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| Are newspapers dying?; Is the internet the future? | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 11 2009, 01:07 PM (1,995 Views) | |
| checkitjess | Feb 13 2010, 04:52 AM Post #21 |
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i think so...nowadays people are into the web especially the young generation...most of the people who entertain newspapers are the old ones...when the time comes that the old ones are no longer in this world the young generation will be the oldies..i think that's the time newspapers will die...  __________________ database design |
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| Steve Wilson | Aug 31 2010, 09:08 PM Post #22 |
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Although I'm sure the "older" generation probably spends more time with newspapers than younger people, I'm not sure it's a generational thing as much as it is "where's the meat" to quote an old Wendy's commercial. Newspapers today are much thinner than they've ever been and provide less news and in a less timely format. Many of the stories in my local newspaper, "The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch," don't come from Dispatch reporters, but from reporters from other newspapers including my old employer, The Cincinnati Enquirer, along with The Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Toledo Blade, and on and on. Some of the stories also come from the local CBS affiliate which is owned by the same parent company as the Dispatch. When newspapers stop covering the news and leave it to what used to be their competition, it seems we may lose an independent voice and an independent reporter who is covering the news for their local audience. Although I worked for a wire service (Gannet News Service) for a few years, I'm not sure this shared responsibility of reporting the news is the same thing. |
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| Steve Wilson | Jan 6 2011, 04:06 PM Post #23 |
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Just when many of us were ready to write the obituary for American newspapers, The Columbus Dispatch seems to prove that newspapers can compete in an internet world. The story of Ted Williams, the panhandler-turned media celebrity, was first reported in The Dispatch, became a sensation on YouTube and then on national television. And it all happened because a Dispatch photographer was armed not just with a still camera, but a video camera. And it happened because newspapers today have web sites that allow them to run video. Think about it. Would the story of a homeless man with a golden voice been much of a newspaper story if no one could have actually heard his voice? For more on Ted Williams, check out The Columbus Dispatch, The Today Show on NBC, The Early Show on CBS, ABC, CNN, YouTube, or my blog - The Crisis Management Memo. |
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| Steve Wilson | Mar 16 2011, 02:17 PM Post #24 |
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Another blow for newspapers this week. The Associated Press is reporting that newspaper advertising revenues are at a 25-year low as marketing budgets followed readers to the Internet. The nearly $26 billion spent on print and digital newspaper advertising - the lowest since 1985. The AP said that when adjusted for inflation, newspaper advertising is about the same as nearly 50 years ago. |
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| Steve Wilson | Mar 24 2011, 02:09 PM Post #25 |
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A great AP story in the Tampa Tribune today about how USA Today is coping with competition from the internet. When USA Today started, it became the first newspaper in the country that became a print edition of television at the time. When I worked in the Chicago Bureau during those early years, I felt I was competing as much with Good Morning America and the Today Show as I was with other newspapers. Now, USA Today is working at becoming a print edition of the internet. Will it work? Who knows, but it seems newspapers have to reinvent themselves if they want to survive the internet age. |
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| Allison Combs | Apr 2 2011, 04:43 PM Post #26 |
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I read an article this week that said the New York Times will begin charging people to view their web site. The reason, they say, is that the advertising on the Internet hasn't filled the gap left by the exodus of advertisers for their print edition. |
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| Steve Wilson | Jul 6 2011, 01:53 PM Post #27 |
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Anyone interested in the death of U.S. newspapers and/or the ill health of those not quite dead yet might want to read James O'Shea's "The Deal from Hell: How moguls and Wall Street plundered great American newspapers." O'Shea, a former investigative reporter who eventually held the top newsroom position at the Los Angeles Times, writes about what happened to diminish the journalism reputations of the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times. USA Today wrote a rather flattering review of the book last month and it's now on my "to buy" list. |
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| Steve Wilson | Sep 30 2011, 02:47 PM Post #28 |
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The Dayton Daily News seems to be flirting with an idea that they believe will drive readers to the print edition of the newspaper rather than read stories for free on their web site. A recent "major investigation" story in The News was headlined on their web site, but available only to subscribers of the print edition of the newspaper. It will be interesting to see if that works...or just upsets readers who want to continue getting the news for free |
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