No More Free Content: Newspaper subscribers are not paying for the news in the printed paper, we are paying for delivery (convenience). Single issue news stand sales: also convenience and delivery. The newspaper has been, effectively, giving the content away for decades. What, then, has changed? [...]
The picture I’ve painted of a business model gone bad is painful, some would say grim. But the news consumer is not the boogyman here, so stop blaming us. Instead, focus on finding a new business model that works in the digital world.
Inefficient print: Print has always been inefficient. Now advertisers are learning just how inefficient as online becomes more efficient. This is another reason to develop the strategy to drop print now.
The Online Experiments That Could Help Newspapers: Newspapers had hoped that their Web sites would help them replace evaporating print revenue. But an online ad typically garners one-tenth of the revenue of a print ad, estimates Rick Edmonds, media business analyst at the Poynter Institute. "The phrase in the industry is, 'You are trading dollars for dimes,'" he says.
Could customized newspapers bring readers back? The service, which allows readers to pick and choose only the stories that interest them, is among the many maneuvers that newspapers across the country are making to respond to the changes the Internet has wrought on their businesses.
Bring On The Techies: How Silicon Valley Can Help Save Newspapers: How badly does the newspaper industry need new ideas?
