Xark!: 10 reasons why newspapers won't reinvent news October 17, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , trackbackDan Conover's list includes:
"5. Newspapers don't "own" enough creative technological expertise […] to constitute a viable tech infrastructure. Instead, most newspaper payrolls are bloated with pluralities of resentful Luddites who struggle with the complexities of e-mail. […]
6. Inertia, uncertainty and toxic paralysis rule most newspaper companies […]
7… Web ads are still merely "upsell" throw-ins to print-advertising contracts at many papers. It's practical short-term tactics vs. long-term business strategy. …
8. n 2008, all meaningful political discourse — the essential element of social currency — takes place on the Web…
9. The connection between quality and profitability has been broken irreparably. Boosting short-term profits by cutting quality is obviously a losing strategy, and the recent wave of newspaper layoffs and buyouts only exacerbated the trend. Editors will admit this privately, but the public already knows."
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Thanks for the link.