Rupert Murdoch says: “Quality journalism is not cheap, and an industry that gives away its content is simply cannibalizing its ability to produce good reporting.”
Monthly Archives: September 2009
New Roads: September 2009
New to AWCOM is the more than 50 hybrid related blogs and websites, http://www.hybridkingdom.com. According to Jeff Carey, monarch of this kingdom, “Rather than build one website/blog to write about all aspects of hybrid-electric vehicles, we are building specialized niche sites for hybrid SUVs, hybrid cars, hybrid trucks, the 3rd generation Prius, and more.
The Road Ahead-September 2009
Schuyler Brown: “what’s changing as we enter the wild west of information dissemination is that the concept of journalistic integrity has nearly disappeared and concepts like ’the truth’ and ‘reality’ have become so abstract as to be meaningless.”
Autowriters Spotlight: Harold Gunn
Through the years Harold Gunn has owned some pretty impressive iron including a ’59 Ferrari Testa Rossa that he foolishly sold in 1969 and has regretted it ever since.
The Tom-Tom: Tom Kelley
Tom Kelley: When the newspaper business was at its peak, there was a market for several hundred automotive generalists in the U.S. But now that the scope of an automotive media outlet is no longer limited to the reach of the local auto dealers, the market for generalists is drying up, just as many automotive generalists are out looking for a new home.