Live from Webvisions 2008 | Is Print Dead

Posted • May 22, 2008 • Comments Off

Keynote Speaker
Lynne d Johnson, FastCompany.com

Lynne is the Senior Editor and Community Director for FastCompany.com, a leading website and community for people passionate about business ideas that also offers the complete content of Fast Company magazine. She also writes a technology blog following Web, media, and consumer trends for FastCompany.com, and guest blogs for techPresident and Black Web 2.0. Lynne also serves on the Board of Directors of the Literary Freedom Project, a nonprofit arts organization, which seeks to empower communities of color through literature, creative thinking, and new media.

Prior to joining Fast Company, she was the General Manager, New Media for VIBE, SPIN, and VIBE Vixen where she she managed marketing, editorial, production, business development, and sales operations for the magazines’ Websites and mobile properties. Her personal blog, Lynne d Johnson || music, media, my life, which launched in July 2001, is the recipient of the 2006 Black Weblog Awards Black Blogger Achievement Award.

Lynne holds an MBA in Media Management, a BA in Journalism, and an advanced certificate in multicultural studies.

Is Print Dead? How Digital Media is Changing the Face of Publishing

Lynne d Johnson FastCompany.com

Mobile phone. Audiobook. Ereader. Social Media. Widget. What do these all have in common? Each of these forms of digital media, and the rate of consumer adoption of them, are rapidly changing the way publishers do business. Print isn’t yet dead, but it’s definitely in need of a transplant. This presentation explores successful convergence strategies for print media — the stuff that can get it back on track — while also glancing into the future of what publishing could ultimately become.

Video went down and a Matrix screen saver came up.
Now the screen is blank.
Now we have a static PowerPoint screen

Now we have the slides for the Keynote.

Lynne is reading a long list sent to her by a friend that consists of at least 12 long items.

buying books vs. the era of uploading and downloading

• Newspapers are no longer news
• Totally wired youth
• Digital futures

The video feed is back!

Social Media’s Impact

Print isn’t dead it just has to be re-invented!

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