On 27 February 2011 00:30, Charles Haynes <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And the article that is mostly a rehash of a press release strikes again: > > > http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/article1492697.ece > > This is part of why newspapers are dying and will die. The should be > selling news and analysis and independent journalism, but advertisers > want lots of customers and positive articles. Unfortunately by > providing puff pieces and advertorial newspapers instead of news, > newspapers will lose readers to places where they can get actual news > and analysis - primarily online. > > Which causes a vicious circle - newspapers are caught in a race to the > bottom. Readers are no longer willing to pay directly for news, I know > I'm not. (Well except for the New York Times. I picked up a Sunday New > York Times on my way out of San Francisco last week. I'm still willing > to pay for the gray lady.) > > -- Charles The phenomenon now has its own neologism: churnalism http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/23/churnalism-pr-media-trust
