Sunday, June 3, 2007

10 things about the future of newspapers you need to understand

Ryan from Invisible Inkling has such a good take on the waning popularity of newspapers and how new media has changed the game for the better. Without stealing his thunder, here are his major points:

  1. It’s not Google’s fault
  2. It’s not Craigslist’s fault
  3. Write local
  4. Get new training
  5. Stop charging for news (only advertising)
  6. Reporters need to be multimedia enabled, not just writers
  7. Use bloggers as network sourcers and voices, don’t fear them
  8. Let your readers consumer your content in a variety of ways
  9. Embrace new media
  10. Revamp your online vision

Be sure to click on through to read his excellent commentary.

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2 Comments

  • Nicholas Roussos says...
    June 3rd, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    Wow, some really great ideas in that list .. I especially like number 5. That would be revolutionary.

  • andy.mayo says...
    June 8th, 2007 at 11:39 am

    Newspapers have died because people (1) don’t eat breakfast anymore; (2) already know what happened the day before; (3) don’t care, except about their own narrow range of interests. Nothing is going to save “the newspaper” simply because the flow of information today is so great no single “publication” can hold it.

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