Agreed. I generally like the Time as well. Though I disagree with some of the things they write, they have some of the best and most thoughtful journalists and writers in the profession. But like you say with the reference to the record industry, print journalism has struggled mightily in the face of competition from the Internet.
Their challenge is that they don't understand how to monetize the technology. Imagine if they had some of the guys from Google working for them - their site would look totally different, but it would generate a LOT more revenue in the form of advertising, without a doubt. The gilded age of newspapers has passed. In fifty years there might not even be a New York Times if they don't figure out how to reverse course. How about this for a next move- Google buys the NY Times and incorporates its content into a new media model for journalism. I'd like to see it for no other reason than the fact that Google could easily absorb the cost of running the paper in the short term while they figure out how to gut it and get rid of all the crap that they are losing money on. On 1/31/07, G wrote: > > I happen to like the New York Times......I think they do "serious" > journalism. Some of it delivered online. I guess I don't see why the slow > death of print journalism has to necessarily coincide with the demise of > "serious" journalism. > > Perhaps there is a dilution factor with the Internets that you didn't have > with the print mediums. The bloggers, the two-bit bullshit artists who can > print just about anything online.....these can serve to crowd out the > serious journalist perhaps. > > I think the NY Times and similar outlets can continue to prosper, but they > are going to have to continue to adapt...and do so rapidly....sort of like > how record companies had to adapt to digital music over the last 5 years > or > so. -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
