Comments on: Interview with John Yemma about the CS Monitor’s future http://beatblogging.org/2008/10/30/interview-with-john-yemma-about-the-cs-monitors-future/ Pushing the practice of beat reporting Mon, 14 May 2012 12:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Turmoil In the Cloud :: New MediaTheory http://beatblogging.org/2008/10/30/interview-with-john-yemma-about-the-cs-monitors-future/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Turmoil In the Cloud :: New MediaTheory Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:37:50 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=813#comment-929 [...] Science Monitor has stopped its printed edition and gone on line.  Beatblogging covered it here.  War and depression drive out old ways of doing things and accelerate the pace of change. Both [...] [...] Science Monitor has stopped its printed edition and gone on line.  Beatblogging covered it here.  War and depression drive out old ways of doing things and accelerate the pace of change. Both [...]

]]> By: Back in the mix at Newsless.org http://beatblogging.org/2008/10/30/interview-with-john-yemma-about-the-cs-monitors-future/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Back in the mix at Newsless.org Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:40:43 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=813#comment-778 [...] in training to become a newsmagazine, sounds like it’s not fully on board yet, but it’s beginning the pre-boarding process: [CSM editor John] Yemma said he sees planning some of the pieces for the weekly in a way that [...] [...] in training to become a newsmagazine, sounds like it’s not fully on board yet, but it’s beginning the pre-boarding process: [CSM editor John] Yemma said he sees planning some of the pieces for the weekly in a way that [...]

]]> By: Christian Science Monitor says goodbye to print — mathewingram.com/work http://beatblogging.org/2008/10/30/interview-with-john-yemma-about-the-cs-monitors-future/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Christian Science Monitor says goodbye to print — mathewingram.com/work Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:45:32 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=813#comment-774 [...] Thornton did an interview with John Yemma, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, about the paper’s decision to go [...] [...] Thornton did an interview with John Yemma, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, about the paper’s decision to go [...]

]]> By: Media: Okay, so is it time to panic yet? — mathewingram.com/work http://beatblogging.org/2008/10/30/interview-with-john-yemma-about-the-cs-monitors-future/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Media: Okay, so is it time to panic yet? — mathewingram.com/work Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:43:05 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=813#comment-773 [...] going to involve a lot less paper. On a related front, Pat Thornton of Journalism Iconoclast did an interview with John Yemma, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, about the paper’s decision to go [...] [...] going to involve a lot less paper. On a related front, Pat Thornton of Journalism Iconoclast did an interview with John Yemma, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, about the paper’s decision to go [...]

]]> By: Kiyoshi Martinez http://beatblogging.org/2008/10/30/interview-with-john-yemma-about-the-cs-monitors-future/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Kiyoshi Martinez Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:11:52 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=813#comment-760 Yeah, I figured as much. I took the numbers at this link (June 2008 data): http://www.naa.org/blog/digitaledge/1/2008/06/Nielsen-Drudge-Report-Leads-Top-30-in-Sessions-per-Person-More-Newspapers-Join-List.cfm I took the number of sessions per user and multiplied that by the number of uniques and then resorted the list. In that list they'd be right in the middle, #15, if they hit their 25 mil pageviews mark. If they hit their lower end goal, they'd be slightly lower than all of the Hearst Newspapers combined. On the high end, they'd be just under the number of pageviews the Washington Post does right now. If we're going in terms of uniques, they need to get around 16-18 on that list, which would put them on the level of Breitbart.com, Newsmax and all of the Gannett Newspapers (minus USAT) combined. Yeah, I figured as much. I took the numbers at this link (June 2008 data):
http://www.naa.org/blog/digitaledge/1/2008/06/Nielsen-Drudge-Report-Leads-Top-30-in-Sessions-per-Person-More-Newspapers-Join-List.cfm

I took the number of sessions per user and multiplied that by the number of uniques and then resorted the list.

In that list they’d be right in the middle, #15, if they hit their 25 mil pageviews mark. If they hit their lower end goal, they’d be slightly lower than all of the Hearst Newspapers combined. On the high end, they’d be just under the number of pageviews the Washington Post does right now.

If we’re going in terms of uniques, they need to get around 16-18 on that list, which would put them on the level of Breitbart.com, Newsmax and all of the Gannett Newspapers (minus USAT) combined.

]]> By: pat http://beatblogging.org/2008/10/30/interview-with-john-yemma-about-the-cs-monitors-future/comment-page-1/#comment-758 pat Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:17:14 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=813#comment-758 @Kiyoshi, They get north of 1 million uniques right now (it has less than 2 million, but I don't know the exact number). I think John says in the podcast. So, if they are trying to get 5-6 times the amount of page views, they might be aiming for 2-4 times the number of uniques each month. Hard to say exactly. It's hard to say what is more important. Uniques tells you your overall reach, while page views tells you how deeply your reach goes with each person. @Kiyoshi,

They get north of 1 million uniques right now (it has less than 2 million, but I don’t know the exact number). I think John says in the podcast.

So, if they are trying to get 5-6 times the amount of page views, they might be aiming for 2-4 times the number of uniques each month. Hard to say exactly.

It’s hard to say what is more important. Uniques tells you your overall reach, while page views tells you how deeply your reach goes with each person.

]]> By: Kiyoshi Martinez http://beatblogging.org/2008/10/30/interview-with-john-yemma-about-the-cs-monitors-future/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Kiyoshi Martinez Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:12:10 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=813#comment-757 Interesting. CSM is aiming for a pageview number that's about the same as what Gawker.com does in a month (just the standalone site, not the entire Gawker Media Network). I'm trying to find pageview reports for other newspaper Web sites, for comparison, but right now all I can find are reports from Nielsen that deal with unique visitors -- not raw pageviews. Interesting. CSM is aiming for a pageview number that’s about the same as what Gawker.com does in a month (just the standalone site, not the entire Gawker Media Network).

I’m trying to find pageview reports for other newspaper Web sites, for comparison, but right now all I can find are reports from Nielsen that deal with unique visitors — not raw pageviews.

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