Comments on: Still at Newspapers 1.x http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/ Same old blog, brand new place Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:31:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Doc Searls Weblog · WSJ vs. Subscribers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-171407 Doc Searls Weblog · WSJ vs. Subscribers Sun, 31 May 2009 03:45:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-171407 [...] paid it, even though I think the paper makes a mistake by locking its archives behind a paywall. (Sell the news, give away the olds, I [...] [...] paid it, even though I think the paper makes a mistake by locking its archives behind a paywall. (Sell the news, give away the olds, I [...]

]]> By: Family Tents http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-156847 Family Tents Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:00:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-156847 My kids are in their 30's and 40, and none subscribes to a newspaper. That says a lot about the future of the current business model. And deservedly so in today's world of instant communications. By the time you read something in the newspaper, it is old news. That was acceptable 50 or 100 years ago, but not today. Newspapers need a new business model, but unfortunately for them it seems that the instant news business is already over-populated. The last thing we need is another news feed. The future looks bleak indeed for print news. My kids are in their 30’s and 40, and none subscribes to a newspaper. That says a lot about the future of the current business model. And deservedly so in today’s world of instant communications. By the time you read something in the newspaper, it is old news. That was acceptable 50 or 100 years ago, but not today. Newspapers need a new business model, but unfortunately for them it seems that the instant news business is already over-populated. The last thing we need is another news feed. The future looks bleak indeed for print news.

]]> By: Doc Searls Weblog · Saving the Globe From its World of Hurt http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-154397 Doc Searls Weblog · Saving the Globe From its World of Hurt Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:57:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-154397 [...] Still at Newspapers 1.x (August 15, 2007) [...] [...] Still at Newspapers 1.x (August 15, 2007) [...]

]]> By: Nothing but the Truth http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-147471 Nothing but the Truth Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:33:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-147471 "Two reasons. First, in time advertising will fade down, or away, as customers and advertisers find better ways of reaching and relating to each other. Second, in time readers will obtain better ways of paying for “content” than they have now — ways with far more options and far less friction. Ways that allow the paper to relate more directly with its readers. If papers look for more money (or any money) only from the same old sources (advertisers), they’ll be up a creek. Because that creek will run dry." Ummmmmmmmm don't forget that the little creek called "Ad revenue" won't always be dry cause droughts come and go. Some years you get more rain which in this case will be people from Google and Yahoo while other years you'll be wondering if it was such a smart thing and have to have emergency plans. Some years there will be a storm of the century of internet users if there is lots going on. “Two reasons. First, in time advertising will fade down, or away, as customers and advertisers find better ways of reaching and relating to each other. Second, in time readers will obtain better ways of paying for “content” than they have now — ways with far more options and far less friction. Ways that allow the paper to relate more directly with its readers.

If papers look for more money (or any money) only from the same old sources (advertisers), they’ll be up a creek. Because that creek will run dry.”

Ummmmmmmmm don’t forget that the little creek called “Ad revenue” won’t always be dry cause droughts come and go.
Some years you get more rain which in this case will be people from Google and Yahoo while other years you’ll be wondering if it was such a smart thing and have to have emergency plans.

Some years there will be a storm of the century of internet users if there is lots going on.

]]> By: Walter Hussman and a ‘Failed Business Model’ « Lance Turner http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-85293 Walter Hussman and a ‘Failed Business Model’ « Lance Turner Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:20:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-85293 [...] 11 Things Newspapers Must Do Online [...] [...] 11 Things Newspapers Must Do Online [...]

]]> By: Doc Searls Weblog · The personal platform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-78191 Doc Searls Weblog · The personal platform Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:40:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-78191 [...] I hadn’t fully realized how the ubiquitous use of the word content, which I’ve griped about for years (and which Adriana quotes) frames our understanding of markets, and media, in ways that [...] [...] I hadn’t fully realized how the ubiquitous use of the word content, which I’ve griped about for years (and which Adriana quotes) frames our understanding of markets, and media, in ways that [...]

]]> By: Doc Searls Weblog · Advertising vs. Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-78192 Doc Searls Weblog · Advertising vs. Newspapers Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:40:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-78192 [...] Santa Barbara we get the LA Times, and I agree with Robert’s complaints. And I’ve been advising papers to get the clues for a long time too. This time, however, Robert offers a new clue that I really [...] [...] Santa Barbara we get the LA Times, and I agree with Robert’s complaints. And I’ve been advising papers to get the clues for a long time too. This time, however, Robert offers a new clue that I really [...]

]]> By: FridayNet » Blog Archive » [it] Ticino7: Immigrati nella rete http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-57066 FridayNet » Blog Archive » [it] Ticino7: Immigrati nella rete Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:11:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-57066 [...] vecchie edizioni di Ticino7 sono a disposizione sul sito (regola numero 1 di Doc Searls). Technorati Tags: [...] [...] vecchie edizioni di Ticino7 sono a disposizione sul sito (regola numero 1 di Doc Searls). Technorati Tags: [...]

]]> By: FridayNet » Blog Archive » [it] Ticino7: Scatole per cervelli http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-49784 FridayNet » Blog Archive » [it] Ticino7: Scatole per cervelli Fri, 09 May 2008 12:23:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-49784 [...] Le vecchie edizioni di Ticino7 sono a disposizione sul sito (regola numero 1 di Doc Searls). [...] [...] Le vecchie edizioni di Ticino7 sono a disposizione sul sito (regola numero 1 di Doc Searls). [...]

]]> By: Jag leker att jag skriver | KATTKORGEN http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/comment-page-1/#comment-47548 Jag leker att jag skriver | KATTKORGEN Mon, 05 May 2008 21:58:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/08/15/still-at-newspapers-1x/#comment-47548 [...] började med en artikel av Doc Searls, han som är chefsredaktör för Linux Journal. Hans råd till pappers media. Han vill att dom [...] [...] började med en artikel av Doc Searls, han som är chefsredaktör för Linux Journal. Hans råd till pappers media. Han vill att dom [...]

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