It’s the attitudes that got them into this mess – newspaper executives thinking the party would never stop, but newspapers need to combine an appreciation and interest in learning the future with the confidence of being the most powerful news sources in the world. Too many just seem to be running scared. Number of Views:182

Last month I mentioned the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Harrisburg bureau Commonwealth Confidential blog didn’t own its own name in a Web search. Well, a Google search today shows that they got it right now. Why’d it take so long and what else can we learn? Number of Views:55

Let those links live. For most newspapers, I bet, this is an issue with their content management system, but this is getting serious. Two of my best clips ever for the Philadelphia Inquirer, including one among my favorite stories I’ve ever written, are no longer available online – even though the links are still live [...]

Philadelphia was long a breeding ground for some of the most meaningful metro columnists in the country. Some say the newspaper columnist is dying, but it isn’t dead. So who’s the next columnist of record in one of the oldest newspaper cities in the world? Number of Views:231

The history of the Philadelphia Inquirer mirrors the path of all the big gray ladies in the United States. While putting together suggestions for the Inquirer months ago, I came across some interesting reading on the third oldest newspaper in the country, which is nearing its 180th birthday. Follow it and the path of your [...]

Why does a Google search of “Commonwealth Confidential,” the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Harrisburg state capital bureau blog, yield no direct results, but rather links to some of their posts? Because they haven’t reached out to the blogosphere and received in return the currency of the Internet – incoming links. This isn’t something I put on the [...]

I owe Philly.com an apology. I got heavy traffic on a recent post of mine in which I complimented the video product  (particularly Philadelphia Business Today) but regarded it as incomplete in many ways. I haven’t shifted much on my analysis, but I have learned I put the wrong address on the post. Find out [...]

Everyone in this country, I figure, ought to be watching the again flourishing NFL rivalry between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants in today’s NFC divisional playoff contest. So who would be scrolling the Internet? Still, this game made me think about how newspapers are losing ground for which they need to fight harder [...]

The 2008 list-spree continues here, and, really, I hope to build on this next year. No one makes the sensible move to keep a check on the best stories in the fourth biggest media market in the country. Below, in chronological order, find my seven favorite pieces of journalism from the city’s largest and most [...]

I think the Philadelphia Inquirer is doing at least one of its online videos right – mostly. The storied newspaper’s business section puts out a daily, noontime, three to five-minute news show called Philadelphia Business Today, and it has developed into one of the best newspaper-produced videos online. What are they doing right? What are [...]