360View #030. The Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine and the Future of Media Interview.
Welcome to part one of my two part interview with Jeff Jarvis, master of the top 50 Blog BuzzMachine, media prognosticator and consultant.
When I met Jeff in 1996 he had recently left the New York Daily News where he was the Sunday editor and associate publisher, Entertainment Weekly where he was founding editor and was still the influential “Couch Potato” TV critic for TV Guide. We worked together at Advance.net, the Internet division of Advance Publications, where he held the position of creative director and I was the president of new Jersey Online where we ushered in the world of online newspapers. Jeff is one of the rare people that combines something important to say with the verbal ability to say it. Most people have one, but not both.
These days Jeff travels the world delivering the gospel to The Guardian (London), The New York Times’ About.com and is associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at the City University of New York’s new Graduate School of Journalism.
These are now my two favorite interviews. I hope that you enjoy listening to part one as much as I enjoyed the conversation.
October 2nd, 2006 at 6:14 am
Newspapers are doomed. The only issue is when their revenues (a result of growing audience loss and eventual advertising flight)start to really tube. Lets add two more: online newspaper reading (with a reduced revenue opportunity)is increasing and, as peter pointed out, media planners are of the digital generation. I don’t think the future could be poorer.