Comments on: saving newspapers, one post at a time http://hughmcguire.net/2008/01/27/saving-newspapers-one-post-at-a-time/ at the intersection of technology, philosophy, and politics (and some other things). Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:33:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Yoni Greenbaum http://hughmcguire.net/2008/01/27/saving-newspapers-one-post-at-a-time/#comment-5310 Yoni Greenbaum Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:06:30 +0000 http://hughmcguire.net/2008/01/27/saving-newspapers-one-post-at-a-time/#comment-5310 I think some newspapers are going after the local dollars you described except instead of developing an ad network, they're leveraging local search and providing merchants advertising opportunities via their search platform. I think some newspapers are going after the local dollars you described except instead of developing an ad network, they’re leveraging local search and providing merchants advertising opportunities via their search platform.

]]> By: Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2008/01/27/saving-newspapers-one-post-at-a-time/#comment-5270 Hugh Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:11:38 +0000 http://hughmcguire.net/2008/01/27/saving-newspapers-one-post-at-a-time/#comment-5270 heh. here i've been trying to save newspapers from themselves and they don't need saving? do you have a URL reference for the profits of newspapers? but still, i think franchise, conglomerate papers like the gazette are dead unless they change their approach. we'll see. but yes: small papers, if there are any of them left. heh. here i’ve been trying to save newspapers from themselves and they don’t need saving? do you have a URL reference for the profits of newspapers?

but still, i think franchise, conglomerate papers like the gazette are dead unless they change their approach. we’ll see.

but yes: small papers, if there are any of them left.

]]> By: Matt http://hughmcguire.net/2008/01/27/saving-newspapers-one-post-at-a-time/#comment-5268 Matt Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:31:25 +0000 http://hughmcguire.net/2008/01/27/saving-newspapers-one-post-at-a-time/#comment-5268 This is one of the big misconceptions in journalism today. Big newspapers are not losing money. They have never had higher profit margins. But as the big newspapers consoldiate and centralize, they are cutting staff. (Canwest just laid off 20 more people at the Gazette, for instance). But the small, local papers are hurting, because they depended on classified revenues to keep them going. So I guess what you mean, is *small* newspapers. This is one of the big misconceptions in journalism today. Big newspapers are not losing money. They have never had higher profit margins. But as the big newspapers consoldiate and centralize, they are cutting staff. (Canwest just laid off 20 more people at the Gazette, for instance).

But the small, local papers are hurting, because they depended on classified revenues to keep them going. So I guess what you mean, is *small* newspapers.

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