Comments on: East Valley Tribune to Shut Down http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/east-valley-tribune-to-shut-down.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: East Valley Tribune Shuts Down « Digital Obectivity http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/east-valley-tribune-to-shut-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-7520 East Valley Tribune Shuts Down « Digital Obectivity Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:02:56 +0000 http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/?p=2296#comment-7520 [...] in Uncategorized In another sad development in the state of the industry, The East Valley Tribune of the suburban Phoenix area has decided to shut down. What makes it even [...] [...] in Uncategorized In another sad development in the state of the industry, The East Valley Tribune of the suburban Phoenix area has decided to shut down. What makes it even [...]

]]> By: msbpodcast http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/east-valley-tribune-to-shut-down.html/comment-page-1#comment-7516 msbpodcast Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/?p=2296#comment-7516 I just spent over $300 at the L.L. Bean and Amazon web sites for jeans and a camera. Why am I saying this? Because the place where I bought the jeans does not make the jeans and the place I bought the camera does not make the camera. They're retailers. (Also because I certainly did not expect to get the goods for free.) The websites were retail focal points where the manufacturers, a.k.a. the producers, are able to sell their wares. I could have bought Kobe beef, or some other <b><i>perishable</i></b> thing, just as easily from <a href="http://www.austinmeat.com/kobe_beef.htm?gclid=CJTB_cul-Z0CFVw55QodT1hApQ" rel="nofollow">Austin Meat & Seafood.</a> I could have bought a music file from the iTunes Music Store for 99 cents. What's to stop the news industry, notice the <i>news</i> <b>not</b> the <i>newspaper</i> industry, from taking a lesson from the places where jeans or cameras or beef or music are retailed? Nothing, that's what? News, in the form of a dated, and therefore a perishable file, can be sold just like a music file, bundled together in some form of package by the people who are currently watching their arboricide die, the location of which are divulged via RSS which are <b><i>paid</i></b> for. Some news is of general interest and of widespread, immediate impact. Those files should <b><i>not</i></b> be bundled but should still be free on a news organization's website. Some news is perishable and should become free after a little while. For most everything else there is lasting value and value should still be had by the producer. The problem is that the news <b><i>retailer</i></b> should not be the news <b><i>producer</i></b>. In the scheme I am thinking of, we can fin a role for a <b><i>retailer</i></b> with franking privileges, international agreements (since the net is everywhere,) an IT infrastructure, is used to dealing with small sums; the Post Office. That would free up the <b><i>producer</i></b> to produce the news and let the <b><i>retailer</i></b> worry about the collection of money for giving subscription access to a producer's files. It would give the easily fulfilled role of <b><i>retailer</i></b> for the post office, to act as the gate keeper and to give access to a producer's files in exchange for money. It would give the <b><i>producers</i></b> access to a world-wide market for their <b><i>breaking</i></b> news without having to worry about collecting money. I just spent over $300 at the L.L. Bean and Amazon web sites for jeans and a camera.

Why am I saying this?

Because the place where I bought the jeans does not make the jeans and the place I bought the camera does not make the camera.

They’re retailers. (Also because I certainly did not expect to get the goods for free.)

The websites were retail focal points where the manufacturers, a.k.a. the producers, are able to sell their wares.

I could have bought Kobe beef, or some other perishable thing, just as easily from Austin Meat & Seafood.

I could have bought a music file from the iTunes Music Store for 99 cents.

What’s to stop the news industry, notice the news not the newspaper industry, from taking a lesson from the places where jeans or cameras or beef or music are retailed?

Nothing, that’s what?

News, in the form of a dated, and therefore a perishable file, can be sold just like a music file, bundled together in some form of package by the people who are currently watching their arboricide die, the location of which are divulged via RSS which are paid for.

Some news is of general interest and of widespread, immediate impact.

Those files should not be bundled but should still be free on a news organization’s website.

Some news is perishable and should become free after a little while.

For most everything else there is lasting value and value should still be had by the producer.

The problem is that the news retailer should not be the news producer.

In the scheme I am thinking of, we can fin a role for a retailer with franking privileges, international agreements (since the net is everywhere,) an IT infrastructure, is used to dealing with small sums; the Post Office.

That would free up the producer to produce the news and let the retailer worry about the collection of money for giving subscription access to a producer’s files.

It would give the easily fulfilled role of retailer for the post office, to act as the gate keeper and to give access to a producer’s files in exchange for money.

It would give the producers access to a world-wide market for their breaking news without having to worry about collecting money.

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