NADbank Data Shows Continuing Newspaper and Online Readership Growth for Globe and Mail

To those who think that the newspaper industry is about to die, I’ve been reading a few articles (both online and in newspapers), there is some … well, news.  If anything, newspapers are not about to roll over and die.  If anything, newspapers have increased readership.  This article from Canada News Wire has more.  Granted, [...]

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Newspapers and Zombies

Brent Hamilton has a good point in his most recent rant on the differences between East and West, and to an extent between daily and weekly newspapers and even the internet.  I present to you his argument.  Now, just watch out for Zombies.  Brent Hamilton, by the way, is a Saskatchewan based columnist and baseball [...]

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The Way I See It: Digital Paper?

Earlier yesterday, I read a forum thread on a board that I participate in, that’s primary focus is on the activities of the MMO City of Heroes.  But we’re human beings, and often as human beings, we will discuss more worldly things.  One thread caught my attention.  Primarily because it was posted by someone I [...]

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Changing times…

Almost one hundred years ago (I’m really not kidding when I say that) The Outlook newspaper was shipped out to the readers on a Thursday.  As the years went by, that day of the week changed.  For a while it was on a Friday.  That changed eventually to a Monday.  And Monday is the day [...]

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What a week

Let’s just say, stuff happens. Stuff? Stuff is when something small happens. This is more along the lines of Sh*t happens. Big pile of dragon dung right on your head.
A large number of things became derailed and put on the back burner as events unfolded this week.  Things that we never expected, suddenly brought other [...]

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The Way I See It: Don’t Cry Wolf

I hear about the death knell of the newspaper industry yet again.  And I think to myself, why is it that some people are pushing for this?  Are they missing out on two very important factors if newspaper publications disappear?  They probably are.  Let’s take a look at those factors.
The first is probably the most [...]

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Time to move forward, Time to reflect

2008 is now a memory.
As we move into 2009, I take the time to look back on all that has happened.  Not throughout the world.  Granted, 2008 had some incredible events that took place.  But personally.  I managed to do a few things that I wanted to do.  And there were a few things that [...]

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Contests are a hit!

At The Outlook, we’ve managed to put together a couple of really good contests. This is the first year we’ve had a photo contest, and over the months of July and August we received a large amount of photos. To be honest, we had a very difficult time deciding upon the winners. [...]

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The medium is more than the message

The other day I got to thinking about the things we have seen over the past 20 years. This was in regard to media, how it’s presented, what it is and how we as the public receive it. When I was younger, I always remember there was the big three; newspapers, radio and [...]

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