tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post9176950283057052945..comments2023-09-11T08:58:24.710-06:00Comments on Reach Upward: Solving the Newspaper "Crisis"Scott Hinrichshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-68775693997612967312007-02-21T07:53:00.000-07:002007-02-21T07:53:00.000-07:00Actually, studies show that subscription fees bare...Actually, studies show that subscription fees barely cover (and sometimes don't quite cover) the cost of printing and distribution. Advertising covers the cost of gathering, reporting, editing, layout, etc. But newspapers have had declining advertising revenues as well as declining subscribership.<BR/><BR/>Some have opined that if papers could figure out how to eliminate printing and distribution without threatening advertising streams, newspapers could thrive again. That's a very tall order. The online ad model is very different than the print ad model. Its nuances make pursuit of a successful model exceedingly elusive.<BR/><BR/>Newspapers aren't going to completely disappear. We have a significant portion of the populace that wants access to news but doesn't want to become tech savvy. But newspapers have to face the reality that they have real and serious competition. Their relevance is necessarily diminished.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-24112886632213515322007-02-21T03:46:00.000-07:002007-02-21T03:46:00.000-07:00I must be old, because I still like reading the p...I must be old, because I still like reading the paper over reading news on the Internet. My biggest problem is that I think subscription prices are terrible. Everyone know that newspapers make money of the advertisements. The subscription price is just to create a elite reader status. They can charge more, because the readers are invested in the product.<BR/><BR/>If you wanted to save the newspaper, reduce the subscription fee. Why should I read the paper when I can get it on the Internet for free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-8726806442410591712007-02-20T19:49:00.000-07:002007-02-20T19:49:00.000-07:00Newspapers have been used to being able to pick wh...Newspapers have been used to being able to pick what is and is not news. That's much more powerful than any amount of editorializing. Now they're faced with the harsh reality that we aren't willing to let them choose what news we do or don't see. We can jump online and grab exactly the information we want about the topics we want from the sources we want. About the only thing keeping newspapers afloat is coasting along on their good reputations of yesteryear.<BR/><BR/>No longer the gatekeepers of what will or will not be news, they have to resort to desperate attacks upon the new sources they don't understand. Much like the movie and recording industries, they're being blindsided by The Next Big Thing(TM) and have reacted in violent opposition instead of embracing it and riding the wave.Jesse Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468928702710912142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-55885700739008225102007-02-19T16:03:00.000-07:002007-02-19T16:03:00.000-07:00Odd that public funding pops up when prices for co...Odd that public funding pops up when prices for collecting and publishing information is falling through the floor.<BR/><BR/>The main thing that the old newspaper model that the web does not is that wonderful feeling of "official news." What gets printed in the tribune is what officially happened. We can all feel well and satisfied with that. We can all make decisions based on a common pool of official information. <BR/><BR/>Of course, we were a little bit more prone to manipulation with that model.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the problem with the net is that the editorial page is way out of proportion with the size of the real news pages.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.com