Comments on: People care about news, they just don’t want to read newspapers http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/27/people-care-about-news-they-just-dont-want-to-read-newspapers/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The blog herald at myninjaplease http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/27/people-care-about-news-they-just-dont-want-to-read-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-177633 The blog herald at myninjaplease Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:44:45 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/27/people-care-about-news-they-just-dont-want-to-read-newspapers/#comment-177633 [...] Andy Merrit at The Blog Herald, wonders if this Webomatica post isn’t wishful thinking; Webomatica suggests that reporters start blogging the news, instead of giving us yesterday’s news today. [...] [...] Andy Merrit at The Blog Herald, wonders if this Webomatica post isn’t wishful thinking; Webomatica suggests that reporters start blogging the news, instead of giving us yesterday’s news today. [...]

]]> By: Webomatica http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/27/people-care-about-news-they-just-dont-want-to-read-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-170528 Webomatica Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:17:34 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/27/people-care-about-news-they-just-dont-want-to-read-newspapers/#comment-170528 That makes sense. So what you're saying is that advertisers are supporting print newspapers (certainly subscriptions aren't). I guess it's just a matter of time then, since as subscriptions fall, there's obviously less of an audience for those ads. There sure are tons of ads in newspapers these days. Almost like a spam blog! :) That makes sense. So what you’re saying is that advertisers are supporting print newspapers (certainly subscriptions aren’t). I guess it’s just a matter of time then, since as subscriptions fall, there’s obviously less of an audience for those ads.

There sure are tons of ads in newspapers these days. Almost like a spam blog! :)

]]> By: darrenh http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/27/people-care-about-news-they-just-dont-want-to-read-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-170519 darrenh Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:39:48 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/27/people-care-about-news-they-just-dont-want-to-read-newspapers/#comment-170519 Yes, wishful thinking for the immediate future. And it is useful to acknowledge why. Money. It's likely very few if any of the dead tree media are making the revenue online that they do from their pen and ink products. So how do they cast aside those profitable products and go online and pay their journalists what they always did? And no, the economies of not printing a product are not enough to make up the difference. Advertising on the internet is so different. Buying space, like you do on paper, and buying some action, like often is the case on the Web, is a different ball game -- and frankly one that right now doesn't look as profitable to paper publishers. Consequently it is taking some time to move from one model to the other. PS: Contrary to some others, I also think journalists should make great bloggers. Yes, wishful thinking for the immediate future. And it is useful to acknowledge why. Money. It’s likely very few if any of the dead tree media are making the revenue online that they do from their pen and ink products. So how do they cast aside those profitable products and go online and pay their journalists what they always did? And no, the economies of not printing a product are not enough to make up the difference. Advertising on the internet is so different. Buying space, like you do on paper, and buying some action, like often is the case on the Web, is a different ball game — and frankly one that right now doesn’t look as profitable to paper publishers. Consequently it is taking some time to move from one model to the other.
PS: Contrary to some others, I also think journalists should make great bloggers.

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