Comments on: How Newspaper Mission Statements Could Change http://ariwriter.com/how-newspaper-mission-statements-could-change/ Strategies and tips on social media and online marketing Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:04:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Marc Meyer http://ariwriter.com/how-newspaper-mission-statements-could-change/comment-page-1/#comment-10360 Marc Meyer Wed, 27 May 2009 17:39:37 +0000 http://ariwriter.com/?p=2381#comment-10360 This actually sums it right here: "Journalism must innovate and create new means of gathering, processing, and distributing information so it provides content and services that provide sufficient value so audiences and users are willing to pay a reasonable price.." That's it. The best example is the porn business model. If you want premium content, you have to pay. Not a lot, but you have to pay. And the content will be exactly what you want. People might laugh at that example, but tell me the porn business isn't saturated and yet there are people making money selling their content. <abbr><em>Marc Meyer´s last blog post..<a href="http://directmarketingobservations.com/2009/05/27/a-lesson-in-reputation-managment/">A lesson in reputation managment</a></abbr></em> This actually sums it right here: “Journalism must innovate and create new means of gathering, processing, and distributing information so it provides content and services that provide sufficient value so audiences and users are willing to pay a reasonable price..” That’s it.

The best example is the porn business model. If you want premium content, you have to pay. Not a lot, but you have to pay. And the content will be exactly what you want.

People might laugh at that example, but tell me the porn business isn’t saturated and yet there are people making money selling their content.

Marc Meyer´s last blog post..A lesson in reputation managment

]]> By: Stuart Foster http://ariwriter.com/how-newspaper-mission-statements-could-change/comment-page-1/#comment-10353 Stuart Foster Tue, 26 May 2009 20:26:22 +0000 http://ariwriter.com/?p=2381#comment-10353 I actually have spent a lot of time talking with about MSM with a good friend of mine Daniel Honigman over at http://oldmedianewtricks.com (and of Colonel Tribune fame). I personally believe that newspapers should go back to long form stories AND aggregate their content to provide the best coverage possible. This way you avoid the multiple stories on cats in Halloween costumes. <abbr><em>Stuart Foster´s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLostJacket/~3/Bepv-CRKVPI/spotted-zebra">The Spotted Zebra</a></abbr></em> I actually have spent a lot of time talking with about MSM with a good friend of mine Daniel Honigman over at http://oldmedianewtricks.com (and of Colonel Tribune fame). I personally believe that newspapers should go back to long form stories AND aggregate their content to provide the best coverage possible. This way you avoid the multiple stories on cats in Halloween costumes.

Stuart Foster´s last blog post..The Spotted Zebra

]]> By: David Cooper http://ariwriter.com/how-newspaper-mission-statements-could-change/comment-page-1/#comment-10352 David Cooper Tue, 26 May 2009 19:13:26 +0000 http://ariwriter.com/?p=2381#comment-10352 If one were to follow Robert's vision to its logical conclusion, the NYT should only cover world news and leave local sports coverage to The Daily News, local politics to the NY Observer, national politics to the Washington Post, business news to the WSJ, magazine features to the New Yorker, book reviews to The New York Review of Books, etc. If one were to follow Robert’s vision to its logical conclusion, the NYT should only cover world news and leave local sports coverage to The Daily News, local politics to the NY Observer, national politics to the Washington Post, business news to the WSJ, magazine features to the New Yorker, book reviews to The New York Review of Books, etc.

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