuss survival tips and possibilities for newspapers and publishing houses everywhere to carve themselves a little breathing room that will allow them to contniue operating. Today we change that with this posting.

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Mar. 12th No best or worst cities: it is our memories that count

TAKEAWAY: Watching CNN yesterday, my ears perked up when the anchorman announced the list of the six worst cities in which to work in the world. Four of the six worst are frequent stops for me in my own work. Are these cities truly as bad as they are described? I review my memories, and, yes, I am going back to all of them soon. Cities are all about one’s own personal experience,and the memories.

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Mar. 11th From Paris: notes about the city that sleeps late; plus the ultimate wrap-around ad

TAKEAWAY: Wake up early in Paris and you see this magnificent city as it struggles to get up, but when it does, it shows vitality and energy; admiring today’s International Herald Tribune and its werap around advertisement.

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Mar. 10th President Obama : “I like the feel of a newspaper”

TAKEAWAY: We in the newspaper industry need all the marketing help we can get these days, so I was happy when I read this note about President Obama enjoying the experience of reading newspapers that he can touch. Maybe the Obama magic spreads to newspapers.

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Mar. 9th College dailies inspire journalistic careers: keep them going!

TAKEAWAY: College and university newspapers try hard to be like their professional counterparts; today, as the mainstream newspapers suffer from their worst economic fate ever, so do college dailies. With their advertising revenue down, so are the stipends and scholarships for student editors.  Potential journalism careers are in peril.

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Mar. 6th Weekend Sequels: On charging for online services, design awards and Facebook chic

TAKEAWAY: Many of our readers here prefer to send me emails as opposed to making comments right on the blog! I deal with some of them here during the Weekend Sequels.

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