Comments on: The future of newspapers? Asking the past: http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:38:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mark Rutledge http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346498 Mark Rutledge Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:10:18 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346498 Everyone here should go back and read Howard Weaver's post again. Newspapers are in the unique position to do anything anyone else in the news business can do, only better. That's a hell fo a business model, and don't think they're not aware of it. Let's not wear our blogger blinders too tightly. Everyone here should go back and read Howard Weaver’s post again. Newspapers are in the unique position to do anything anyone else in the news business can do, only better. That’s a hell fo a business model, and don’t think they’re not aware of it. Let’s not wear our blogger blinders too tightly.

]]> By: George Kelly http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346427 George Kelly Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:51:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346427 Mr. Giner: MediaNews, not McClatchy, now owns the San Jose Mercury News. Mr. Giner: MediaNews, not McClatchy, now owns the San Jose Mercury News.

]]> By: Juan Giner http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346312 Juan Giner Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:06:22 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346312 Jeff, The comments of Mr. Pruitt are a shame for a company that now owns two of the papers that were worldwide leaders in the online world. Nando and Mercurynews, in North Carolina and California were amazing operations when nobody, nobody, have done anything in this area. If the CEO of McClatchy is not aware of this great tradition, yes, the best thing to do is to sell any stock of this newspaper group of the past, not of the future. Jeff,

The comments of Mr. Pruitt are a shame for a company that now owns two of the papers that were worldwide leaders in the online world.

Nando and Mercurynews, in North Carolina and California were amazing operations when nobody, nobody, have done anything in this area.

If the CEO of McClatchy is not aware of this great tradition, yes, the best thing to do is to sell any stock of this newspaper group of the past, not of the future.

]]> By: MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NEWSPAPERS at WHAT’S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346308 MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NEWSPAPERS at WHAT’S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:59:46 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346308 [...] Jeff Jarvis covers a recent breakfast in New York about the future of newspapers with Gary Pruitt, the CEO of McClatchy, and Dean Baquet, the former editor of Los Angeles Times, and now bureau chief of The New York Times in the Washington DC. [...] [...] Jeff Jarvis covers a recent breakfast in New York about the future of newspapers with Gary Pruitt, the CEO of McClatchy, and Dean Baquet, the former editor of Los Angeles Times, and now bureau chief of The New York Times in the Washington DC. [...]

]]> By: Howard Weaver http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346287 Howard Weaver Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:20:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346287 Guy (and Jeff, et al): Probably not much credibility from a person talking about his boss (I work for McClatchy) but please don't confuse Gary's observation about the viability of a "once-a-day" news briefing as descriptive of McClatchy's whole strategy. Everybody knows producing printed newspapers is no longer sufficent, but I wonder why you are so quick to dismiss the prospect that there is still a role for a product that 50 million audlts use every day and that still makes good money? Think of the once-a-day printed product (cheap, portable, durable, disposable) as one component of the news company's mix: a summary, briefing or orientation about recent past and near future events. In the meantime, hundreds of staffers are also furiously filling multiple other channels with breaking news, video reports, email alerts, blog posts and the like. The company's opinion journalists are convening community forums, hosting debates, gathering and presenting multiple community video commentaries. Maybe the company also partners with technology companies to enable faster and more efficent distribution, or to share in a super-efficent an ad sales model, or as an additional outlet for expensive, non-commodity news like reporting from Baghdad, Nairobi and Jerusalem. An efficently produced, carefully selected and packaged printed product might find a useful niche in that portfolio. Guy (and Jeff, et al): Probably not much credibility from a person talking about his boss (I work for McClatchy) but please don’t confuse Gary’s observation about the viability of a “once-a-day” news briefing as descriptive of McClatchy’s whole strategy.

Everybody knows producing printed newspapers is no longer sufficent, but I wonder why you are so quick to dismiss the prospect that there is still a role for a product that 50 million audlts use every day and that still makes good money? Think of the once-a-day printed product (cheap, portable, durable, disposable) as one component of the news company’s mix: a summary, briefing or orientation about recent past and near future events. In the meantime, hundreds of staffers are also furiously filling multiple other channels with breaking news, video reports, email alerts, blog posts and the like. The company’s opinion journalists are convening community forums, hosting debates, gathering and presenting multiple community video commentaries.

Maybe the company also partners with technology companies to enable faster and more efficent distribution, or to share in a super-efficent an ad sales model, or as an additional outlet for expensive, non-commodity news like reporting from Baghdad, Nairobi and Jerusalem.

An efficently produced, carefully selected and packaged printed product might find a useful niche in that portfolio.

]]> By: JoeC http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346282 JoeC Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:07:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346282 For a glimpse of a possible future for newspapers, check out <a href="http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2007/03/boston-bloggers-summit-version-20.html" rel="nofollow">Steve Garfield's post</a>about <a href="http://bostonnowpaper.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">BostonNow.</a> For a glimpse of a possible future for newspapers, check out
Steve Garfield’s postabout BostonNow.

]]> By: Tansley http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346276 Tansley Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:15:13 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346276 This is just so classic. People in an entrenched insitution seem to voluntarily put on blinkers and simply cease thinking along certain lines. Just because you ignore it, doesn't mean the tidal wave isn't going to wash away your village. I've heard some say that newspapers are dying a deserved death. This kind of brings it home, doesn't it? This is just so classic. People in an entrenched insitution seem to voluntarily put on blinkers and simply cease thinking along certain lines.

Just because you ignore it, doesn’t mean the tidal wave isn’t going to wash away your village.

I’ve heard some say that newspapers are dying a deserved death. This kind of brings it home, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Guy Love http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346270 Guy Love Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:07:18 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346270 Seems the institutional players are still lingering in the denial stage and haven't quite made the jump to the acceptance stage of their situation. “People are looking for a once-a-day stop that is professionally selected and edited…. I think we would lose audience if we abandoned that.” Do these highly educated, highly professional, industry leaders ever break away from consoling one another long enough to actually understand why they have become the "buggy whip" of information? Seems the institutional players are still lingering in the denial stage and haven’t quite made the jump to the acceptance stage of their situation.

“People are looking for a once-a-day stop that is professionally selected and edited…. I think we would lose audience if we abandoned that.”

Do these highly educated, highly professional, industry leaders ever break away from consoling one another long enough to actually understand why they have become the “buggy whip” of information?

]]> By: laurence haughton http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346268 laurence haughton Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:40:36 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/29/the-future-of-newspapers-asking-the-past/#comment-346268 So Pruitt said "that he’s confident at their ability to build audiences but his concern is whether there is a business model that has advertising supporting journalism." Did anyone ask him to elaborate? If not, I think the lack of interest speaks volumes. So Pruitt said “that he’s confident at their ability to build audiences but his concern is whether there is a business model that has advertising supporting journalism.” Did anyone ask him to elaborate? If not, I think the lack of interest speaks volumes.

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