Comments on: Circulation Numbers Games http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/circulation-numbers-games.html Chronicling the Decline of Newspapers and the Rebirth of Journalism Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:46:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: msbpodcast http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/circulation-numbers-games.html/comment-page-1#comment-7572 msbpodcast Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:16:46 +0000 http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/?p=2335#comment-7572 I ran across the song writer's Guru.com contract. He is reaching out for someone to do exactly what I said. Too bad I can't help him with the vocals... I ran across the song writer’s Guru.com contract.

He is reaching out for someone to do exactly what I said. Too bad I can’t help him with the vocals…

]]> By: msbpodcast http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/circulation-numbers-games.html/comment-page-1#comment-7557 msbpodcast Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:57:42 +0000 http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/?p=2335#comment-7557 Lying to yourself is never a good way to face your own demise when you should instead hunt around for a way to save your own ass. That's why I predict a startlingly rapid demise for the entire industry. Its going to come down like a house of cards in a hurricane on a heavy planet. If only the publishers had not started off with a price of zero just because the actual costs were just a rounding error compared with the print media. Now they have to live off off of that rounding error and it can't be done. They should have started monetizing the internet immediately because its too late now. They publishers are starting to see that its awfully tough to climb back up from zero, up what is a very slippery slope. Entire sections of the news will gave to <b><i>go dark</i></b>, both in terms of geographic coverage and topic coverage, before we can attempt a reset and restart based on the actual value to the reader of the news gathered , vetted and aggregated, not based based on the costs of the electrons used to deliver the news. Its going to take Google news <b><i>going dark</i></b> in major areas and having to use Twitter feeds to aggregate un-analyzed event before we notice how far we've all sunk (and some people, reading froth and buzz, may never even realize it.) Cute song by the way. If only the songwriter had had some friends with better tone and pitch who could hold a tune. He can write, but he should collaborate on the delivery with a singer. I'm sure there are lots of singers who would love to help him put words in their mouths. Lying to yourself is never a good way to face your own demise when you should instead hunt around for a way to save your own ass.

That’s why I predict a startlingly rapid demise for the entire industry. Its going to come down like a house of cards in a hurricane on a heavy planet.

If only the publishers had not started off with a price of zero just because the actual costs were just a rounding error compared with the print media. Now they have to live off off of that rounding error and it can’t be done.

They should have started monetizing the internet immediately because its too late now.

They publishers are starting to see that its awfully tough to climb back up from zero, up what is a very slippery slope.

Entire sections of the news will gave to go dark, both in terms of geographic coverage and topic coverage, before we can attempt a reset and restart based on the actual value to the reader of the news gathered , vetted and aggregated, not based based on the costs of the electrons used to deliver the news.

Its going to take Google news going dark in major areas and having to use Twitter feeds to aggregate un-analyzed event before we notice how far we’ve all sunk (and some people, reading froth and buzz, may never even realize it.)

Cute song by the way. If only the songwriter had had some friends with better tone and pitch who could hold a tune. He can write, but he should collaborate on the delivery with a singer. I’m sure there are lots of singers who would love to help him put words in their mouths.

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