Newsgathering in the Darwinian Environment, p2

Politico is a niche publication––as is this one, although their niche is probably a lot larger and more lucrative than mine. Nonetheless, the way Politico succeeds is that they focus on the niche market, the niche beat, and they report the hell out of it. Their...

Newsgathering in the Darwinian Environment, p1

Oftentimes, journos blame “the internet” for the newspaper industry’s demise. But in truth, it’s not the internet that’s killing newspapers, it is competition. For the first time in their storied history, newspapers must actually compete...

Creative Destruction: Politico vs. WaPo

The New Republic came out with a great piece on Politico and how it's made itself into a first-rate news org and profitable venture. From "The Scoop Factory" by TNR's Gabriel Sherman:From the start, their aim with Politico was to combine the...