Comments on: why are newspapers drowning? http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/ Naked NYC's Website Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:35:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Monday Morningness » House of Naked http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Monday Morningness » House of Naked Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:33:06 +0000 http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/#comment-234 [...] wrote about this over at the Naked blog last week and I figured I’d mention it here as well. I’ve been thinking that the decline of [...] [...] wrote about this over at the Naked blog last week and I figured I’d mention it here as well. I’ve been thinking that the decline of [...]

]]> By: jared http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-214 jared Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:13:49 +0000 http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/#comment-214 The Week is an interesting case study. They're doing great as more people look to top news organizations for little more than a cursory knowledge of many stories. The Week brilliantly compiled those stories in 16 pages. By contrast, look at the sheer mass of the New York Times, and nothing about it address those needs. It's big, heavy, and cumbersome -- like it's content. The Week is an interesting case study. They’re doing great as more people look to top news organizations for little more than a cursory knowledge of many stories. The Week brilliantly compiled those stories in 16 pages.

By contrast, look at the sheer mass of the New York Times, and nothing about it address those needs. It’s big, heavy, and cumbersome — like it’s content.

]]> By: dave_adox http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-213 dave_adox Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:36:39 +0000 http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/#comment-213 A good example of a newspaper-like publication that is doing very well is <a href="http://www.theweekmagazine.com/" rel="nofollow">The Week</a> -- which compiles coverage from newspapers around the world on the news of the day. They're doing well because they are addressing the info/cell/email/life -overload feeling we all have. A good example of a newspaper-like publication that is doing very well is The Week — which compiles coverage from newspapers around the world on the news of the day.

They’re doing well because they are addressing the info/cell/email/life -overload feeling we all have.

]]> By: pak http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-208 pak Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:39:48 +0000 http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/#comment-208 Umm... I think the last time I watched the evening news was when Katie Couric went to CBS. I wanted to see what she'd do differently, if anything. Answer? She stood up once or twice. I agree about the "plain vanilla" observation. Which is why I'm interested to watch how newspapers (and newscasts) change in the near future. One thing that seems to be on the immediate horizon is newspapers and wire services becoming facilitators for hyper-local reporting -- empowering citizen journalists. And I'm sure there are many other ways to make a newspaper relevant again. Umm… I think the last time I watched the evening news was when Katie Couric went to CBS. I wanted to see what she’d do differently, if anything. Answer? She stood up once or twice.

I agree about the “plain vanilla” observation. Which is why I’m interested to watch how newspapers (and newscasts) change in the near future. One thing that seems to be on the immediate horizon is newspapers and wire services becoming facilitators for hyper-local reporting — empowering citizen journalists. And I’m sure there are many other ways to make a newspaper relevant again.

]]> By: guy http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-207 guy Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:53:36 +0000 http://www.houseofnaked.com/2007/08/13/why-are-newspapers-drowning/#comment-207 Newspapers are in the same slow death spiral as the evening network news because they are bland. The traditional newspaper audience is dying off and/or going to sources that better mirror their own POV. Most people don’t want to have to consider opinions counter to their own version of truth. Murdoch is savvy enough to understand how to match unmet audience needs, read Fox News, with appropriately flavored and relevant content. The old school model of pushing vanilla to the masses is obsolete; we’re all fairly niched-up in our own world. Newspapers have been reduced to a bland bloggers with a press and deliver boys. Question. When was the last time you watched the network news? Why? Newspapers are in the same slow death spiral as the evening network news because they are bland. The traditional newspaper audience is dying off and/or going to sources that better mirror their own POV. Most people don’t want to have to consider opinions counter to their own version of truth. Murdoch is savvy enough to understand how to match unmet audience needs, read Fox News, with appropriately flavored and relevant content. The old school model of pushing vanilla to the masses is obsolete; we’re all fairly niched-up in our own world. Newspapers have been reduced to a bland bloggers with a press and deliver boys.

Question. When was the last time you watched the network news? Why?

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