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The Sports Hub shows promise of talk as future of Boston radio

November 6, 2009
By Steve Safran
The Sports Hub shows promise of talk as future of Boston radio

There is one place where sports coverage will always be strong in Boston, and that is radio. We’ve talked about the place for sports coverage in the future, and if The Sports Hub is anything to go by, there’s room in Boston for more sports chat. The Boston Radio Watch reports that the new...
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Professor Jay Rosen on his innovative journalism school class

November 5, 2009
By Steve Safran
Professor Jay Rosen on his innovative journalism school class

We wrote last week about Jay Rosen’s Studio 20, an NYU course that teaches journalism in a fascinating new way. Shorthand: students need to know how to report in a multimedia way, and have to rethink their own careers. For my AR&D Media 2.0...
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ESPNBoston.com picking up Edes?

November 5, 2009
By Steve Safran
ESPNBoston.com picking up Edes?

I’ve often written that the future of local sports coverage lies not with the two minute TV report, but online in real time. Local affiliates have to stop thinking we’re waiting until the late news to get the scores and highlights. Newspapers have to...
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Boston TV ad sales down $200 million in five years

November 4, 2009
By Steve Safran

Here’s a sobering stat for you. Broadcasting & Cable writes that Hearst Television President David Barrett told an FCC workshop: … from 2003-2004, aggregate revenues (in the Boston TV market)...
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Non-profit news site launches with big salaries

November 3, 2009
By Steve Safran

In looking a models for native news, at least one idea would be for a not-for-profit Boston news organization. The idea is tempting. WBUR, after all, does quite well....
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Election Day coverage: A better way?

November 3, 2009
By Steve Safran

Today’s election day in Boston. The coverage of the mayor’s race has been, in my opinion, pretty good. But is there a better way? It has been conventional and,...
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