Comments on: The last presses: Now Donald Graham joins in

By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Splitting newsrooms and hairs

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Splitting newsrooms and hairs — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:11:49 +0000

[...] : And perhaps the Post print people should read what their boss and owner had to say about the future of print. The day of the last presses is approaching. Are you ready, print people? [...]

By: Dean A. Nash

Dean A. Nash — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:28:57 +0000

Message to traditional media: Thank you and GOODBYE!

The democratization that the web has brought to news (threatening both newspapers and Television) and opinion - with blogs for everyone - far outweighs what it has done to business.

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:37:27 +0000

Rick: I wanted that, too, but couldn’t find it; it’s not on the Post corporate site.

By: Rick Burnes

Rick Burnes — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:32:10 +0000

Anybody seen the full transcript of his talk?

By: Mashrout

Mashrout — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:11:41 +0000

Even if WaPo is not on Google’s radar, it doesn’t
mean Google is not a competitor.

Basic Business: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

Whether Google’s products are designed with WaPo in mind,
they may be designed to surpass traditional approaches.

Kudos for Mr. Graham for rising to the occasion. This is
not playing the victim, this is realizing that the company
must adapt to changing times or become a victim.

By: David HM Spector

David HM Spector — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:02:28 +0000

Heh… Mr. Graham either completely misses the point, or has border-line personality disorder when he says “Our Web competitors, Google in particular, are coming up with clever new products which are designed to make our life harder,.” What make him think that the Washington Post is even on Google’s radar screen? Google (and everyone else who has a brain) is looking for ways to attract customers and make the utility of their information as high as possible. By asserting that Google is making products design to make the WaPo’s job harder he places himself and his publication in te role of some kind of victim, rather than that of an newspaper thats is trying to innovate and find new ways to address reporting and the delivery of that reporting to people who may be interested in what the Post has to say…