MediaSavvyBarry Parr's daily analysis of Internet media news and researchKnight-Ridder buys publisher of free papers in its home market- February 16, 2005 Knight-Ridder, publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, bought the company that publishes the San Mateo Daily News, and four other free papers in Burlingame, Redwood City, Palo Alto, and Los Gatos. This is a significant media shift, both...http://mediasavvy.com/archives/000494.shtml Hallmark's Valentine's traffic exceeds their wildest expectations- February 16, 2005 I just received a note from Hallmark apologizing for the poor performance of their site on Valentine's Day. Apparently, despite their best efforts to prepare, they got twice as much traffic as they expected. This is good news for...http://mediasavvy.com/archives/000493.shtml |