This is a collection of memos and reports that I wrote during my time at Central Newspapers. I joined CNI as vice president of information technology in 1997. My role was to provide strategic guidance around technology at the company’s newspapers and Web sites. Some of these memos are also reflected in the “Analog to Digital” timeline, which is the heart of this project. When CNI is purchased by the Gannett Corp. in August 2000, I created my consulting company, The Digital Futurist Consultancy.
This is a memo/presentation that Howard Finberg presented in October, 1996. The goal twas to show senior leadership and newspaper analysts what Central Newspapers Inc had accomplished. The presentation looked at the information needs of the company and the tools
Read more →This is a memo sent by Louis [Chip] Weil, the President and CEO of Central Newspapers [CNI] to newspaper analysts at Capital Guardian, a mutual fund. The memo was a copy of a presentation I did about the technology at
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In February 1997, I was named as the director of information technology. Here’s what the company newsletter wrote: Howard Finberg, director of information technology, will direct the Information Services department for the next 18 to 24 months, effective Jan. 30,
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As head of Central Newspapers‘ venture capital investments, I sent quarterly reports to the CEO and other senior executives. This one — dated July 12, 2000 — went to Chip Weil, Tom MacGillivray, Eric Tooker, Bill Toner, Karen Feldkamp and
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