Comments on: 2 Reasons Why the Newspaper Business Still Doesn’t Get It

By: Roberta Rosenberg

Roberta Rosenberg — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:20:42 +0000

@David – I couldn’t agree more, but my focus really was on getting product to the subscribers who stubbornly want to hang on! (I read today that The Washington Post’s 3Q earnings on its flagship newspaper division was down 86%. Breaks my heart really.)

@PFS – You’re right. I love my paper and coffee in the am.

@Graham – We’ve developed an entire generation who doesn’t understand the monetary value of intellectual property – music, books, etc. Why pay when the next guy delivers for free? It’s a dilemma that I don’t see any easy cures for.

By: Graham Strong

Graham Strong — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:04:21 +0000

I’m curious to know how this is going to play out. There will still need to be news agencies, but will they be in the form of newspapers? Will companies like CNN start buying newspapers to give them more media outlets while at the same time streamlining content? (Scary thought, but…)

Or will newspapers start moving to a truly pay-for-content-online model? And would that work?

I’m not sure that the 20-year olds of today will access their information through anything besides the Internet or TV (or perhaps some future hybrid of the two…). Which means that newspapers will likely continue to decline, even if they do start “getting it right”.

I hope I’m wrong, but…

~Graham

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By: penisförstoring

penisförstoring — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:54:58 +0000

I agree with you, why should you pay for something that you dont get?? But on the other hand I really dont want everything to be on-line itsso nice with a newspaper in front of you morning tee, different feeling then if you go on-line reading.

By: David Leland

David Leland — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:39:49 +0000

Here’s yet another perspective on why journalism has become non-existent. Take a look at the TOC of Time or Newsweek. It won’t take you long to discover that all of the articles are simply editorials – there’s no reporting.

This is a direct result of cutting of editorial positions.