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5/24/2007


News in an Accelerated World

Doc Searls likes his news the old fashioned way.  He says:

So here's a challenge to the daily papers: stop giving away the franchise. Make daily editorial available online only for subscribers. Charge for the fresh stuff, online as well as off.

In a perfect old media world, that's exactly how it would work.  But this ain't a perfect old media world, and if the papers start walling their fresh content off, a hundred online-only publications will happily take their place.  Everyone- bloggers, new media, advertisers- would benefit from the trickle down news effect, except the papers.

I haven't subscribed to a newspaper in almost 10 years.  By the time I see it in the paper, I already know it.  I don't watch the local news on TV anymore for the same reason.

We live in an accelerated world and news via old media is in slow motion.

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Totally right, Kent. I thought the same thing when I read Doc's post. I think he (like some others) wants desperately to put the genie back in the bottle.

By Blogger Mathew, at 5/24/2007 11:09 PM  
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I am with you that there is less time than would be expected. The relevance of newspapers is fading fast.

But there are several things that can be done about it.

Details:
http://www.ondisruption.com/my_weblog/2007/05/news_tv_execs_l.html

Mike
www.OnDisruption.com

By Anonymous Michael Urlocker, at 5/25/2007 7:49 AM  
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