Comments on: One Newspaper at a Time

By: Greybeard

Greybeard — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:02:27 +0000

Yes – is so! I’ve been doing it for years except it is not a Citgo any longer. I think now it is a Marathon.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:13:06 +0000

I’m gonna have to think about this one a bit more, but I think I agree with you.

Ultimately my theories about this site and journalism in general boils down to what you’re talking about. Companies need to rebuild their content foundations so they can bring back and support the quality content.

BTW…”slow blogging” already exists.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/fashion/23slowblog.html

By: Decatur's Token Republican

Decatur's Token Republican — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:01:33 +0000

Um…a joke, right? Did I miss a smiley?

By: Robbie

Robbie — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:16:00 +0000

Pretty sure that corn and pig guts will never go out of style. Remember, the #1 selling magazine in our fair nation is People. And it outsells #2 by a huge margin.

By: Brad Steel

Brad Steel — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:58:34 +0000

The news-porn is behind the counter at Starbucks.

I hope you gave into reading sloth and “enjoyed” the NYT high-gloss section this Sunday.

If skirting church to read it and eaten afterward, it gives one the opportunity a delightful encounter all seven deadly sins. LIVE IT UP, SINNERS!

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:56:15 +0000

Really? The NYT? I didn’t know that.

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:55:37 +0000

Yup, that has kicked the legs out from under the newspaper industry.
I’m hoping a new business model emerges that generates a way for journalists to survive.
Right now, few people want to pay for content.
I’m at a point in my life where I can’t afford to work for nothing, alas.
I enjoy DM, think it’s a good site. I’m under the impression that he has another full-time job and does this in his spare time. It may be marginally profitable.

Journalism may go back to the era when only wealthy people with other means of support are able to practice it, or that journalists have to resign themselves to being impoverished.

I’m sorry that some readers here feel that what journalists do is not of much value.

By: Left Wing

Left Wing — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:54:39 +0000

Diane,

While I understand your question, it is a moot point. Why? Because today, there are people that work and deliver content for free. Here’s an example:

http://www.doczero.org/

The newspaper industry has lost its position because it is no longer the singular “portal” for content digestion. I read huffpo and hotair (gotta study both sides people….please…and don’t read into the fact that I posted a right leaning site….it’s just the best example I could conjure up) and those portals can lead you ANYWHERE, to find content from anyone.

So, who is Dr. Zero? Obviously a gentleman with enough time on his hands to write, IMHO, highly intellectual social and political commentary. And, yet, I get to read it for free. Someday, though, the amount of traffic on his site will pique the interest of someone who wants to market a service or product, and offer him money. Kind of like….oh, I don’t know……this blog! Then he can whore himself out all the livelong day! I don’t know how much money DM is pulling in from these ads, but I bet it buys a more than a Chilly Goat at Dancing Goats. Doc Zero and DM are the new journalism. There may come a point when DM quits his full time job and works solely on this blog because he can afford to.

So, click on those ads people! Mention this blog when you go in for a loan! Tell Eddie you heard about his Attic on Decatur Metro!

Phew…coffee kicked in HARD.

Carry on…..