http://portlandville.com Portland OR Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:30:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More catching up: Media guy Keith Kelly of the New York Post recently covered a merger in the regional luxury magazine field. (See earlier post, below.) Expect a version of this soon in Portland, then expect that to be bought out by someone like these guys, then, well, we’re finally ... http://portlandville.com/?p=123 So ...  local news journalists will soon (if they have not already) find more readership through aggregators and search than they do through their own sites, papers and stations. [See related earlier posts.] Change is good, and as always, change requires new business models.  As the transformation of media accelerates, ... http://portlandville.com/?p=121 Whoa, wait a minute: I'm not sure the same results will show now, but when I sampled a few news sites at 5PM on Thursday the 7th, I found these top stories: Google (new local news feature): Embattled Sheriff Giusto says he will retire at the end of this year (link ... http://portlandville.com/?p=122 Feed aggregators like Netvibes make it easy for anyone to build and use a customized online news service, tailored to your own interests. Now Google is fine tuning a local news search tool. According to the Google News Blog: While we’re not the first news site to aggregate local news, we’re ... http://portlandville.com/?p=120 Portland may soon have its own edition of the Northern California magazine LUXLIFE, according to recent intelligence reports. What is the value proposition for a new magazine aimed at Portland's elite? Well for one thing, according to a recent recruitment ad, it is produced in "stunning keepsake editions." Promotional copy on ... http://portlandville.com/?p=118 While I was away from the desk, Portland Spaces hit the stands. I don’t have much to add to the conversation (supportive and otherwise) already underway on various blogs, but here are a few late observations: It’s a very nice magazine, interesting to read, well written, well designed and thoughtfully organized. OK, ... http://portlandville.com/?p=116 January was a long month this year in my neck of the woods. In other years, snow sports made January a high point, but for a variety of reasons, the snowboard stayed in its bag.  The closest I got to the mountain was this: Then, on another trip to the same ... http://portlandville.com/?p=110 Upon moving to the city from a 12 acre patch of woods, meadow and water in Vermont, I had no interest in mastering the art of picking up after the Labradors with delivery bags from the NY Times or the Oregonian. Eventually, after a couple of years of prodding and ... http://portlandville.com/?p=108 PR as we know it is dead. You can't launch a product before you have customers. -- Connie Conners, CEO of Conners Communications as quoted in a post by Enid Burns on ClickZ. In the post, Burns explores the trend among PR firms to drop traditional PR functions while embracing SEO (search ... http://portlandville.com/?p=107 Have you checked out the opbmusic site? The site features good programming including local bands, handy real-time playlists, a blog, an archive of studio sessions by Blitzen Trapper, The National, The Shaky Hands and many more. Also occasional live sets. Isn’t it great to have something new and good in Portland ... http://portlandville.com/?p=102