LOL. Sad but true on all accounts. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Figliozzi Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:02 PM To: Shortwave programming discussion Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Fwd: Be first to hear BBC World Service's new sound
Well then, they should get it over with and just "re-brand" themselves for pop culture lovers with little more than a cursory interest in how the world works. There's only about a million or so stations in the world chasing that demographic. John Figliozzi P.S.: Web site design is such a fluid thing that when and how it's done may have a purpose behind it; but it's usually inscrutable to the user anyway and hard to discern whether the result actually serves the intended purpose. P.S.S.: And stop telling us we're too freakin' old to matter. <g> On Sep 20, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Richard Cuff wrote: > Or the BBC believes that its notion of "relevance" is different than > our notion of "relevance" for it. > > Listening, during "Over to You", to the person responsible for > redesigning the website last week - Kelly Shepard - she made it clear > that the BBC believes its audience -- and how that audience "consumes" > the BBC -- has changed dramatically in just four years' time -- the > time the BBC last did a major overhaul of its web presence. > > So...the BBCWS that we were PO'd at in 2001 for exiting shortwave to > North America is different from the BBCWS that exists today, as (it > believes) audience needs have changed. > > I found it quite amusing, when I filled out the demographic profile > for my participation in the website development effort, that they had > a half-dozen age categories listed that I could select, but only *one* > for "45 and up". By comparison, I suspect the, uh, demographic > profile of the swprograms group is heavily skewed towards that "45 and > up" slot. > > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA > > > On 9/20/07, Sandy Finlayson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well said John. I think in its desire for relevance the BBC has lots >> its way. >> > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.25/1018 - Release Date: 9/19/2007 3:59 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.25/1018 - Release Date: 9/19/2007 3:59 PM _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
