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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Articles they might be reading over at the Star?

Why The Pay-To-Read Model Won't Work For Newspapers On The Web


Oh, and if that's not enough, here's another:


Local Media Disrupted: How TV, Radio and Newspapers Could Get Screwed

This second one should be enough to give Tony at TKC shivers of excitement.  And heads up--this second one ends with a good deal of forward-thinking but simple, intelligent information--and good humor, to boot.

The bad news?  

It looks increasingly like we will lose our newspapers--and at a much faster speed than we thought.

The good news?

We should have far fewer trees cut down.If you're interested, links are in succession, below.



Have a terrfic weekend, y'all.



Link:  http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-pay-to-read-model-wont-work-for-newspapers-on-the-web-2010-11

http://www.businessinsider.com/local-media-disrupted-2010-10

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

In fact, this is what they're reading:

http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4961

http://www.online-publishers.org/newsletter.php?newsId=672#626_5

Think positive, dude. The Star is. Don'tello be a Botello.

Mo Rage said...

The fact is, if I'm anything, it's positive but things are surely not looking good for traditional newspapers, regardless.

That said, thanks for the links and, finally, no one really knows how it will shake out for any newspaper, the Star or any other

mr