Publishers, it’s time to stop talking among yourselves about how badly things are going in your media groups, and start following and becoming part of the social media conversation. 

When North Americans think of cricket they usually think of genteel English stereotypes like milky tea, cucumber sandwiches and warm beer served in village pubs. The reality couldn’t be more different. So when Google-owned You Tube bought the global rights to this season’s Indian Premier League cricket it was a significant development in the relationship between sport and the Internet – almost the equivalent of the web taking over the Super Bowl.

About 200 newspaper professionals from 38 countries made the trip to Copenhagen to hear the expert’s views on “Where’s the Money?” Unfortunately also this year no one presented the silver bullet that will solve all the newspapers’s revenue problems. However, at the end of the conference participants returned with two major learnings: First: You need to have and use intelligent data analysis tools to succeed. Second: Coffee shops have far more to do with your business than you ever imagined.

Kijiji Canada begins charging auto dealers for individual vehicle listings; Wheels.ca delivers 2M monthly colorful print samples of its online inventory.

SocialMediopolis talks to EMarketer founder Geoff Ramsey about social media, during BlogTalk Radio show; says e-commerce will become more prevalent for social media, offers tips on creating positive ROI with social media. 

Terrific article by Inman News marketing manager specifically speaks to real estate professionals but is useful to anyone who needs to socially network - and that’s anyone who is in business. 

Execs from Journal Register Company and Media General share best practices and recommendations in the emerging field of mobile publishing

An energized crowd shares best practices, tips, and healthy debate on generating revenue and sales strategies for print and online

More than 200 attend the “Strategic Revenue Summit” of the Suburban Newspapers of America and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. 

The one-year-old SuperMedia (former Idearc) service provider SuperGuarantee, rather than being about spotting the “good guys” as it claims, is about finding the highest-paying advertisers. It’s a disservice to consumers; and it’s missing features, which make it less than all it could have been for SuperMedia as well. Online directory publishers can learn how-to and how-not-to lessons here.