Even for heavyweight like New York Times, they have witnessed significant shrinking revenues and profits for the past decade. To boost their ad revenue, they sure can learn something from smart guys like Google, but to make up their declining subscription income is another story. I can’t wait to see what Jeff Bezos will do with his purchase of Washington Post, hopefully, he has the answer.
The headquarter of CNN
It's said to be the longest standalone escalator in the world.
It goes from the ground to the 8th floor.
The screen similar to the one in the control room.
Teleprompter. When the anchor sees the BREAK, they can do anything, such as yawning. :)
A visitor tries the teleprompter. She does a good job!
They used to use such a green screen for weather map...
Now it's replaced by a touch screen.
The actual news room.
The directors' room. It's a good sign that it's empty on a Saturday morning --No breaking news!
Great building, great company. In this online world, everything seems to be ‘free’ now, I don’t think that’s fair and sustainable, high quality journalism is priceless, I really hope that they will do well.
Even for heavyweight like New York Times, they have witnessed significant shrinking revenues and profits for the past decade. To boost their ad revenue, they sure can learn something from smart guys like Google, but to make up their declining subscription income is another story. I can’t wait to see what Jeff Bezos will do with his purchase of Washington Post, hopefully, he has the answer.
Looking at the history of email, it was offered for free, at one point, email giants planned to start charging monthly fee, it never happened. Imagine if you have to pay Google for online searching, it won’t work, nobody will pay for it because it has ‘always’ been free. That’s why you have to admit that whoever invented this so called ‘ad-supported revenue model’ is a genius. On the other hand, Tim Cook also had his point when commenting on ‘ad-supported revenue model’, “you’re not the customer, you’re the product”, basically he’s saying a great customer experience shouldn’t come at the expense of your privacy. So far, it seems that both models work well.