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June 29, 2010

"Infinite Monster"

Even in this age of digital publishing and quick hit journalism, I find it impressive when people are able to devote time and energy to writing a book.  It seems like such a daunting task, one which takes a good deal of discipline to pull off.  And yet, when done well, there is no better way to immerse yourself in a big idea or explore new ground than through a compelling novel or work of non-fiction. So today I think we should celebrate Leigh Jones, our Digital Content Editor at The Daily Report in Atlanta, and co-author of the just published book "Infinite Monster".  Leigh came to us by way of the Galveston County Daily News in Galveston, TX where, among other...

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June 28, 2010

"I work at ALM. We are..."

I returned on Friday from LegalTech West Coast, another successful event with happy exhibitors and enthusiastic attendees.  Henry Dicker and his team did their usual great job (thanks!).  And I got to meet an interesting group of advertisers and other ALM partners/potential partners with whom we can work in the future.  While in Los Angeles, I also visited the legal search recruiters who were having their annual NALSC conference at the same time as LegalTech.  They were a pretty upbeat group considering how badly the economy has treated that industry during the past 18 months.  Quite a few spoke optimistically about the future, with some claiming to have a number of searches underway now.  Here's hoping that optimism translates into new business for ALM, where...

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June 21, 2010

LawJobs Wins EPpy

Congratulations to our colleagues at LawJobs for being awarded an EPpy Award for Best Classified Site, Less than One Million Monthly Visitors, by Editor & Publisher.  We're in good company...other sites recognized included those from the FT, USA Today, the Globe and Mail, Time and Newsweek.  The full list can be found here:   http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/2010-eppy-winners-announced-at-interactive-conference-61720-.aspx   Kudos to Chris Braun and the whole LawJobs team!...

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June 16, 2010

Is Mobile the Future?

Here's a question I've been pondering for the last few weeks:  how important will mobile access to our content be for our current and future audience?  To what extent do we expect our readers to access our news content, surveys, research and other offerings on Smartphones, iPads and other mobile devices during the next year or two?  And if we expect more and more of our readers/users to want access to our content while they are outside of their office or home, how should we go about providing that access? If you listen to the media business pundits, the world is moving rapidly toward anytime, anywhere access to content.  Those who watch the consumer markets feel most strongly about that,...

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June 7, 2010

Evolving Our Websites

This morning we transformed The Recorder -- our 134 year old daily newspaper in San Francisco -- into a "daily" website (www.therecorder.com) and a weekly printed newspaper.  It is a radical change -- perhaps the most radical change we have ever made to one of our existing publications -- and represents our latest step towards transforming ALM from a predominantly print-based publisher into one which has a greater emphasis on digital media.  Please check out the new website and share your thoughts/comments with publisher Brian Hunt (bhunt@alm.com) and editor-in-chief Scott Graham (sgraham@alm.com).  The process of watching The Recorder's transformation, reviewing new website designs for a number of our other print and digital properties, and keeping up with trends in the digital media...

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One More Shout-Out and A Welcome

Here's another shout out to one of our sales teams...our colleagues in ALM's Research Group.  This is the time of year when they sell spreadsheets of the Amlaw 100 and 200 listings to law firms and others who are interested in access to the data.  So far this year we have sold more copies of those lists than we sold last year or in 2008, and are closing in on the 2007 record.  And overall sales of our research reports, databases and the other products sold by that group are also shaping up very well in 2010.  As we look to expand our research business as one of our strategic objectives over the next few years, it's great to see...

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June 1, 2010

Health Assessment

One of the benefits that came along with our switch to Cigna's health insurance plans earlier this year was access to their health assessment program.  We all received a note from Felicia White in HR about this back in April -- which included the opportunity to be entered for a drawing for those who fill out the survey by the end of June ($750), end of September ($500) or end of December ($250).  Last week I took my annual physical (covered by Cigna at 100% with no deductible) and earlier this morning I filled in my health assessment survey.  Took about 15 minutes, including the quick registration process.  And I got back a very nice and useful report -- nothing that the...

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A Few Memorial Day Weekend Shout Outs

It's time for a few Memorial Day Weekend Shout Outs to some of our sales teams for their incredible work during the past few months.  I hope you'll join me in congratulating each for their accomplishments.First, our colleagues over at 4 MetroTech in the Reprints Group.  What a great job they have done!  With May now in the bag, the team has beaten its sales goal for five straight months!  And they continue to show both perseverance and creativity in finding ways to meet the marketing needs of our clients.  No doubt 2009 was a tough year for this group, but they have really come on strong in 2010.Another team you may not hear much about is our online CLE...

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