The conference program for the interactive newspapers gathering — built around The Kelsey Group’s and Editor & Publisher’s Sixth Annual Interactive Newspapers Survey — put the Pafet consortium on the Tuesday morning agenda, with a representative from each of the six member companies on stage.
AN INTERVIEW WITH PAFET
10:30-12:00
A discussion with representatives from the six newspaper companies comprising the Pafet consortium. These newspaper professionals will talk candidly about their plans to evaluate opportunities emerging from developments in technology and to focus on those related to their core competencies.
I was there for Phoenix Newspapers, one of six panelists listed:
Martha Duckert, Planning & Process Leader, Cowles Media Company
Howard Finberg, Senior Editor, Information Technology, Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
Jim Galli, Manager of Business Development, A.H. Belo Corporation
Chris Hendricks, Manager of Technology, McClatchy Newspapers, Inc.
David Lipman, Chairman/Pulitzer 2000, Pulitzer Publishing Company
Mike Weaver, Vice President New Media, Freedom Communications, Inc.
The rest of the program is a nice snapshot of what the industry was worried about at the time: international interactivity, digital advertising, database marketing, and a keynote from Louis Boccardi, President & CEO of the Associated Press, on what he called the editorial perspective. My favorite session title on the page: “MAIN STREET U.S.A MEETS THE INFOBAHN.”