I keep forgetting about advertising! I never look at it, in print or on websites...it's just part of the background noise. But wonderful if it works!
-- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the word of the day is ADVERTISING. Papers don't make much money from > readers for the print edition either--35c or whatever doesn't go too > far. But the more papers circulated, the more they get for > advertising. Also the more eyeballs on the website, the more they get > per ad. Exactly like TV--you get TV for free, right? Or you could if > you just wanted basic channels and had an antenna. But the more > people who watch each show the more they get for the ads. I > personally would rather have ads and get something for free than have > to pay for it, but obviously websites are experimenting with both. As > someone said here, many of us would be willing to pay for the Post > online if they are short of $. I think they are still trying to > figure out how to do that though. My 2c, although the Post will > probably try to charge more than that. > > > --- In [email protected], "Gina Ellis" > <gina_ellis@> wrote: > > > > Ellen asked - How did you discover Gene and the chat? Are you a DC > > transplant, or > > is the column syndicated there? (I realize those aren't the only > > options.) > > > > Well, some of Gene's columns (on a rather random basis, it seems) are > > reprinted in lots of newspapers, including our local one. > > > > But basically I was trolling the internet (or the offers came to me - I > > forget now) and found FREE access to the NYT and the WP. I'd read a > few > > copies of the WP FTTT while passing in the vicinity of Washington > when we > > used to go to Florida for the winter and really liked it, but didn't > see it > > readily available anywhere. When I stumbled across it on the > internet, with > > daily delivery of chosen topics and columnists, access to more, and > then > > discovered the chats - wow! I'm about to give up on my local > papers, and > > our Canadian nationals (the best bits of which are on-line now too) > and just > > read the WP on-line. Save all that newsprint. > > > > NYT too, but it's kinda stuffy. The Post has good news coverage, > thoughty > > columnists - but has a really humane and witty approach. Esp. in the > > free-wheeling chats. Gene is tops, but I also like Hax and de > Moraes and > > the Reliable Source ladies and Robinson and I-forget (the guy on media). > > > > I'll have to ask I-forget (the guy on media) (Kurtz?) how newspapers > can > > possibly survive if people like me read them for nada. (The NYT at > least > > wants a little money for some of their columnists & features...) > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Enter the "Telus Mobility Xbox a Day" contest for your chance to > WIN! Telus > > Mobility is giving away an Microsoft Xbox® 360 every day from > November 20 to > > December 31, 2006! Just download Windows Live (MSN) Messenger to your > > IM-capable TELUS mobile phone, and you could be a winner! > > http://www.telusmobility.com/msnxbox/ > > >
