Archive for October 16, 2008
I care about the message, not the medium
I got my start in newspapers, but I’m beginning to accept that their future isn’t very bright. I don’t think the same can be said of a lot of my newspaper colleagues. For many of them, the newspaper is what they truly love. I’m not married to newspapers. I never was, and I never will be. [...]
Is the downfall of newspapers really just a rebirth of journalism?
Newspaper ad revenues are again down by double digits, more newspapers are defaulting on debt and we’re entering one of the worst economic crises ever. Ad revenue will continue to dry up. Many traditional print advertisers (car dealers, real estate agents, etc) are facing tough times and some are going out of business. This economic [...]