Marketers need to increase their metabolism, but the idea of building a newsroom isn't right for most. ... Any publisher will tell you that operating a newsroom is an expensive, arduous task. It’s also incredibly difficult to do well, especially if it’s not your business. Add in the many constituencies at a brand, and you could have an expensive nightmare on your hands at worst or a yet another fancy buzzword at best. That could leave brands back where they started: relying on their agencies. Deep Focus recently created its Moment Studio, which specifically focuses on helping brands with real-time marketing. Deep Focus CEO Ian Schafer is a strong supporter of the newsroom content model for brands and sees it as agencies’ role to make it happen....
An online newsroom used to be for news media. Now with social media proliferation it must meet the needs of many more audiences. That can take more resources and planning. Fresh thinking is needed.