Comments on: Newspaper circulation: Now can we call this a crisis? http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/27/newspaper-circulation-can-we-call-this-a-crisis-now/ Tim Windsor, online Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:12:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Quix http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/27/newspaper-circulation-can-we-call-this-a-crisis-now/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Quix Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:46:08 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=323#comment-95 The reporters I know are eager to use new technology, even when the means to do so is on their own dime and time -- like buying an iPhone, buying a digital camera, buying a videocam and setting up a personal blog. However, these reporters meet resistance and apathy among management. It goes like this: <br><br>Want to blog about your beat? Sorry, you need permission first. Permission? No, not at this time.<br><br>Want to shoot video and upload it? Sorry, you need to go to a class for two weeks on how to shoot video. What's that? You've got a flip video that practically shoots itself? Sorry, rules are rules. Want to sign up for those two weeks of training? Sorry, we can't spare you for two weeks because, as you know, you're now covering twice the beat you once did due to layoffs.<br><br>Want to have a meeting to discuss ways to make your reporting more interactive and relevant to readers? Put it in a memo and I'll get back to you. (Lather rinse repeat ad infinitum.)<br><br>Get the picture? What's going on? It seems management is determined to shove everyone into cattle car. But why? The reporters I know are eager to use new technology, even when the means to do so is on their own dime and time — like buying an iPhone, buying a digital camera, buying a videocam and setting up a personal blog. However, these reporters meet resistance and apathy among management. It goes like this:

Want to blog about your beat? Sorry, you need permission first. Permission? No, not at this time.

Want to shoot video and upload it? Sorry, you need to go to a class for two weeks on how to shoot video. What's that? You've got a flip video that practically shoots itself? Sorry, rules are rules. Want to sign up for those two weeks of training? Sorry, we can't spare you for two weeks because, as you know, you're now covering twice the beat you once did due to layoffs.

Want to have a meeting to discuss ways to make your reporting more interactive and relevant to readers? Put it in a memo and I'll get back to you. (Lather rinse repeat ad infinitum.)

Get the picture? What's going on? It seems management is determined to shove everyone into cattle car. But why?

]]> By: El diario Christian Science Monitor dejará de publicarse en papel « The Daily DG http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/27/newspaper-circulation-can-we-call-this-a-crisis-now/comment-page-1/#comment-81 El diario Christian Science Monitor dejará de publicarse en papel « The Daily DG Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:00:52 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=323#comment-81 [...] leía este post del periodista Tim Windsor, su reacción ante una nueva (y prevista) caída de los diarios en el [...] [...] leía este post del periodista Tim Windsor, su reacción ante una nueva (y prevista) caída de los diarios en el [...]

]]> By: Monday squibs (illness edition) http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/27/newspaper-circulation-can-we-call-this-a-crisis-now/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Monday squibs (illness edition) Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:52:04 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=323#comment-80 [...] . The latest reports are no better than previous reports. Editor & Publisher’s Jennifer Saba writes, “For those holding out for some improvement in print circulation, this morning brings disappointment.” I don’t know any serious observer of the newspaper scene who was expecting circulation to start stabilizing. The trends are against it. Related: Tim Windsor’s Newspaper circulation: Now can we call this a crisis? [...] [...] . The latest reports are no better than previous reports. Editor & Publisher’s Jennifer Saba writes, “For those holding out for some improvement in print circulation, this morning brings disappointment.” I don’t know any serious observer of the newspaper scene who was expecting circulation to start stabilizing. The trends are against it. Related: Tim Windsor’s Newspaper circulation: Now can we call this a crisis? [...]

]]> By: Mary http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/27/newspaper-circulation-can-we-call-this-a-crisis-now/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Mary Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:47:32 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=323#comment-79 Seems to me we're still going down a backwards path on those questions. The Bluffton, S.C., paper just went from being free to costing a quarter, and the Times and plenty of other papers have recently raised prices to generate more revenue, despite knowing they'd lose customers. Don't we want more customers/readers and for that to continue to grow? Seems to me we're still going down a backwards path on those questions. The Bluffton, S.C., paper just went from being free to costing a quarter, and the Times and plenty of other papers have recently raised prices to generate more revenue, despite knowing they'd lose customers. Don't we want more customers/readers and for that to continue to grow?

]]> By: Notes from a Teacher - Monday squibs (illness edition) http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/27/newspaper-circulation-can-we-call-this-a-crisis-now/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Notes from a Teacher - Monday squibs (illness edition) Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:31:04 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=323#comment-75 [...] Most Major Papers Continue Circ Decline. The latest reports are no better than previous reports. Editor & Publisher’s Jennifer Saba writes, “For those holding out for some improvement in print circulation, this morning brings disappointment.” I don’t know any serious observer of the newspaper scene who was expecting circulation to start stabilizing. The trends are against it. Related: Tim Windsor’s Newspaper circulation: Now can we call this a crisis? [...] [...] Most Major Papers Continue Circ Decline. The latest reports are no better than previous reports. Editor & Publisher’s Jennifer Saba writes, “For those holding out for some improvement in print circulation, this morning brings disappointment.” I don’t know any serious observer of the newspaper scene who was expecting circulation to start stabilizing. The trends are against it. Related: Tim Windsor’s Newspaper circulation: Now can we call this a crisis? [...]

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