Print News Fading, Still Source of Much News 140
CNet's Dan Farber took a look, not only at the popular news of how print media is dying a slow death, but also what contribution to the news print journalists are still making. According to research quoted, while the physical publications are quickly becoming a thing of the past much of the news that makes its way into circulation via blogs and other means still originates from the hard work of those print journalists. (We discussed a similar perspective on the news a week back.) "While the Internet is growing as the place where people go for news, the revenue simply isn't catching up fast enough. The less obvious part of the Internet overtaking newspapers as the main source for national and international news is that much of the seed content--the original reporting that breaks national and international news and is subsequently refactored by legions of bloggers--comes from the reporters and editors working at the financially strapped newspapers and national and local television outlets. [...] As the financial pressures mount--the outlook for 2009 is dismal--and the cost cutting continues, we can only hope that the original news reporting by top-flight journalists is not a major casualty."
Frist Post! (Score:3, Funny)
Print news is fading? (Score:1, Funny)
Perhaps they need to change their toner cartridge if their news is fading.
*rimshot*
It's simple... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's the problem (Score:1, Funny)
The problem isn't just limited to the news, either. I expect for some /.ers to offer the same solutions they do for other copyright holders whose income is being lowered by the internet's near-zero cost of distribution - the journalists should tour more, sell more merchandise, or work under a patronage model.
But think of all we miss! (Score:5, Funny)
PHONING IT IN, mid-afternoon - An ambulance service has praised a five-year-old boy after he successfully called 999 to report that his mother had collapsed and was unconscious in their home.
In other news [today.com], a pet wears a seatbelt, alleged scientists have yet again discovered a formula for the perfect attractive woman (it apparently involves being short with long legs and large breasts), there's a piece on ancient Roman bikinis, how to make the perfect cup of tea and lots of pictures of sunburnt, drug-addled women in bikini tops at a summer rock festival, including ones that aren't Amy Winehouse.
Crop circles have fallen out of favour in recent years. How the A-levels these days aren't as good as proper A-levels were back in my day, you mark my words, remains a perennial favourite. With pictures of students in bikini tops.
"We're holding out hope of the first skateboarding duck of the season," said one of the few reporters still left in the office. "In the meantime, I'm researching a story about a long, short-breasted, large-legged sunburnt woman in a Roman bikini top making me the perfect cup of tea."
Remember: it's the Watchdog of the Press that protects our democracy.
Re:Subscription = Revenue (Score:3, Funny)
Actually you are missing something. Classifieds and ads constituted of the majority of newspaper revenue, not subscriptions.
So why don't they borrow a page from RIAA's playbook and sue Craigslist?
Re:Subscription = Revenue (Score:2, Funny)
Classifieds and ads constituted of the majority of newspaper revenue, not subscriptions.
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I have heard the same thing. If you still get your newspapers out of a newsbox, that money just pays for the delivery to the box. The distributors get the papers for free, or close to it. I guess they also have bonding and or liability insurance requirements. Also somebody has to pay for the boxes, but, in my experience the boxes are often branded.
I would guess that the Corporate advertisers provide the greatest share of the newspapers income and therefore have the greatest influence over the newspapers content. When I tried to do a informal survey in my neighborhood on this subject, I could never complete the long explanation before they would shout out something like "them media's is crooks," or "they hate decent people."
Finally, one old retired guy, on a bus stop, after overhearing my spiel for a second time got it! He provided me with a great quote." "Now I get it. Your not tellin us them crooks is crooks, because everybody already knows that. Your tellin us how them crooks manage to work together, without slitting each others throats."
I don't think everyone would be bothered by the disappearance of corporate newsprint.
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