Laid Off and Nothing To Do?
TypePad, the blogging site created by SixApart, has created the Journalist Bailout Program and is offering free blogs to journalists who have been laid off or are in fear of being so.
Here’s the offer:
- You get a free TypePad Pro blog account. That’s the real deal, the same service that powers big-name media blogs, and it even includes professional support so we answer any questions you have.
- You get enrolled in the Six Apart Media advertising program. These are real display ads, that pay a lot more than simple Google text ads, and you get to keep the revenue.
- We’ll promote your new site on Blogs.com. It’s a fast-growing directory of the best in blogs, and Blogs.com will be a very effective way for all of your peers in the Journalist Bailout Program to cross-promote and share traffic for your independent sites.
- Lots more. Getting started with Six Apart opens the door to lots more ways to succeed in the future. We can introduce you to our VIP program to help drive traffic to your site, help you connect your blog to your LinkedIn profile, make it easy to manage your site’s comments from an iPhone, and even show you how to automatically promote your posts to your Facebook friends.
The offer is worth $150 a year for unlimited blogs, unlimited photo albums, unlimited freedom, and no costs
Monitor This!
It’s not an early April Fools joke. The Christian Science Monitor announced today that starting in April 2009 it will move all content to the Web and no longer print a daily edition. A redesigned Web site and weekly edition of the paper replaces more than 100 years of printed journalism.
The newspapers said its circulation had steadily declined during the past 40 years and economics makes home delivery via US mail too expensive as advertising dropped and readership moved to online sources for news.
Subscription to the weekly edition will be $89, less than the current daily subscription rate of $219.
DRR To Die
Just received this from SAA. Looks like no one is moving from PhotoShelter to DRR.
“To our valued Members:
We’re sorry to inform you that Digital Railroad (DRR) has shut down.
On October 15th we reported that the company had reduced its staff and was aggressively pursuing additional financing and/or a strategic partner. Unfortunately, those efforts were unsuccessful. Therefore Digital Railroad has been forced to suspend all operations.
This archive may only be accessible for the next 24 hours.
Digital Railroad has attracted a loyal set of members. Thank you for allowing us to serve the photographic community these past few years.
All questions pertaining to claims should be addressed to:
Digital Railroad, Inc.
c/o Diablo Management Group
1452 N. Vasco Road, #301
Livermore, CA 94551″
Included in the DRR archive are some power hitters. Wonder where they’ll head?
NBC Universal Photo Bank
UPI NewsPictures
VII Photo Agency
Blend mages
Eve Photographers
DRR Agency Directory
