On pandas, lobsters and apps that rock both.
Adam Rifkin argues that Google looks at solving every problem with search while Facebook and Twitter are cleaning up the social realm. He’s probably right, but today it’s easier than ever before to have a toolbox full of all the best stuff and to whip out the right app for what I need right now.
Hey newspapers, quit worrying about what Google’s buying and serve your customers
Because technologies change, merge and shift, newspaper advice to advertisers and platforms for them must be flexible enough to adapt. Local business doesn’t need another business directory, they need a partner and a media hub.
Friday link roundup
Rescuing reporters, paywalls, NPR’s continued expansion and more. What I’m reading this week and why you should be, too.
Make new friends, but keep the old…
Note: This post started as a reply to a post by WeMediaGuru, but it just got too long for that format and turned into its own animal. Today, Jason at wemediaguru notes words from Mike Blinder of the consulting firm The Blinder Group, which works with media companies to maximize revenue: The mafia (yellow pages) [...]