Comments on: NY Times Headline Says It All: “More Readers Trading Newspapers for Web Sites” http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:22:14 -0800 hourly 1 By: Jodie http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-2664867 Jodie Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:17:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-2664867 It all started with radio. Yes, once the public realized they could receive information without having to work at it—newspapers were in trouble. Television only increased the inevitable demise of newspapers. With audio and images, the public did not even have to think up images any longer. Now as the Internet gathers print, audio, and images, the hard copy of a newspaper can now be easily converted into a webpage as an aesthetically pleasing webpage. While some may argue that the Internet is providing more information and provides the public another opportunity to view newspapers side-by-side with television and radio programs, I insist that the Internet’s provision of condensed information is entirely reliable to the medium that provides that data. It is not a pleasurable feeling to read long passages on a computer. News stories can be longer and in more depth with print because the eyes are not as stressed as when reading on a computer. The Internet determines that reading should be limited in order for the public to remain comfortable. The analysis and views on the Internet cannot be fully explored like with newspapers. The online version of print is unique and not the evolution of newspapers to electronic formatting. The inevitability of newspapers beginning to fold has become an actuality. I live in a state with one major newspaper the Denver Post with the Rocky Mountain News closing up shop this year. Many other cities are also feeling the pangs of advertiser dollars going toward the Internet. The outcome is that only one newspaper is able to survive with the limited amount of current advertiser dollars. I see the Denver Post next in line to fold in the upcoming recent years. From the Project For Excellence in Journalism and The Poynter Institute, Rick Edmonds reports, “Those results for the six months ending September 2005—the industry circulation down 2.6% daily and 3.1% Sunday from the same period in 2004—were ugly” (2006). While the statistics may be dated, the reality of newspapers and subscribers continue to follow the sliding trend with more and more newspaper publishers going out of business or filing for bankruptcy. Newspapers require the public to put effort into acquiring data; the Internet offers a friendly screen of colors and click of a button to scan from one webpage to another. Newspapers cannot compete with the Internet when it comes to the true viability of any medium—advertisers. The consequences of the world without newspapers will inevitably gap the public of information, information that cannot be glossed up by Internet web pages or dramatized by television programs. If news cannot entertain, the public will not be informed. From Neil Postman’s book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, “Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice” (1985, 3-4). Postman was referring to television in his analysis; however, the Internet and its requirement for striking images can also be another component of Postman’s argument. Some newspapers have tampered with color but the hues do not compare to what the Internet can compose. The serious, in-depth coverage will become the old-timers proclamation of how things used to be when newspapers were still around. The public will know a little about what their elders are talking about; the public will know a little about everything. Unfortunately the comprehension of a subject in a greater context will not be what the public values. With newspapers gone, the trend of quick, fast, and hurried will be what the public is provided and what the public conducts with their Internet research, reviewing what they already know, investigating odd happenings, and surveying dramatic events. The present will be the focus. Context will soon if not already be determined as ancient, unnecessary work that had to be done in the old-days because of a lack of technology. References Edmonds, Rick. (2006). “Audience.” The State of the News Media 2006: An Annual Report on American Journalism. Project for Excellence in Journalism. http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2006/narrative_newspapers_audience.asp?cat=3&m edia=3. Postman, Neil. (1985). Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Penguin Books: New York. It all started with radio. Yes, once the public realized they could receive information without having to work at it—newspapers were in trouble. Television only increased the inevitable demise of newspapers. With audio and images, the public did not even have to think up images any longer. Now as the Internet gathers print, audio, and images, the hard copy of a newspaper can now be easily converted into a webpage as an aesthetically pleasing webpage.
While some may argue that the Internet is providing more information and provides the public another opportunity to view newspapers side-by-side with television and radio programs, I insist that the Internet’s provision of condensed information is entirely reliable to the medium that provides that data. It is not a pleasurable feeling to read long passages on a computer. News stories can be longer and in more depth with print because the eyes are not as stressed as when reading on a computer. The Internet determines that reading should be limited in order for the public to remain comfortable. The analysis and views on the Internet cannot be fully explored like with newspapers. The online version of print is unique and not the evolution of newspapers to electronic formatting.
The inevitability of newspapers beginning to fold has become an actuality. I live in a state with one major newspaper the Denver Post with the Rocky Mountain News closing up shop this year. Many other cities are also feeling the pangs of advertiser dollars going toward the Internet. The outcome is that only one newspaper is able to survive with the limited amount of current advertiser dollars. I see the Denver Post next in line to fold in the upcoming recent years. From the Project For Excellence in Journalism and The Poynter Institute, Rick Edmonds reports, “Those results for the six months ending September 2005—the industry circulation down 2.6% daily and 3.1% Sunday from the same period in 2004—were ugly” (2006). While the statistics may be dated, the reality of newspapers and subscribers continue to follow the sliding trend with more and more newspaper publishers going out of business or filing for bankruptcy. Newspapers require the public to put effort into acquiring data; the Internet offers a friendly screen of colors and click of a button to scan from one webpage to another. Newspapers cannot compete with the Internet when it comes to the true viability of any medium—advertisers.
The consequences of the world without newspapers will inevitably gap the public of information, information that cannot be glossed up by Internet web pages or dramatized by television programs. If news cannot entertain, the public will not be informed. From Neil Postman’s book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, “Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice” (1985, 3-4). Postman was referring to television in his analysis; however, the Internet and its requirement for striking images can also be another component of Postman’s argument. Some newspapers have tampered with color but the hues do not compare to what the Internet can compose.
The serious, in-depth coverage will become the old-timers proclamation of how things used to be when newspapers were still around. The public will know a little about what their elders are talking about; the public will know a little about everything. Unfortunately the comprehension of a subject in a greater context will not be what the public values. With newspapers gone, the trend of quick, fast, and hurried will be what the public is provided and what the public conducts with their Internet research, reviewing what they already know, investigating odd happenings, and surveying dramatic events. The present will be the focus. Context will soon if not already be determined as ancient, unnecessary work that had to be done in the old-days because of a lack of technology.

References

Edmonds, Rick. (2006). “Audience.” The State of the News Media 2006: An Annual Report on

American Journalism. Project for Excellence in Journalism.

http://www.stat...asp?cat=3&m

edia=3.

Postman, Neil. (1985). Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show

Business. Penguin Books: New York.

]]> By: Facebook Insight » Newspaper Advertising Revenues Fall 9.4% in 2007 - Where are the Marketing Dollars Headed? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-2065454 Facebook Insight » Newspaper Advertising Revenues Fall 9.4% in 2007 - Where are the Marketing Dollars Headed? Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:40:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-2065454 [...] another note - Duncan Riley at TechCrunch wrote an interesting post last November about the need for consolidation in the Newspaper industry to improve their chances of survival in the face of increased competition for advertising [...] [...] another note – Duncan Riley at TechCrunch wrote an interesting post last November about the need for consolidation in the Newspaper industry to improve their chances of survival in the face of increased competition for advertising [...]

]]> By: Decline Of US Newspapers Accelerating http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-2060784 Decline Of US Newspapers Accelerating Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:09:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-2060784 [...] do have a future, but as I wrote in November, we are yet to see a major consolidation of print in the United States. Declining revenues will [...] [...] do have a future, but as I wrote in November, we are yet to see a major consolidation of print in the United States. Declining revenues will [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1741494 Mike Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:47:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1741494 James Bentley wrote, “...if newspapers would just print the front page with one-line headlines only, perhaps more people would be enticed to read further.” The Winnipeg Free Press in Canada has come close to what you are suggesting... http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/pop_up.asp?fpVname=CAN_WFP&ref_pge=map&tfp_map=NorthAmerica As well just this past week according to Audit Bureau of Circulations the average weekday newspaper circulation for the six months ending Sept. 30, 2007 for the Wpg Free Press was up 1.28%. “Paid circulation for most major Canadian daily newspapers was either down or relatively flat in the six months ending Sept. 30.” http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/business/local/story/4071786p-4673165c.html James Bentley wrote, “…if newspapers would just print the front page with one-line headlines only, perhaps more people would be enticed to read further.”

The Winnipeg Free Press in Canada has come close to what you are suggesting…

http://www.news...ap=NorthAmerica

As well just this past week according to Audit Bureau of Circulations the average weekday newspaper circulation for the six months ending Sept. 30, 2007 for the Wpg Free Press was up 1.28%.

“Paid circulation for most major Canadian daily newspapers was either down or relatively flat in the six months ending Sept. 30.”

http://www.winn...p-4673165c.html

]]> By: K http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1733559 K Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:10:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1733559 Good bye left wing dinosaurs! Don't let the door hit your left leaning a$$. I haven't read a paper in years. I quit watching TV years ago also, except when there is a war or the superbowl etc. The internet alows me to get news and info without an annoying leftist slant. Good bye left wing dinosaurs! Don’t let the door hit your left leaning a$$. I haven’t read a paper in years. I quit watching TV years ago also, except when there is a war or the superbowl etc. The internet alows me to get news and info without an annoying leftist slant.

]]> By: ak http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1733415 ak Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:17:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1733415 The Australian is not like the USA Today. You can't compare the ass-wiping goodness of USA Today with a decent, intellectual paper like the Australian. Shame on you, Duncan. The Australian is not like the USA Today. You can’t compare the ass-wiping goodness of USA Today with a decent, intellectual paper like the Australian. Shame on you, Duncan.

]]> By: Nigel Eccles http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1733258 Nigel Eccles Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:13:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1733258 Nice article and insightful discussion. One point about about WAN though is they tend to always go on about how newspaper circulations are growing globally. That's true but only because they are growing so strongly in emerging economies like India. However they are declining across the US and Europe. Also, while newspaper circs have been in decline for decades, in the UK at least, the rate of decline has accelerated since 2000. Also note whether the WAN figures include free titles which have seen a huge growth in the UK and Europe over the past 10 years, largely at the expense of paid for titles. Another thing to separate out is circulations from ad revenues. A lot of newspapers in the UK have achieved ad revenue increases over the past 5 years despite substantial circulation declines. However ad revenues (particularly classifieds) are now heavily in decline in the US much of which is driven by price competition from the internet. On local, in the UK at least, small local weekly titles are doing better (for both circ and revenues) than city titles. Generally, over here if you can see sheep from your office things should be ticking along OK! On current trends in 10 years time there will still be newspapers, just less well read and *a lot* less profitable. Nice article and insightful discussion.

One point about about WAN though is they tend to always go on about how newspaper circulations are growing globally. That’s true but only because they are growing so strongly in emerging economies like India. However they are declining across the US and Europe. Also, while newspaper circs have been in decline for decades, in the UK at least, the rate of decline has accelerated since 2000. Also note whether the WAN figures include free titles which have seen a huge growth in the UK and Europe over the past 10 years, largely at the expense of paid for titles.

Another thing to separate out is circulations from ad revenues. A lot of newspapers in the UK have achieved ad revenue increases over the past 5 years despite substantial circulation declines. However ad revenues (particularly classifieds) are now heavily in decline in the US much of which is driven by price competition from the internet.

On local, in the UK at least, small local weekly titles are doing better (for both circ and revenues) than city titles. Generally, over here if you can see sheep from your office things should be ticking along OK!

On current trends in 10 years time there will still be newspapers, just less well read and *a lot* less profitable.

]]> By: chrisco http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1733257 chrisco Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:13:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1733257 @ #30: Agreed the shift will continue, but print will not go away entirely. It's just so much nicer to grab a magazine, newspaper or book sometimes, especially on a trip or vacation or when someone else is paying for it. Also, if enough pubs go "digital only" it will reduce the noise on the newsstand, which all things being equal, will stimulate the market, which is likely to become one of those "barbell" markets, with huge national and international publications (New York Times) on one end and small niche publications (Milky Momma's) on the other. Everything in between struggles and dies or consolidates. Cheers, chrisco @ #30: Agreed the shift will continue, but print will not go away entirely. It’s just so much nicer to grab a magazine, newspaper or book sometimes, especially on a trip or vacation or when someone else is paying for it. Also, if enough pubs go “digital only” it will reduce the noise on the newsstand, which all things being equal, will stimulate the market, which is likely to become one of those “barbell” markets, with huge national and international publications (New York Times) on one end and small niche publications (Milky Momma’s) on the other. Everything in between struggles and dies or consolidates. Cheers, chrisco

]]> By: KMartin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732834 KMartin Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:44:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732834 I think that a decade or two from now when the baby-boomers are gone, media will have shifted entirely to cater to "the internet generation" http://www.wavecorp.com I think that a decade or two from now when the baby-boomers are gone, media will have shifted entirely to cater to “the internet generation”

http://www.wavecorp.com

]]> By: Kid Croesus http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732669 Kid Croesus Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:16:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732669 Can anyone opine on what the impact on the environment would be if we stopped printing paper newspapers and magazines altogether in the next 10 years? Seems to me like this is a really good trend that we should encourage, and just in time, too? Or would this just create more forest fires. Can anyone opine on what the impact on the environment would be if we stopped printing paper newspapers and magazines altogether in the next 10 years? Seems to me like this is a really good trend that we should encourage, and just in time, too?

Or would this just create more forest fires.

]]> By: Txaber http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732639 Txaber Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:02:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732639 The Economist has over a million subscribers... The Economist has over a million subscribers…

]]> By: Christie http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732625 Christie Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:55:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732625 Great article but one question: Do you think everything is slowly migrating towards the convenience factor? For example, people seem to be selling their own homes online and publshing their own works online to avoid costly commission fees. Is this an increasing trend? Great article but one question: Do you think everything is slowly migrating towards the convenience factor? For example, people seem to be selling their own homes online and publshing their own works online to avoid costly commission fees. Is this an increasing trend?

]]> By: www.meetingflex.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732515 www.meetingflex.com Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:48:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732515 The newspaper is not going anywhere. Nothing like reading the NYT in the weekend over your leisure time. http://www.meetingflex.com Social Networking + Video - Crap The newspaper is not going anywhere.

Nothing like reading the NYT in the weekend over your leisure time.

http://www.meetingflex.com
Social Networking + Video – Crap

]]> By: Bryan Haggerty http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732483 Bryan Haggerty Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:34:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732483 Oddly enough Massachusetts actually has more than 33 newspapers, as that web site does not include the Daily Times Chronicle's Burlington, Reading, Wakefield, and Winchester editions. Oddly enough Massachusetts actually has more than 33 newspapers, as that web site does not include the Daily Times Chronicle’s Burlington, Reading, Wakefield, and Winchester editions.

]]> By: James Bentley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732448 James Bentley Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:22:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732448 HoundWire... nice site. I like the aspect of County news as well as National news. The site though is a little too busy for me (see discussion below) However, call me old-fashion (41 years old) but I get tired of filtering through websites for relevant news and after sitting in front of monitors all day, why do I want to also read my news from them? How I have been getting my news is from Yahoo's headlines. Give me a brief one-line description, and if it looks interesting, then I can choose to read further. Perhaps the problem with newspapers is they haven't changed their format. The WSJ has their left-column newsclips. Sometimes that is all I need. USAToday became popular because it reinvented its format. Who knows, if newspapers would just print the front page with one-line headlines only, perhaps more people would be enticed to read further. HoundWire… nice site. I like the aspect of County news as well as National news. The site though is a little too busy for me (see discussion below)
However, call me old-fashion (41 years old) but I get tired of filtering through websites for relevant news and after sitting in front of monitors all day, why do I want to also read my news from them?
How I have been getting my news is from Yahoo’s headlines. Give me a brief one-line description, and if it looks interesting, then I can choose to read further.
Perhaps the problem with newspapers is they haven’t changed their format. The WSJ has their left-column newsclips. Sometimes that is all I need. USAToday became popular because it reinvented its format.
Who knows, if newspapers would just print the front page with one-line headlines only, perhaps more people would be enticed to read further.

]]> By: HoundWire.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732363 HoundWire.com Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:51:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732363 Regarding Jeff and "micro markets". Local news is about to have a gigantic comeback. People left local because the national news guys were the first to figure out aggregation, ranking, comments systems, etc. not because they no longer care about their home towns. Local aggregation, when done right, will swing things back IMO. I'm taking a crack at it with http://houndwire.com . I think we'll see cheap laser printers with internet connections on street corners in a few years printing out aggregated local + national content... which will address dude's need to take it in the restroom. Regarding Jeff and “micro markets”. Local news is about to have a gigantic comeback. People left local because the national news guys were the first to figure out aggregation, ranking, comments systems, etc. not because they no longer care about their home towns.

Local aggregation, when done right, will swing things back IMO. I’m taking a crack at it with http://houndwire.com .

I think we’ll see cheap laser printers with internet connections on street corners in a few years printing out aggregated local + national content… which will address dude’s need to take it in the restroom.

]]> By: Techie http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732334 Techie Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:36:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732334 Good one! but news comes faster to net than daily... Good one! but news comes faster to net than daily…

]]> By: Jeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732325 Jeff Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:31:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732325 I have to wonder how newspapers are fairing in "micro markets." A paper was launched recently in the little town I live in, for instance, and it seems to be doing quite well. It has good potential for local advertisers, who probably wouldn't get the same level of visibility through the Web, even with very good local SEO, and I think it contributes more to community "identity"--an evolving niche craving, I think--than the Web typically does in small communities (not that the Web *can't* contribute--we do also have a vibrant Web community here). We may be an anomaly. Would be interested to know if others are seeing anything similar. I have to wonder how newspapers are fairing in “micro markets.” A paper was launched recently in the little town I live in, for instance, and it seems to be doing quite well. It has good potential for local advertisers, who probably wouldn’t get the same level of visibility through the Web, even with very good local SEO, and I think it contributes more to community “identity”–an evolving niche craving, I think–than the Web typically does in small communities (not that the Web *can’t* contribute–we do also have a vibrant Web community here). We may be an anomaly. Would be interested to know if others are seeing anything similar.

]]> By: Dude http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732310 Dude Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:22:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732310 Sorry to say this, but the only place people read newspaper is in the restroom. This going to stop soon when people get their internet using their cell phones Sorry to say this, but the only place people read newspaper is in the restroom. This going to stop soon when people get their internet using their cell phones

]]> By: Bent Cardan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732307 Bent Cardan Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:21:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732307 aren't all newspapers online these days anyway? aren’t all newspapers online these days anyway?

]]> By: John Seals http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732288 John Seals Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:09:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732288 Duncan: In your article you write: --- "The problem today with print media in the United States is that it has yet to have undergone a massive market restructuring that has occurred in other countries." --- I can't speak to magazine circulation but daily Newspapers have done nothing but close-up or consolidate since the late 1970's. That said another wave is undoubtedly in the works. Duncan:

In your article you write:

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“The problem today with print media in the United States is that it has yet to have undergone a massive market restructuring that has occurred in other countries.”
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I can’t speak to magazine circulation but daily Newspapers have done nothing but close-up or consolidate since the late 1970’s.

That said another wave is undoubtedly in the works.

]]> By: BeerCo Software Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732223 BeerCo Software Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:38:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732223 <strong>NY Times claims that newspapers are seriously on the decline...</strong> Duncan Riley of Techcrunch writes: “Readership of newspapers has continued to decline in the United States as more readers turn to online sources for news, according to the NY Times. The Audit Bureau of Circulations figures show that newspaper r... NY Times claims that newspapers are seriously on the decline…

Duncan Riley of Techcrunch writes:
“Readership of newspapers has continued to decline in the United States as more readers turn to online sources for news, according to the NY Times.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations figures show that newspaper r…

]]> By: Jon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732187 Jon Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:24:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732187 U.S. newspapers have indeed been through massive upheaval. There used to be a lot more afternoon newspapers, and two-newspaper towns. So I'm not sure your analysis is correct on that score. U.S. newspapers have indeed been through massive upheaval. There used to be a lot more afternoon newspapers, and two-newspaper towns. So I’m not sure your analysis is correct on that score.

]]> By: Adam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732154 Adam Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:11:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732154 Allan - But reading with your Wifi PDA.... now that is kinda nice. Allan – But reading with your Wifi PDA…. now that is kinda nice.

]]> By: Adam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1732148 Adam Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:10:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/06/ny-times-headline-says-it-all-more-readers-trading-newspapers-for-web-sites/#comment-1732148 Americans are an instant gratification people, we want what we want now. That is why we have so much debt. Now that we have access to learn something right when it happens why would you wait until tomorrow. I cant remember the last time i read a newspaper. Newspapers and magazines wont disappear completely but consolidation and bankruptcy is definitely in the works, and soon. Americans are an instant gratification people, we want what we want now. That is why we have so much debt. Now that we have access to learn something right when it happens why would you wait until tomorrow. I cant remember the last time i read a newspaper. Newspapers and magazines wont disappear completely but consolidation and bankruptcy is definitely in the works, and soon.

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