Politics
Politics
Out of context: Reply #8971
- Started
- Last post
- 33,772 Responses
- BattleAxe0
I agree with these statements
It's bad to reward outdated businesses based on outdated tech.
Just because newspapers go away doesn't mean sources will.all newspapers have already adopted the online medium so there primary income will go away but it is up to them to sink or swim
- primary income of paper adsBattleAxe
- This could be said about fossil fuel companies getting tax breaks also... Just sayin'DrBombay
- The online medium DOESN'T PAYKhurram
- be savvy enough and online pays wellBattleAxe
- Of course Dobs, this applies to any business. With press it is a tricky move as it shapes ppls thoughts.raf
- No newspaper has been able to make the online model pay. I'm sure they would like to here from you BattleAxeKhurram
- Rupert Murdoch is considering the micro-payment model. Closest anyone has come is WSJ.DrBombay
- But their userbase is traditionally affluent professionals.DrBombay
- But it has yet to prove effective for ANYONE. Not while you still have free sources proliferatingKhurram
- It doesn't pay for WSJ. They're trying thigns, but unless its an industry-wide move, they is pissin in't windKhurram
- WSJ is the closest anyone has come is what I said...DrBombay
- but it has yet to prove itself as an effective solution is what i said.Khurram
- I don't know anything that a 17 year old doesn't know already http://www.thomasdem…BattleAxe
- So NYT should start selling Myspace templates?DrBombay
- I see... so ur suggestion for saving the news media is to turn newspaper sites into MySpace templates....Khurram
- I can see it now. The Financial Times: Where all teen girls go for their heart-shapes and smiley cats!Khurram
- if that is what you get out of it,sure, i mainly see adapting trendsBattleAxe
- point is she had something people wanted and made money of ads not the things on her siteBattleAxe
- That was a ridiculous example.DrBombay
- You know what else makes money in the net - PORNKhurram