Comments on: If “Real Journalism” Fails As A Business, Should Government Step In?

By: Green Smoothie

Green Smoothie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:09:40 +0000

Green Smoothie…

Can’t get your kids to eat their veggies? How about have them drink them….

By: Can “real” journalism rise from the ashes? — Shooting at Bubbles

Can “real” journalism rise from the ashes? — Shooting at Bubbles — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:07:09 +0000

[...] for help from governments is floated as a way to postpone the inevitable. As Michael Arrington points out though in a post on this today the very idea of taking government dollars to prop up failing news businesses should be raising [...]

By: La crisis de la prensa es también conceptual. « Marginalia2009’s Blog

La crisis de la prensa es también conceptual. « Marginalia2009’s Blog — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:40:10 +0000

[...] de Enrique Dans. Se pregunta Enrique si es oportuno proteger a la prensa tradicional anglosajona subvencionandola con dinero público, para amortiguar su caída vertiginosa en ventas. Esta pregunta viene a colación de la propuesta de [...]

By: ¿Salvar a los periódicos con dinero público? ¿A qué estamos jugando? |

¿Salvar a los periódicos con dinero público? ¿A qué estamos jugando? | — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:43:46 +0000

[...] y provoca que desde algunos círculos se empiece a barajar la posibilidad de un bailout, una maniobra de salvación con dinero de los presupuestos generales del Estado similar al recibido por la banca durante la última crisis, y de cuáles serían las implicaciones [...]

By: Dans sigue queriendo enterrar a los periódicos (como si no tuvieran edición de Internet desde hace décadas) « El blog de Enrique Dans

Tue, 19 May 2009 05:23:50 +0000

[...] y provoca que desde algunos círculos se empiece a barajar la posibilidad de un bailout, unamaniobra de salvación con dinero de los presupuestos generales del Estado similar al recibido por la banca durante la última crisis, y de cuáles serían [...]

By: ¿Salvar a los periódicos con dinero público? ¿A qué estamos jugando? : Blogografia

Tue, 19 May 2009 01:00:32 +0000

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout

Mon, 18 May 2009 16:39:44 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicians, including Sen. John Kerry, [...]

By: TheTradingReport » Blog Archive » What Are the Ethical Repercussions of a Newspaper Bailout?

Mon, 18 May 2009 10:29:00 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicians, including Sen. John Kerry, [...]

By: Techhours » If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout

Mon, 18 May 2009 09:00:22 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicians, including Sen. John Kerry, [...]

By: matt

matt — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:52:59 +0000

“Basic supply and demand economics shows that people will flock to news sources that provide the highest quality, most credible content.”

(I disagree somewhat. If this were true than the Drudge Report would be considered the most “credible” news source on the web…)

The problem isn’t really that the demand for content is dropping – quite the contrary. The problem is that the format the newspapers have (one physical paper, once per day) is suddenly totally obsolete. People want and expect immediate updates. By the time I pick up a newspaper in the morning it’s obsolete – literally yesterday’s news – the content is usually written 12-18 hours previously.

You can sell physical papers, and sell physical ads in them. But people want real-time digital news now, and are used to getting it for free, the (big) media haven’t spent any real resources trying other business models, and time has run out. It’s really that simple.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:42:07 +0000

I agree with that to an extent, but what about investigative journalism? Who, realistically, could have exposed Watergate other than professional journalists? Woodward and Bernstein needed the time, resources, credibility etc. to be able to uncover a story like that.

I’m not a newspaper apologist, and I don’t believe in a government newspaper bailout. But I think the current situation is a little more complicated than “Anybody and everybody can become a journalist…”

By: If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout | Tech-Framers

Mon, 18 May 2009 06:32:55 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicians, including Sen. John Kerry, [...]

By: If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout | Reviews Manual

Mon, 18 May 2009 03:44:43 +0000

[...] somewhat sad and disputable cosmos of a production bailout overturned into a stone-cold actuality in the instance some months as politicians, including Sen. [...]

By: Mash123 » If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout

Mon, 18 May 2009 03:03:28 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold [...]

By: If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout | The Good NET Guide

Mon, 18 May 2009 02:55:46 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicians, including Sen. John Kerry, [...]

By: The Tech Town » If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout

Mon, 18 May 2009 02:55:30 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicians, including Sen. John Kerry, [...]

By: If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout | Viningmedia Nieuws

Mon, 18 May 2009 02:49:09 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicians, including Sen. John Kerry, [...]

By: Trade Jim News » If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout

Mon, 18 May 2009 02:11:39 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicians, including Sen. John Kerry, [...]

By: If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout

If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:59:44 +0000

[...] somewhat depressing and controversial possibility of a newspaper bailout turned into a stone-cold reality in the past few months as politicians, including Sen. John Kerry, [...]

By: Transparency and government decision-making | Solution Journalism

Transparency and government decision-making | Solution Journalism — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:51:11 +0000

[...] coverage of government?” It seems that rather than having government fund journalism, as some have suggested, the answer is for government to fund greater transparency in its own regular operations. And this [...]

By: If newspapers hit the wall, should the Government save them? | The Evolving Newsroom

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:07:27 +0000

[...] a post from tech blogger Michael Arrington about a question that arose at the Davos jamboree. (Thanks to Adrian Monck for the [...]

By: The New Media Landscape: Newspapers and The Fourth Estate | Max Gladwell

The New Media Landscape: Newspapers and The Fourth Estate | Max Gladwell — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:38:05 +0000

[...] enterprises, do they become nonprofits with the support of grants and foundations? Does the government take a greater interest in supporting and funding the independent press, as with the BBC in Britain and PBS/NPR in the [...]

By: WinExtra - Can "real" journalism rise from the ashes?

WinExtra - Can "real" journalism rise from the ashes? — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:31:42 +0000

By: TechCrunch Gets into Copy and Paste Press Release Journalism : The Drama 2.0 Show

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:44:36 +0000

[...] The disdain TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has for the world of mainstream journalism is well-established. [...]

By: aggrefeed.com » Blog Archive » If “Real Journalism” Fails As A Business, Should Government Step In?

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:31:23 +0000

[...] “The chart to the right, which shows the stock price of the New York Times Company over the last five years, is somewhat representative of the state of print journalism in general. They’ re getting their lunch eaten on the revenue end by Craigslist and (to a lesser extent) on the page view end by blogs […]” via TechCrunch [...]