Bloggers kill another Paper...this time it's National

[kingbill]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1029/p25s01-usgn.html

In 2009, the Monitor will become the first nationally circulated newspaper to replace its daily print edition with its website; the 100 year-old news organization will also offer subscribers weekly print and daily e-mail editions.

The Christian Science Monitor plans major changes in April 2009 that are expected to make it the first newspaper with a national audience to shift from a daily print format to an online publication that is updated continuously each day.
The changes at the Monitor will include enhancing the content on CSMonitor.com, starting weekly print and daily e-mail editions, and discontinuing the current daily print format.

 

[Mistermj]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1029/p25s01-usgn.html

in 2009, the monitor will become the first nationally circulated newspaper to replace its daily print edition with its website; the 100 year-old news organization will also offer subscribers weekly print and daily e-mail editions.

the christian science monitor plans major changes in april 2009 that are expected to make it the first newspaper with a national audience to shift from a daily print format to an online publication that is updated continuously each day.
The changes at the monitor will include enhancing the content on csmonitor.com, starting weekly print and daily e-mail editions, and discontinuing the current daily print format.

 

[kingbill]

In other news the Watch Tower continues to focus on print

 

[barman]

The CSM will be the first 'national' newspaper to replace it's print edition with an online edition....which ain't hard because there's really only three "national" newspapers within the USA.

Meanwhile, USA TODAY and the Wall Street Journal will continue to publish both print and online editions as they further distance themselves from the archaic editorial viewpoints found daily in the CSM.

Also, expect the CSM to suffer with this move since many of the fundamentalist Xtian readership view the Internet as the Information Highway, Route 666.

 

[Mistermj]

Some enterprising outfit will soon sell us wide newsprint printers below cost.

For 50 cents you could print out your own instantly updated newspaper with local, national, international, sports, gambling stats... ect. Customizable for your own tastes in sources.

People love the feel of newsprint in their hands...at least I do...compared to a computer screen.

The real problem with newspapers is day old news, printing and delivery costs.

Decentralize it....the technology is there.

How hard would it be to have the same set up in a vending machine format?

 

[kingbill]

The National Post...Gave me a 90 day preview subscription.

I'm just waiting for it to run out. Too much paper for news that I can read the night before going to bed.

Of course I work on a computer so I've plenty of opportunity to glance at the headlines...it might be different if I worked in a labour job

 

[barman]

National Post has a pretty sensible Editorial board....I've enjoyed reading their takes via the miracle of the Internet these past nine years.

 

[kingbill]

The NP is pretty good...they are the Canadian "Conservative" newspaper but by American Standards they haven't gone full blown. Still left of the Democrats

 

[punter]

Some enterprising outfit will soon sell us wide newsprint printers below cost.

For 50 cents you could print out your own instantly updated newspaper with local, national, international, sports, gambling stats... ect. Customizable for your own tastes in sources.

People love the feel of newsprint in their hands...at least I do...compared to a computer screen.

The real problem with newspapers is day old news, printing and delivery costs.

Decentralize it....the technology is there.


How hard would it be to have the same set up in a vending machine format?

I have head that the National Enquirer ink rubs off on your hands.

Has that been a problem for you?

 

[fletchisrhsm]

I have head that the National Enquirer ink rubs off on your hands.

Has that been a problem for you?

:lolBIG:

 

[Mistermj]

:lolBIG: Zing....the ol F'ker got me pretty good.

 

[fletchisrhsm]

:lolBIG: Zing....the ol F'ker got me pretty good.

indeed. :nohead:

 

[Mistermj]

Time Inc. to cut 600 positions, reorganize itself

By Jim Romenesko

New York Times | Advertising Age
Tim Arango reports Time Inc. will lay off about 6% of its workforce and be revamped in a way that could radically alter the culture at the company. No magazines are scheduled to close, but some are likely to be severely cut back. | Read the memo.
> Time Inc. restructuring blows up the old corporate hierarchy

Its' almost like my post on the subject has made the old dinosaurs start to die off right before our eyes.

The arrows of a million bloggers can slay any old dinosaur.

 

[Preussen]

The arrows of a million bloggers can slay any old dinosaur.

Except that none of the multiple discussions about that topic in this forum have in any way backed up your assertion that the problems of the newspapers are due to Blogs. And just repeating your assertion again and again doesn't make it any more likely.

 

[Mistermj]

Except that none of the multiple discussions about that topic in this forum have in any way backed up your assertion that the problems of the newspapers are due to Blogs. And just repeating your assertion again and again doesn't make it any more likely.

Don't be so obtuse Preussen.

Surely you can't be serious?

Media that depends on expensive printing and snail mail for distribution of a product with week old news versus a medium that distributes up to the minute commentary with just a click of the mouse? :missingte

Are lefty's really this out of touch trying to hang onto their grip on the old dinosaur media?

:lolBIG: Better get over it...its over. Old media doesn't stand a chance in its present form.

Their best hope is to start merging with the best bloggers out there...the sooner the better.

 

[Preussen]

Don't be so obtuse Preussen.

Surely you can't be serious?

Media that depends on expensive printing and snail mail for distribution of a product with week old news versus a medium that distributes up to the minute commentary with just a click of the mouse? :missingte

Are lefty's really this out of touch trying to hang onto their grip on the old dinosaur media?

:lolBIG: Better get over it...its over. Old media doesn't stand a chance in its present form.

Their best hope is to start merging with the best bloggers out there...the sooner the better.

MJ, it's impressive how you always repeat yourself while providing no arguments of any substance.
As even you should be able to remember, my point in the other threads was that while I do not deny that the internet is a big problem for print newspapers, Blogs are not, as they are no source of reliable information. So far you had exactly no sensible response to that.

 

[Mistermj]

The old media is no more trustable than the new media. Look at the current spiking by the LA Times.

Each source must be judged on its own merit.

Perhaps you haven't heard of the Jason Blair scandal at the NY Times?

Or that Dan Rather had to resign at CBS for a bogus report with fake documents? Old media is littered with such stories of lies and deception.

In fact...a blog broke the Dan Rather story...and it is widely considered the breakout for blogs assualt on the old media.

Blogs live or die by their reputation...if they are not trustable...people do not read them anymore.(Yes there are many that are worthless..just as there are many that are serious and building brands with reliable stories and reporting).

And you also have a better mechanism for fact checking at blogs...millions of readers can comment or apply their personal expertise through comments on the story...updated in real time.

Blogs will morph into something resembling electronic newspapers...and newspapers that survive will morph more toward a blog format.

Might as well get used to it.

 

[Mistermj]

Monitor shifts from print to Web-based strategy


In 2009, the Monitor will become the first nationally circulated newspaper to replace its daily print edition with its website; the 100 year-old news organization will also offer subscribers weekly print and daily e-mail editions.

<ADDRESS class=byline style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">By David Cook | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor </ADDRESS>posted October 28, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. EDT

Mrs. Wolff cited three goals that drove what she called "our evolving strategy" for the Monitor:

• Producing a website that can be updated 24/7 and delivered instantaneously "better fulfills Mrs. Eddy's original vision" for the Monitor to be daily than does a five-day-a-week paper delivered by mail with frequent delays.
• Focusing resources on the fast-growing Web audience for news rather than on the economically troubled daily newspaper industry "increases the Monitor's reach and impact." The Monitor's website currently attracts about 1.5 million visitors a month.
• Eliminating the major production and distribution costs of a daily newspaper will allow the Monitor to "make progress toward achieving financial sustainability" while supporting its global news resources.
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[fletchisrhsm]

Monitor shifts from print to Web-based strategy


In 2009, the Monitor will become the first nationally circulated newspaper to replace its daily print edition with its website; the 100 year-old news organization will also offer subscribers weekly print and daily e-mail editions.

<address class="byline" style="margin-bottom: 0px;">By David Cook | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor </address>posted October 28, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. EDT

Mrs. Wolff cited three goals that drove what she called "our evolving strategy" for the Monitor:

• Producing a website that can be updated 24/7 and delivered instantaneously "better fulfills Mrs. Eddy's original vision" for the Monitor to be daily than does a five-day-a-week paper delivered by mail with frequent delays.
• Focusing resources on the fast-growing Web audience for news rather than on the economically troubled daily newspaper industry "increases the Monitor's reach and impact." The Monitor's website currently attracts about 1.5 million visitors a month.
• Eliminating the major production and distribution costs of a daily newspaper will allow the Monitor to "make progress toward achieving financial sustainability" while supporting its global news resources.
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:nohead:


Did you bother to read the first post in this thread?

:lolBIG:

 

[kingbill]

The best part about getting your news from Bloggers is that nothing of what they write needs to be fact checked like those of a proper news paper...Fuck facts.