Comments on: Is the death of newspapers inevitable? http://savethemedia.com/2009/03/05/is-the-death-of-newspapers-inevitable/ A veteran journalist blogs about the new media revolution. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bloggingmom67 http://savethemedia.com/2009/03/05/is-the-death-of-newspapers-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-423 bloggingmom67 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:03:22 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=946#comment-423 Jeffrey, Good point about the CEOS, Ad directors, circulation directors. It's not just the news side that missed the boat. Glad you enjoy the blog. -- Gina<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('423','bloggingmom67'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('423','bloggingmom67','Jeffrey,\n\nGood point about the CEOS, Ad directors, circulation directors. It\'s not just the news side that missed the boat.\n\nGlad you enjoy the blog.\n\n-- Gina'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Jeffrey,

Good point about the CEOS, Ad directors, circulation directors. It’s not just the news side that missed the boat.

Glad you enjoy the blog.

– Gina

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]]> By: Jeffrey S. Klein http://savethemedia.com/2009/03/05/is-the-death-of-newspapers-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Jeffrey S. Klein Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:00:27 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=946#comment-419 They didn't study the web or understand its power. That's absolutely right. And it wasn't just the journalists, although they were surprisingly change resistant. It was the CEO'S, the Ad Directors, the Circulation Directors. They didn't use the web. They weren't early adopters. They didn't experiment. So they didn't understand how powerful the change was and how inevitable it was. The demise of newspapers was probably inevitable, but the news organizations could have been leading the charge into new technologies instead of watching it pass them by. Great blog.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('419','Jeffrey S. Klein'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('419','Jeffrey S. Klein','They didn\'t study the web or understand its power. That\'s absolutely right. And it wasn\'t just the journalists, although they were surprisingly change resistant. It was the CEO\'S, the Ad Directors, the Circulation Directors. They didn\'t use the web. They weren\'t early adopters. They didn\'t experiment. So they didn\'t understand how powerful the change was and how inevitable it was.\n\nThe demise of newspapers was probably inevitable, but the news organizations could have been leading the charge into new technologies instead of watching it pass them by.\n\nGreat blog.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> They didn’t study the web or understand its power. That’s absolutely right. And it wasn’t just the journalists, although they were surprisingly change resistant. It was the CEO’S, the Ad Directors, the Circulation Directors. They didn’t use the web. They weren’t early adopters. They didn’t experiment. So they didn’t understand how powerful the change was and how inevitable it was.

The demise of newspapers was probably inevitable, but the news organizations could have been leading the charge into new technologies instead of watching it pass them by.

Great blog.

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]]> By: Gina Chen http://savethemedia.com/2009/03/05/is-the-death-of-newspapers-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Gina Chen Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:52:00 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=946#comment-420 Paul, Totally agree with you, and that's why I started this blog -- to be one small voice in hopefully many. Thanks for adding your two cents. -- Gina Chas - Will be interesting to see how Seattle P-I experiments works. -- Gina<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('420','Gina Chen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('420','Gina Chen','Paul,\n\nTotally agree with you, and that\'s why I started this blog -- to be one small voice in hopefully many.\n\nThanks for adding your two cents.\n\n-- Gina\n\nChas -\n\nWill be interesting to see how Seattle P-I experiments works.\n\n-- Gina'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Paul,

Totally agree with you, and that’s why I started this blog — to be one small voice in hopefully many.

Thanks for adding your two cents.

– Gina

Chas -

Will be interesting to see how Seattle P-I experiments works.

– Gina

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]]> By: Paul Gillin http://savethemedia.com/2009/03/05/is-the-death-of-newspapers-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Paul Gillin Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:45:46 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=946#comment-421 Yes, it's over for newspapers. Within five years, probably 200 more US dailies will fold. Within 20 years, there will only be four national print newspapers left: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the Washington Post. They made the jump to national distribution in time. Everyone else loses. Some newspapers may survive with a small print presence, perhaps a couple of times a week. The mass adoption of inexpensive and flexible electronic readers will all but kill print, though. Have you seen the new Kindle? You will want one, believe me. And that's only the first generation of the new breed of portable display devices. But who cares about the medium? So what if print goes away? A few more trees will be spared. The issue isn't newspapers but news. Journalism has a bright future, but the role of the journalist will increasingly be as aggregator, collector and interpreter of many facts and points of view. We are drowning in information and the amount of public information is estimated to double every two years. Machines can only do so much to manage this flood. We will look to trusted brands - whether personal or institutional - to help us cope with it and understand it. Journalists will help us do that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('421','Paul Gillin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('421','Paul Gillin','Yes, it\'s over for newspapers. Within five years, probably 200 more US dailies will fold. Within 20 years, there will only be four national print newspapers left: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the Washington Post. They made the jump to national distribution in time. Everyone else loses.\n\nSome newspapers may survive with a small print presence, perhaps a couple of times a week. The mass adoption of inexpensive and flexible electronic readers will all but kill print, though. Have you seen the new Kindle? You will want one, believe me. And that\'s only the first generation of the new breed of portable display devices.\n\nBut who cares about the medium? So what if print goes away? A few more trees will be spared. The issue isn\'t newspapers but news.\n\nJournalism has a bright future, but the role of the journalist will increasingly be as aggregator, collector and interpreter of many facts and points of view. We are drowning in information and the amount of public information is estimated to double every two years. Machines can only do so much to manage this flood. We will look to trusted brands - whether personal or institutional - to help us cope with it and understand it. Journalists will help us do that.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yes, it’s over for newspapers. Within five years, probably 200 more US dailies will fold. Within 20 years, there will only be four national print newspapers left: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the Washington Post. They made the jump to national distribution in time. Everyone else loses.

Some newspapers may survive with a small print presence, perhaps a couple of times a week. The mass adoption of inexpensive and flexible electronic readers will all but kill print, though. Have you seen the new Kindle? You will want one, believe me. And that’s only the first generation of the new breed of portable display devices.

But who cares about the medium? So what if print goes away? A few more trees will be spared. The issue isn’t newspapers but news.

Journalism has a bright future, but the role of the journalist will increasingly be as aggregator, collector and interpreter of many facts and points of view. We are drowning in information and the amount of public information is estimated to double every two years. Machines can only do so much to manage this flood. We will look to trusted brands – whether personal or institutional – to help us cope with it and understand it. Journalists will help us do that.

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]]> By: Chas J. Hartman http://savethemedia.com/2009/03/05/is-the-death-of-newspapers-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Chas J. Hartman Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:36:42 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=946#comment-425 No, the death of newspapers isn't inevitable. I hope your readers are keeping up with this story (which will show them that reporters aren't ready to give up): http://scoopingthenews.blogspot.com/2009/03/seattle-p-i-to-go-web-only-in-matter-of.html<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('425','Chas J. Hartman'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('425','Chas J. Hartman','No, the death of newspapers isn\'t inevitable. I hope your readers are keeping up with this story (which will show them that reporters aren\'t ready to give up):\n\nhttp:\/\/scoopingthenews.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/seattle-p-i-to-go-web-only-in-matter-of.html'); return false;">Quote</a></div> No, the death of newspapers isn’t inevitable. I hope your readers are keeping up with this story (which will show them that reporters aren’t ready to give up):

http://scoopingthenews.blogspot.com/2009/03/seattle-p-i-to-go-web-only-in-matter-of.html

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