Comments on: Jay Mariotti made the right decision to leave the Sun-Times http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/08/28/jay-mariotti-made-the-right-decision-to-leave-the-sun-times/ Thoughts from a technologist and journalist Wed, 09 May 2012 14:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: earl gilbert http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/08/28/jay-mariotti-made-the-right-decision-to-leave-the-sun-times/comment-page-1/#comment-4878 earl gilbert Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:11:56 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=511#comment-4878 jay marrioti, on around the horn i watched you punish notre dame for firing a third year black manager with a losing record. i watched you criticize mind you, at a road game in the stands at a remote location that there were no black faces in the kentucky wildcats fans, while on the road in the ncaa basketball tournament. and watching the cubs play the dodgers on 10-1-2008, i could not find a black face in the stands. where is you outrage? jay marrioti,

on around the horn i watched you punish notre dame for firing a third year black manager with a losing record. i watched you criticize mind you, at a road game in the stands at a remote location that there were no black faces in the kentucky wildcats fans, while on the road in the ncaa basketball tournament.

and watching the cubs play the dodgers on 10-1-2008, i could not find a black face in the stands. where is you outrage?

]]> By: Working Reporter http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/08/28/jay-mariotti-made-the-right-decision-to-leave-the-sun-times/comment-page-1/#comment-4492 Working Reporter Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:50:08 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=511#comment-4492 How many are doing it now? Serious question, not a challenge. I'm especially interested in anybody making a full-time living solely or at least primarily from blogging original reported content, as opposed to pure commentary on or aggregation of others' work. Basically, anybody doing what newspapers do, on whatever scale. TalkingPointsMemo sustains a small staff, for example, but is dependent upon a national-sized audience with a correspondingly huge CPM count and occasional capital influxes from its huge reader base to make it happen. Anybody else making it work? I ask hopefully? How many are doing it now? Serious question, not a challenge. I’m especially interested in anybody making a full-time living solely or at least primarily from blogging original reported content, as opposed to pure commentary on or aggregation of others’ work. Basically, anybody doing what newspapers do, on whatever scale.

TalkingPointsMemo sustains a small staff, for example, but is dependent upon a national-sized audience with a correspondingly huge CPM count and occasional capital influxes from its huge reader base to make it happen. Anybody else making it work? I ask hopefully?

]]> By: david http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/08/28/jay-mariotti-made-the-right-decision-to-leave-the-sun-times/comment-page-1/#comment-4475 david Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:23:19 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=511#comment-4475 Dan is mostly right -- until blogging as a "name brand blogger" in non-tech niches can provide a steady and expected source of revenue, it will be tough for solo acts to make a full-time go of it. But the tide is turning, slowly...just a few years ago, there was NOBODY making a full-time living solely as a blogger. Dan is mostly right — until blogging as a “name brand blogger” in non-tech niches can provide a steady and expected source of revenue, it will be tough for solo acts to make a full-time go of it.

But the tide is turning, slowly…just a few years ago, there was NOBODY making a full-time living solely as a blogger.

]]> By: Dan Thornton http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/08/28/jay-mariotti-made-the-right-decision-to-leave-the-sun-times/comment-page-1/#comment-4456 Dan Thornton Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:17:07 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=511#comment-4456 There's one reason why many writers and journalists fear to try and start their own websites. They need a regular paycheck. There's not that many proven models to show you can earn significant revenue from blogging etc which have reached mainstream journalists. How many of them have read or heard of the likes of Darren Rowse for example? And even with a proven business model, it can take a long time before a blog becomes popular enough to sustain a family. I'm not saying writers and columnists shouldn't move online. I predicted a few years ago that the freelance market and the blogging world would eventually become one, which would benefit everyone in the long run - but it's easy to forget that even a popular blog won't necessarily make a lot of money just by plugging in Adsense - and many writers aren't going to spend their time playing around with affiliate ad deals or direct sales. The other option would be to plug into a blogging network, but I don't know what level of payouts they tend to give... There’s one reason why many writers and journalists fear to try and start their own websites.

They need a regular paycheck.

There’s not that many proven models to show you can earn significant revenue from blogging etc which have reached mainstream journalists. How many of them have read or heard of the likes of Darren Rowse for example? And even with a proven business model, it can take a long time before a blog becomes popular enough to sustain a family.

I’m not saying writers and columnists shouldn’t move online. I predicted a few years ago that the freelance market and the blogging world would eventually become one, which would benefit everyone in the long run – but it’s easy to forget that even a popular blog won’t necessarily make a lot of money just by plugging in Adsense – and many writers aren’t going to spend their time playing around with affiliate ad deals or direct sales.

The other option would be to plug into a blogging network, but I don’t know what level of payouts they tend to give…

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