Interesting take on saving/reviving newspapers

[Tom Petty]

and now i know why newspapers are going in the ****ter. generation stupid thinks it's entitled to a free ride.

and, btw, in a recent study, 18 percent of generation stupid said their main source of news comes from leno and/or letterman.

i guess one generation saved us from hitler, and another is saving us from being smart. good work guys, keep up the good work.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

and now i know why newspapers are going in the ****ter. generation stupid thinks it's entitled to a free ride.

and, btw, in a recent study, 18 percent of generation stupid said their main source of news comes from leno and/or letterman.

i guess one generation saved us from hitler, and another is saving us from being smart. good work guys, keep up the good work.

so the answer is make people pay to read your website?

 

[SwingAndAMiss]

The answer is hybrid technology.

You subscribe to a newspaper. You make a deposit and receive a lightweight, 8 x 11 electronic device similar to the Amazon Kindle. When you dock it, you get an e-newspaper, complete with touch screen that allows you to "turn pages" and read it like a newspaper. The subscription entitles you to exclusive "breaking news" updates sent during the day -- things you can't get on the Web site. All that whining about the price of print, delivery trucks, paper -- gone. Ads can be creatively integrated, and because it still reads like a paper, ads can still be involved in the page.

All this would take is one ******* creative mind anywhere in the publishing world. The end.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

The answer is hybrid technology.

You subscribe to a newspaper. You make a deposit and receive a lightweight, 8 x 11 electronic device similar to the Amazon Kindle. When you dock it, you get an e-newspaper, complete with touch screen that allows you to "turn pages" and read it like a newspaper. The subscription entitles you to exclusive "breaking news" updates sent during the day -- things you can't get on the Web site. All that whining about the price of print, delivery trucks, paper -- gone. Ads can be creatively integrated, and because it still reads like a paper, ads can still be involved in the page.

All this would take is one ******* creative mind anywhere in the publishing world. The end.

It's going to have to have a lot more functionality than an e-reader. It'd have to be iPhone/iPod touch-esque in its versatility. It needs multimedia abilities, since I highly doubt newspapers are going to drop the audio and visual elements. And I don't know anyone with a Kindle (nor have I seen one live and in living color black-and-white, but it's a lot smaller than a newspaper page, so it's going to be harder to read.

There's potential, but it's going to be a lot harder than "one ******* creative mind anywhere in the publishing world. The end"

 

[Tom Petty]

and now i know why newspapers are going in the ****ter. generation stupid thinks it's entitled to a free ride.

and, btw, in a recent study, 18 percent of generation stupid said their main source of news comes from leno and/or letterman.

i guess one generation saved us from hitler, and another is saving us from being smart. good work guys, keep up the good work.

so the answer is make people pay to read your website?

you work in this ****ing industry that's taking on water on a daily basis.


what do you think?

 

[Mystery_Meat]

and now i know why newspapers are going in the ****ter. generation stupid thinks it's entitled to a free ride.

and, btw, in a recent study, 18 percent of generation stupid said their main source of news comes from leno and/or letterman.

i guess one generation saved us from hitler, and another is saving us from being smart. good work guys, keep up the good work.

so the answer is make people pay to read your website?

you work in this ****ing industry that's taking on water on a daily basis.


what do you think?

Considering the New York Times punted its Times Select program, and considering no reputable newspaper that I'm aware of charges for admission, I'm going to say the answer is no, making people pay for something they've been getting for free all this time without a MASSIVE increase in quality and quantity of content -- which we all know isn't happening in 2008 -- is not going to work.

The only other way is to enter a combination with every other news outlet in your readership area and agree to all charge for access. Otherwise, people will gravitate towards the free option. The internet economic model has been established, and charging for anything other than music or high-quality porn doesn't work.

 

[Tom Petty]

and now i know why newspapers are going in the ****ter. generation stupid thinks it's entitled to a free ride.

and, btw, in a recent study, 18 percent of generation stupid said their main source of news comes from leno and/or letterman.

i guess one generation saved us from hitler, and another is saving us from being smart. good work guys, keep up the good work.

so the answer is make people pay to read your website?

you work in this ****ing industry that's taking on water on a daily basis.


what do you think?

Considering the New York Times punted its Times Select program, and considering no reputable newspaper that I'm aware of charges for admission, I'm going to say the answer is no, making people pay for something they've been getting for free all this time without a MASSIVE increase in quality and quantity of content -- which we all know isn't happening in 2008 -- is not going to work.

The only other way is to enter a combination with every other news outlet in your readership area and agree to all charge for access. Otherwise, people will gravitate towards the free option. The internet economic model has been established, and charging for anything other than music or high-quality porn doesn't work.

and how does that approach keep newspapers alive?