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4 Minute Roundup: Hard News Pays More than Celeb Stories?

by Mark Glaser, October 22, 2010

Tagged: archives, celebrity, lindsay lohan, perfect market, research, seo, sheigh crabtree

4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.

In this week's 4MR podcast I look at new research from Perfect Market that shows news sites earning more "revenues per thousand page views" (RPM) for serious stories about immigration and Social Security than stories about Lindsay Lohan. Is this finally proof that hard-hitting journalism will pay off online? I talked with Perfect Market exec Sheigh Crabtree to learn more about the study and how Perfect Market helps publishers get more value out of their archives.

Check it out:

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Listen to my entire interview with Sheigh Crabtree:

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Background music is "What the World Needs" by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network.

Here's the findings on RPM from Perfect Market:

perfect-market vault index.gif

Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:

Traffic Bait Doesn't Bring Ad Clicks at NY Times

The 10 Most Valuable News Topics Of Summer 2010 at Business Insider

Hard news brings in more revenue than celebrity news, according to Perfect Market at Editors Weblog

Quality journalism translates into higher CPMs at Marketing Vox

Hard News Pays Better Than Fluff -- or Does It? at GigaOm

Celebs Are Loud, But Hard News Pays at CJR

Perfect Market's Vault Index Summer 2010 at the Perfect Market blog

Also, be sure to vote in our poll about how you would describe the iPad:

Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.

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\n\n4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.\n\nIn this week's 4MR podcast I look at new research from Perfect Market that shows news sites earning more \"revenues per thousand page views\" (RPM) for serious stories about immigration and Social Security than stories about Lindsay Lohan. Is this finally proof that hard-hitting journalism will pay off online? I talked with Perfect Market exec Sheigh Crabtree to learn more about the study and how Perfect Market helps publishers get more value out of their archives.\n\nCheck it out:\n\n

\n\n\n\n>>> \"Subscribe to 4MR\":http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/audio_podcast.xml <<<\n\n>>> \"Subscribe to 4MR via iTunes\":itpc://www.pbs.org/mediashift/audio_podcast.xml <<<\n\nListen to my entire interview with Sheigh Crabtree:\n\n

\n\n\n\nBackground music is \"What the World Needs\" by the \"The Ukelele Hipster Kings\":http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=1930 via PodSafe Music Network. \n\nHere's the findings on RPM from Perfect Market:\n\n\n\nHere are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:\n\n\"Traffic Bait Doesn't Bring Ad Clicks\":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/business/media/18revenue.html?_r=1 at NY Times\n\n\"The 10 Most Valuable News Topics Of Summer 2010\":http://www.businessinsider.com/want-to-monetize-your-online-ads-here-are-10-news-topics-you-should-be-covering-2010-10 at Business Insider\n\n\"Hard news brings in more revenue than celebrity news, according to Perfect Market\":http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/10/hard_news_sells_according_to.php at Editors Weblog\n\n\"Quality journalism translates into higher CPMs\":http://www.marketingvox.com/marketing-data-roundup-quality-journalism-translates-into-higher-cpms-047900/ at Marketing Vox\n\n\"Hard News Pays Better Than Fluff -- or Does It?\":http://gigaom.com/2010/10/18/hard-news-pays-better-than-fluff-or-does-it/ at GigaOm\n\n\"Celebs Are Loud, But Hard News Pays\":http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/celebs_are_loud_but_hard_news.php at CJR\n\n\"Perfect Market's Vault Index Summer 2010\":http://perfectmarket.com/blog/perfect_market_vault_index_summer_2010 at the Perfect Market blog\n\nAlso, be sure to vote in our poll about how you would describe the iPad:\n\n\n\n\nMark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and \"Idea Lab\":http://www.pbs.org/idealab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the \"Online Publishers Association\":http://www.online-publishers.org. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter \"@mediatwit\":http://www.twitter.com/mediatwit.\n\n\n\n4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com.

Perfect Market's Sheigh Crabtree explains why her company's research shows that hard news stories can bring more ad revenues than celeb news

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