Comments on: How About a Web 2.0 Newspaper http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/ Entertainment and Tech Digest Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sean Kinn http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-34372 Sean Kinn Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:37:31 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-34372 All the newspaper industry has to do to save itself is to re-train staff. If individual freelance bloggers are pulling in $15K a month in AdSense advertisements, what would that do for a re-configured newspaper industry? Newspapers already have text gurus in place; it’s just a matter of instructing the writers and reporters on correct Web 2.0 Article Submission techniques, Web 2.0 Comments, SEO — in general, on how to treat their paper like a Web 2.0 Blog — to leverage the position they already have within their local communities. Heck, one person could start a Web 2.0 Newspaper in a town like Chicago and put the remaining mainstream online and paper newspapers out of business. SK All the newspaper industry has to do to save itself is to re-train staff. If individual freelance bloggers are pulling in $15K a month in AdSense advertisements, what would that do for a re-configured newspaper industry? Newspapers already have text gurus in place; it’s just a matter of instructing the writers and reporters on correct Web 2.0 Article Submission techniques, Web 2.0 Comments, SEO — in general, on how to treat their paper like a Web 2.0 Blog — to leverage the position they already have within their local communities. Heck, one person could start a Web 2.0 Newspaper in a town like Chicago and put the remaining mainstream online and paper newspapers out of business. SK

]]> By: Two Powerful Link Experiences : The Blog Herald http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-6765 Two Powerful Link Experiences : The Blog Herald Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:30:28 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-6765 [...] memorable as it came from a blog I read to this day: Mathew Ingram. Mathew linked to my post How About A Web 2.0 Newspaper? containing my thoughts on what a future of newspapers might be like. His post contained this brief [...] […] memorable as it came from a blog I read to this day: Mathew Ingram. Mathew linked to my post How About A Web 2.0 Newspaper? containing my thoughts on what a future of newspapers might be like. His post contained this brief […]

]]> By: Does Web 2.0 Negatively Affect Content? » Webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Does Web 2.0 Negatively Affect Content? » Webomatica Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:56:34 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-264 [...] In past posts I’ve mused on what a Web 2.0 newspaper would look like. Blogger Seamus McCauley directed me to a South American newspaper (Las Ultimas Noticias) that since 2004, has basically doing what I envisioned: using clicks on their website to determine what stories to cover and run in their print edition. The result? [...] […] In past posts I’ve mused on what a Web 2.0 newspaper would look like. Blogger Seamus McCauley directed me to a South American newspaper (Las Ultimas Noticias) that since 2004, has basically doing what I envisioned: using clicks on their website to determine what stories to cover and run in their print edition. The result? […]

]]> By: Seamus McCauley http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Seamus McCauley Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:02:31 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-259 Thanks. I've got a summary of what happens when you turn the choice of content over to readers at http://qurl.com/wsk51 and there's another at the American Journalism Review here http://qurl.com/hdlp8. Nick Carr occasionally touches on this issue too with particular reference to Wikipedia, see e.g. http://qurl.com/nppmw. Generally, the conclusion I tend to is that the lowest common denominator is awfully low... Thanks. I’ve got a summary of what happens when you turn the choice of content over to readers at http://qurl.com/wsk51 and there’s another at the American Journalism Review here http://qurl.com/hdlp8. Nick Carr occasionally touches on this issue too with particular reference to Wikipedia, see e.g. http://qurl.com/nppmw. Generally, the conclusion I tend to is that the lowest common denominator is awfully low…

]]> By: Webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Webomatica Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:49:25 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-251 Seamus, that actually is a good point and not something I had thought about... how opeining things up to be more user-driven could very well sink the content to the lowest common denominator. I should check out Las Ultimas Noticias and write a future post about it. Seamus, that actually is a good point and not something I had thought about… how opeining things up to be more user-driven could very well sink the content to the lowest common denominator.

I should check out Las Ultimas Noticias and write a future post about it.

]]> By: Seamus McCauley http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Seamus McCauley Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:40:48 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-250 One newspaper - Chile's <i>Las Ultimas Noticias</i> - has tried this for a number of years now. It runs stories on its website and the ones that prove most popular online are prioritised in the next day's print edition. What, possibly, is missing from this model is that in embracing a web2.0 approach the tone of the newspaper has deteriorated massively, from a relatively serious news publication to a celebrity tabloid. Now, one might argue that if that's what people want that's what they should get. Fair enough, but it's not necessarily what the advertisers want. One of the distinctive benefits of a newspaper is that it can offer advertisers serious content against which to promote their brands, quite distinctively from e.g. MySpace etc. This is one of the reasons, I would argue, newspapers continue to enjoy a share of the ad market disproportionate to their reach and it would not be a trivial decision to give that USP up so as to encourage a more user-edited approach. One newspaper — Chile’s Las Ultimas Noticias — has tried this for a number of years now. It runs stories on its website and the ones that prove most popular online are prioritised in the next day’s print edition.

What, possibly, is missing from this model is that in embracing a web2.0 approach the tone of the newspaper has deteriorated massively, from a relatively serious news publication to a celebrity tabloid. Now, one might argue that if that’s what people want that’s what they should get. Fair enough, but it’s not necessarily what the advertisers want. One of the distinctive benefits of a newspaper is that it can offer advertisers serious content against which to promote their brands, quite distinctively from e.g. MySpace etc. This is one of the reasons, I would argue, newspapers continue to enjoy a share of the ad market disproportionate to their reach and it would not be a trivial decision to give that USP up so as to encourage a more user-edited approach.

]]> By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-183 webomatica Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:37:17 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-183 Slashpix, I'll have to check that site out. Thanks for commenting. Slashpix, I’ll have to check that site out. Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: slashpix http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-181 slashpix Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:15:05 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-181 Yup, I agree with all web 2.0 popularity and the need of establishment of new media and newspapers. Which would be submitted and rated by users, therefore only popular news would be on a the main page. There is a News 2 website (www.news2.ca), which has almost all concepts that were mentioned previously. Yup, I agree with all web 2.0 popularity and the need of establishment of new media and newspapers. Which would be submitted and rated by users, therefore only popular news would be on a the main page. There is a News 2 website (www.news2.ca), which has almost all concepts that were mentioned previously.

]]> By: mathewingram.com/media » Where’s the Web 2.0 newspaper? http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-180 mathewingram.com/media » Where’s the Web 2.0 newspaper? Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:23:07 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-180 [...] A blogger who writes at Webomatica wrote a post recently asking why — if newspapers are doing so poorly and Web 2.0 things such as blogs and social bookmarking sites are doing so well — newspapers aren’t trying to become more Web 2.0-like. Give every reporter a blog, pay them the same salary, and open each article up to comments. Have users rate each article. If you really want to still have a print edition, only print the articles that are highest ranked. Let users help determine what stories to cover. [...] […] A blogger who writes at Webomatica wrote a post recently asking why — if newspapers are doing so poorly and Web 2.0 things such as blogs and social bookmarking sites are doing so well — newspapers aren’t trying to become more Web 2.0-like. Give every reporter a blog, pay them the same salary, and open each article up to comments. Have users rate each article. If you really want to still have a print edition, only print the articles that are highest ranked. Let users help determine what stories to cover. […]

]]> By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-153 webomatica Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:45:36 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-153 Thanks. I will give many newspapers credit in that I see more blogs and feeds and comments on their websites, however I have yet to see one that goes that extra mile to make things really open on the web. Thanks. I will give many newspapers credit in that I see more blogs and feeds and comments on their websites, however I have yet to see one that goes that extra mile to make things really open on the web.

]]> By: Digidave http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Digidave Sun, 15 Oct 2006 06:12:27 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/10/14/how-about-a-web-20-newspaper/#comment-143 Actually, I think you are spot on. The moaning article that I wrote was about pricesly that. Newspapers aren't innovative and they should be. They have unmatched content: no matter how good a blogger is, they can't compete with a profesional reporter that dedicates their life, day in-and-out, to writing a complete story. The only reason newspapers are down and out is because they lack innovation. I wonder who will have the guys to "bite the bullet" first. Actually, I think you are spot on. The moaning article that I wrote was about pricesly that. Newspapers aren’t innovative and they should be. They have unmatched content: no matter how good a blogger is, they can’t compete with a profesional reporter that dedicates their life, day in-and-out, to writing a complete story.

The only reason newspapers are down and out is because they lack innovation.

I wonder who will have the guys to “bite the bullet” first.

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