Question

Most of the traditional media's attempts to compete with NDM have been too little and too late. Does your case study support this view?

PLAN:
Intro:
Newspaper put their content online for free in the 1990's.
Galtung and Ruges news value, immediacy

First section:
Paywall- the sun and the times. Revenue increased

• Audiences disappearing 
• print sales failling

Mike Darcy - the Mail are invaluable

UGC

• less need for journalists
• blogposts
• better for institutioons
• citizen journalists

Link with David Simon 'Build the wall'
Says the quality decreases

Second section:
social networking sites, twitter, facebook, speed of news eg celebrity deaths and sport - found out on twitter ect

Paretos Law 80/20 - Marxism
Pluralism news on the tweet  - need traditional media insitutions

Marxism - mass control over the media
eg the sun reveal gay footballer
challenges by new and digital media
power shouldnt be in the hands of one person

News Corporation's

Research News Corporation’s response to the growth of new and digital media by listing each of the institution’s brands (Sky News, Times etc.) Have any closed, changed or been in the news in the last five years for any reason?

The growth of new and digital media has affected many institutions, such as The Sun Newspaper and The Sun on Sunday. It affected The News of The World newspaper. It was running for 168 years, however it was closed down due to the phone hacking scandal, which involved the previous editor Rebekah Brookes. The trial is still going on. Rupert Murdoch, who owns the newspaper, decided to close The News of the World down and continued to carry out news on Sundays. Another change that has occurred is that the The Sun and The Times decided to go behind a pay wall. The Times has been behind a pay-wall for 3 years now and The Sun recently went behind a pay-wall. Despite being behind a pay-wall, both newspapers have lost readers, as they aren't willing to pay for news when they know they can get it for free from other newspapers such as The Guardian and The Daily Mail. These newspapers' readers have increased, as more and more people aren't wiling to pay for news. However, The Sun are using the goals app to attract subscribers. 

2) Develop examples of the impact that new and digital media has had on News Corp’s brands (paywalls, readership figures, audience share etc.)

the sun and the times- changed, as they introduced a pay wall as they were feeling threatened 
the sun and the times- newspaper cuts into profit- easier ways to views news- iphone, etc
readershop figures have gone down as other newspapers are reducing their prices to try and steal other viewers 
the sun and the times viewers have decreased due to the paywall that has been introduced, and other newspapers have increased, as people are getting news free and would rather get it for free than pay

All NDM Stories

1. 9/12/2013 - Weekly NDM
2. 17/12/2013 - http://saahmed1.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/ndm.html
3. 8/01/2014 - CES 2014: Samsung shows off its Bendable TV
4. 16/03/2014 -  big increase in the number of people who have stopped sending expensive Christmas cards
5. 16/03/2014 - BBC news chief: problems facing local newspapers
6. 16/03/2014 - BBC targets social media users with Instagram video news
7. 16/03/2014 - Schools monitoring on-line bullying with slang translation software
8. 16/03/2014 - Social networks to face government grilling over suicide promotion
9. 16/03/2014 - Public service broadcasters join forces on catch-up service for smart TVs
10. 16/03/2014 - Flappy Bird is not the new Angry Birds
11. 16/03/2014 - Candy Crush Saga maker King’s parent company reveals 2012 financial results
12. 16/03/2014 - Internet streaming won't save music – the industry still relies on hits
13. 16/03/2014 - If Nintendo makes mobile games, what can it learn from Sony and Microsoft?
14. 16/03/2014 - Stan Collymore returns to Twitter and hits out at the Sun
15. 16/03/2014 - Press freedom under attack - the risks journalists face in order to report
16. 16/03/2014 - Boy, 12, raped younger sister after viewing porn on games consol
17. 28/03/2014 - New and digital media article 8: Does technology pose a threat to our private life?
18. 28/03/2014 - Yes, I sometimes Google my patients. Is this surprising?
19. 28/03/2014 - Pirate Bay ban lifted in Netherlands as blocking torrent sites ruled ‘ineffective’
20. 28/03/2014 -China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says
21. 28/03/2104 -Daily Mail and Guardian digital 'minnows', says News UK chief
22. 28/03/2014 -  Flappy bird may return to app stores

NDM #24

Flappy bird may return to app stores

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/12/flappy-bird-may-return-to-app-stores

The popular Flappy Bird game which was removed over the creator receiving threats and hate mail may return. Some users did assume it was taken down due to  copyright issues as it has a similar background and pipe design to super mario.

Since its absence from smartphone app stores, a cottage industry in Flappy Bird clones has grown up, with dozens of games sporting titles like Hoppy Frog and Splashy Fish dominating the charts. There are also versions that run on PC and Mac, including one massively multiplayer take on the recipe. So whatever happens with the original title, we are assured of many flappy returns.

NDM #23

Daily Mail and Guardian digital 'minnows', says News UK chief

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/05/daily-mail-guardian-digital-minnows-news-uk-mike-darcey4

This article talks about the issue of whether advertising or paywalls are better in generating revenues. Mike Darcey believes that the Daily Mail and the Guardian as "digital minnows" Because, they focus on advertising to generate revenue which could lead to problems in the future and is a dangerous strategy. As a result, Darcey favours paywalls as free online "undermines the incentive for people to pay for print editions". Relying on adverting revenue is putting themselves in competition with global conglomerates such as Google and Facebook which may put them at a disadvantage. Significantly, he states: "If this is your only revenue source, then you need to think about the fact that you are head-to-head with the global internet titans". 

NDM #22

 China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/08/china-blocks-guardian-website

China in the past have blocked several sites such as bloomberg and Wall Street Journal. China tends to block sites that cause a threat to it but the Guardian doesn't believe to have posted anything to harm the relationship between China and the Guardian. "The reasons for the Guardian block are unclear – no China-related stories published by the Guardian in the past two days would obviously be perceived as dangerous by the country's leadership. One article, published on 6 January, explores tensions in China’s ethnically-divided north-western region Xinjiang, but the Guardian has covered the subject before without any noticeable fallout."

NDM #21

Pirate Bay ban lifted in Netherlands as blocking torrent sites ruled ‘ineffective’

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/pirate-bay-ban-lifted-in-netherlands-as-blocking-torrent-sites-ruled-ineffective

Earlier on in my research of articles I spoke about the new pirate bay browser and well in the Netherlands the Dutch court states that the ban should be lifted on pirate bay after two dutch internet providers, Ziggo and XS4All too this to court which led to the reversing of the blocking order. Niels Huijbregts, spokesman for XS4All stated that the free internet was victorious and that they are "pleased that the court ruled in favour of the freedom of information, protecting a fundamental right of all Dutch citizens." The judges believe that blocking the pirate bay at ISP level didn't stop users from using the BitTorrent network and illegal downloading, it actually did the opposite and increased piracy.

NDM #20

Yes, I sometimes Google my patients. Is this surprising?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/08/google-patients-gp-rapport-pitfalls

This article states that thanks to the rise of the internet and technology many GPs apparently google their patients to find out more about them. They believe that doctors and GPs are very sociable people and are a people persons so if someone claims to have some sort of fame then it attracts the doctors to finding out more about the person. Sometimes researching a person can also be quiet useful as some of their hobbies etc that they may not have the need to state may have some relation to their visit to the doctors. But they don't do this on a regular basis. They of course do use records that are kept by the NHS of people who have records since they were born and this helps build a better understanding and can be quiet revealing than google can be. Googling patients isn't always reliable though, sometimes when googling celebrities not all the information released is true.

NDM #19

New and digital media article 8: Does technology pose a threat to our private life?

Google's Eric Schmidt believes that we need to create new identities to hide from our embarrassing online past. This article states that with the rise of technology we are becoming more open on social networking sites. things that were usually private and only known to those closest to us. e.g. relationship status, party events, what you ate this morning and where you went etc. we now share all this online freely and it may come back to haunt us.


nothing is challenging our notion of privacy more than social networking, with 26 million of us using Facebook to share the minutiae of our lives every month in the UK alone.

Facebook has seen astonishing growth, from a Harvard dorm project in 2003 to a global phenomenon that had 500 million monthly users by July in 2010. That's already one in 13 people on Earth.

Globalisation Questions

1) Is our news influenced by American cultural imperialism? What examples can you think of?
Yes, our news is influenced by American cultural imperialism. For example, CNN had 24 hour news available and Sky copied them and now have 24 hour news. Also, the layout is the same as CNN's.

2) Has the increased globalisation of news improved the audience experience? How? Why?
Yes, the increased globalisation of news improved the audience experience, as they are able to view live footage of news for example the bombings in Syria. It allows them to view live footage and experience it. However, the news is less likely to make it local. Audiences have a great amount of choice, they can choose from a range of news channels, and watch the news any time and anywhere. 

3) Has globalisation benefited or damaged major news institutions? How? Why?
I think globalisation has benefited and damaged major news institutions. It has benefited them as they don't have to have a separate journalist in every country, which is cheaper for them. But also, they have citizen journalists sending in stories, pictures and videos about different news. However it has damaged major news institutions, as it is harder for a news companies to stand out in global institutions, for example the Ealing Gazette. It is hard for them to stand out with the other major newspapers out, such as The Sun. 

MOCK EXAM QUESTION 2

Why are media products that represent outsiders, such as vampire films, so popular? You may also refer to other media products to support your answer

One reason to why the trailer consisting of vampires are so popular is that that the target audience for these films, which are usually women, between the ages of 14-24, as when they are watching the film, they feel a sense of escape (Blumler & Katz). They get so emotionally attached to the film and the characters, they forget about their own lives for a while. They enjoy watching films about things they don’t see on a daily basis, for example vampires. It draws the audience in even more. This is an advantage as the films will bring in more and more profit, as their target audience is enjoying the film. Another reason to why the trailers consisting of vampires are so popular is because they appeal to their audience. Vampire films most of the time have a mix of genres, for example Twilight consists of romance, drama and fantasy. This would appeal to females within the ages 14-24. A feminist called Judith Butler had said that gender roles were socially constructed, however in the trailer of Twilight, she is portrayed as a fighter who wants to fight, which is the opposite of what she has said. This shows that the audience are attracting to vampire films, as women aren’t seen as how society normally see women. They stereotypes aren’t reinforced in the films and women are seen as the complete opposite, which the audience may enjoy watching. 

WEEKLY NDM 18

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/03/boy-rape-younger-sister-porn-games-console

Boy, 12, raped younger sister after viewing porn on games console

The boy will be placed on the sex offenders register for two and a half years, and work with social workers to return to the family home

A Microsoft Xbox games console. It is understood the boy had viewed pornography on an Xbox games console at a friend's house. Photograph: Virginie Lefour/EPA

A 12-year-old schoolboy who raped his seven-year-old sister after he watched hardcore pornography on the internet has walked free from court.

Social workers will now work with the boy to return him to the family home in the coming months.

Blackburn youth court heard the boy had viewed pornography in the company of his friends before he gained "a desire to try it out".

He committed a number of sexual offences against his sister between March and May last year but these came to light only last autumn.

The boy, now 13, pleaded guilty to one count of rape, two counts of indecent assault and one count of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

In a statement, the offender said he was "disgusted" with his actions, which he promised would not happen again.

Sentencing him, district judge James Prowse said he thought it "highly improbable" that the boy would reoffend in this way. Prowse followed the recommendations of a youth offending team and imposed a 12-month referral order.

WEEKLY NDM 17

Press freedom under attack - the risks journalists face in order to report

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/12/journalist-safety-press-freedom

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is carrying eight essays on its website based around the theme of "attacks on the press in 2013."

One, by San Francisco lawyer and university tutor Geoffrey King, deals with the threats to freedom posed by the National Security Agency.

It is long, 4,500 words long, so a précis doesn't really work. But it merits reading so set aside 20 minutes to absorb it. Among the people who should definitely read are those who think the wholesale collection of metadata is an innocent and unthreatening activity.

See also Maya Taal on the threats to journalists by the supranational sphere of cyberspace and Joel Simon on the implications of the US-China dispute over control of the internet.

Another piece that shouldn't be missed is on impunity by Elisabeth Witchel, "When journalists are killed, witnesses may be next". One factual paragraph stands out:

"In the last 10 years, 348 journalists have been murdered for their work worldwide. In only a handful of cases- one in 10 - have any perpetrators been brought to trial and sentenced."

Witchel shows how dangerous it is becoming for the witnesses to such murders. They are being killed in turn to prevent them giving testimony.

Michael Casey, in "Without stronger transparency, more financial crises loom", argues that the press needs to overcome secrecy in a market economy because of the threat to everyone's well-being posed by banks and financial institutions.

The other three articles are about censorship; the role of journalists asthe voices of the poor and powerless; and the risks journalists must take in certain countries in order to report rape and sexual violence.

Journalists are being attacked, and it is really dangerous for others to witness these murders. Journalists are being killed in turn to prevent them giving testimony, this is very bad, as journalists are loosing their lives.

WEEKLY NDM 16

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/23/stan-collymore-twitter-sun-racist-abuse

Stan Collymore returns to Twitter and hits out at the Sun

Stan Collymore has criticised the Sun as he returned to Twitter aftersuspending his account over racist abuse that he received on the site.

The former England striker, who has more than 500,000 Twitter followers, said the paper's front-page story in which his ex-girlfriend Ulrika Jonsson accused him of "hypocrisy" over the affair only served to distract from the issue of online abuse.

He said in a Google+ Hangout on sports website The Bleacher Report: "The Sun newspaper thought that dragging up a 15-year-old story this morning, which bears no relevance to being abused or threats, that that means there's essentially a justification … that because it's Stan Collymore it's OK … there is a real issue here that Twitter needs to tackle."

Collymore also traded angry words with a BBC News Channel presenter who accused him on Thursday morning of having been "on the wrong side of the law".

Collymore claimed: "I have 1 troll in particular. Opens account, send 3/4 abusive or illegal messages, deletes account. Over 700 accounts opened in 3 years."

Stan Collymore has gone back onto Twitter, after his account was suspended as of the racist abuse that he had received on the social networking site. He criticised the Sun majorly, and he stated he had 1 troll in particular, opens account, send 3/4 abusive or illegal messages and deletes account, over 700 accounts had opened within 3 years. This shows how he has gone against everything and still returned back onto the social networking site, he didn't let all the abuse get to him. 

WEEKLY NDM 15

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/20/nintendo-mobile-games-smartphones-tablets

If Nintendo makes mobile games, what can it learn from Sony and Microsoft?

Start with the obvious: Nintendo already makes mobile games. Nobody keeps their 3DS tethered to a television, after all. But it doesn't makemobile games for smartphones and tablets.

That may change. The company has traditionally knocked back questions about taking its stable of gaming brands to other manufacturers' devices, but as Nintendo announced its latest financial results this week, there was a marked change of tone in president Satoru Iwata's comments.

What might a winning strategy look like for Nintendo? One place to start is by examining what its two main rivals in the console market, Sony and Microsoft, have been doing on smartphones and tablets, with lessons to learn about several possible strategies.

Microsoft has released Kinectimals for iOS and Android, for example, as well as puzzle game Wordament and Ms. Splosion Man from its Twisted Pixel studio. Windows Phone game Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin has also been released for iOS and Android. For now, Halo spin-off Halo: Spartan Assault remains exclusive to Windows-powered device.

Sony has launched a smattering of games for iOS, including free-to-play Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus, and Knack's Quest – the latter tying in to PlayStation 4 launch title Knack. The company has also launched an umbrella app called PlayStation All-Stars Island – a partnership with Coca-Cola that includes mini-games based on brands like Uncharted, Gravity Rush and LittleBigPlanet.

This article highlights all the key conventions of mobile games, and it talks about how Nintendo already makes mobile games. Microsoft has released iOS and Android, and they have been releasing puzzle games. Sony has also launched a smattering of games for iOS, which are free. It has been said Nintendo needs to recognise it's rivals, which are currently Sony and Microsoft, who have been releasing games for smart phones and tablets. 

WEEKLY NDM 14

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/01/internet-streaming-music-record-industry

Internet streaming won't save music – the industry still relies on hits

Perhaps the most telling comment on the end-of-year music sales figures for 2013 – reporting a 0.5% decline on the previous year – came from Kim Bayley. The internet has given lots of artists the opportunity to reach an audience, with a broader range of music. The top 10 albums of 2013 in the UK illustrated the hit reliance. The top 3 albums are compliations: Now that's what I call music 84, 85 and 86. It is said that British artists are doing well, being responsible for half of the top 10 albums of 2013. Considering that the total number of albums sold in 2013 went down to 6.4%. Furthermore, music streaming grew by 33.7%

Weekly NDM #13

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/25/candy-crush-saga-king-financial-results-2012

The parent company of games firm King, whose Candy Crush Saga is one of the most lucrative mobile games in the world, has published its financial results for 2012.

Midasplayer.com reported turnover of €26.6m (£22.1m) and a net profit of €5.3m for the year, compared to €30m and a €209k loss respectively in 2011.

The financials don’t reveal much about the mobile growth of King’s business, however. Candy Crush Saga only launched for Apple’s iPhone and iPad in mid-November 2012, although it had been available on Facebook since April that year.

According to Apple, Candy Crush Saga was the top grossing app on its App Store in 2013. King has never published stats for how much money the game is making, although research firm SuperData Research claimsCandy Crush Saga is currently generating revenues of $3.5m a day.

Candy Crush Saga: '70% of the people on the last level haven't paid'

Candy Crush Saga has been around since April 2012, but people only started playing the game once it was launched on apple products and androids. There has been a lot of net profit made, however 70% of people hadn't paid to play the last level, this is a downfall for the company and they wouldn't be making any profit and people would be able to play the game without a cost. Candy Crush saga has been a popular game for the teenagers, and apple had said it was the top grossing app on App store in 2013.  

Weekly NDM #12

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/feb/05/flappy-bird-new-angry-birds-makes-rage-apps Flappy Bird is not the new Angry Birds - it's pure rage In a single week, it has become the No 1 free app on Google Play's app store. But this game with a pudgy green bird isn't fun to play - it just sends you into a fury Flappy Bird is the No 1 free app in the Google Play app store. Since its launch on the site last week, it has become such a phenomenon that people are already calling it the new Angry Birds. In it, you control a pudgy green bird. Tap the screen once and the bird soars into the air. Leave the screen untapped and it plummets to the ground. The bird lives in a world full of pipes, and you have to guide it through the gaps between them. If the bird misses one gap - just one, no matter how glancingly - it dies, and you have to start again. - Flappy birds was originally launched in May 2013, but all off a sudden everyone has been downloading it from play app store, the use of word of mouth advertisement had become big, and everyone has been telling their family/friends to download it, hence it being no1 on the play app store. The game is really frustrating as it is hard to get through the pipes. However, it really challenges you and makes people want to play more until they get a good highest score.

Weekly NDM #11

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/10/media-briefing-monday-10-february

Public service broadcasters join forces on catch-up service for smart TVs
BBC, Channel 4 and ITV work to make catch-up services available as standard on smart TVs under Freeview Connect brand

BBC chief: no more comedy shows with all-male panels
Corporation is acting on recommendations by the Trust to boost female presence on screen

Libération journalists fight investors' vision for future of French newspaper
Staff fear shareholders are intent on making money from brand and building, 'with no mention of journalism'

Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio: 'I like to write characters who are conflicted'
Maggie Brown: The creator of the BBC2 hit on his fascination with corruption in public service – and why Lennie James is a great leading man

Advertising sales could transform as programmatic trading takes off
Computer auction-based system is set to go beyond its roots in display sector but questions remain on transparency

Danny Cohen: 'TV panel shows without women are unacceptable'
The BBC's director of television talks to Rachel Cooke about sending executives back to the floor, the fallout from the Savile scandal and the 'joy' of Mrs Brown's Boys

Guardian's Georgina Henry dies aged 53
Launch editor of Comment is Free was 'a real pioneer', says Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger

Simon Cowell to return to The X Factor UK
Music mogul to return as a judge in the ITV talent show for the first time in four years in bid to reverse ratings slide

Weekly NDM #10

Social networks to face government grilling over suicide promotion

The culture secretary is expected to demand greater action from networks over sites promoting self-harm and suicide

Tallulah Wilson, 15, died after being hit by a train in St Pancras station. Photograph: Eggmedia/PA

Culture secretary Maria Miller is to call on social networks such as Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook to crack down on cyberbullying in a dedicated summit scheduled for the next few weeks.

The plans follow the suicide of a London schoolgirl, Tallulah Wilson, who had spent months accessing blogs about self-harm and suicide on Tumblr beforehand.

Her mother, Sarah Wilson, described Tallulah having entered "a world where the lines between fantasy and reality became blurred", and called on companies to "withdraw their advertising from those sites who continue to host inappropriate self-harming and suicide-promoting blogs to stop this poison spreading".

Miller is expected to echo Wilson's call, and demand that social networks be more proactive about tackling content which could be harmful to younger users.

The government is reportedly feeling emboldened having won the fight over filters on the internet, and is now aiming to do the same thing for social media sites.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/27/social-networks-to-face-government-grilling-over-suicide-promotion

Weekly NDM #9

Schools monitoring on-line bullying with slang translation software

Program used at 1,400 schools, which also tracks self-harm, checks internet communications against dictionary of slang

More than a thousand British schools are monitoring pupils' online communication for bullying and self-harm using software that analyses andtranslates slang for teachers.

The software uses a constantly updated dictionary which includes words that most adults would not understand. These include acronyms such as "gnoc" (get naked on camera) and "dirl" (die in real life) and words such as Bio-Oil, a commercial product which can be used by children who self-harm to reduce the appearance of scarring.

The program also monitors more conventional vocabulary used in bullying such as homophobia and taunts of "terrorist" at children of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent.

The software is part of an education package made by Impero. Jonathan Valentine, a developer, said the program had alerted teachers to potential suicides.

"We originally developed the software to deal with misbehaviour, but we decided to focus on e-safety and came up with the idea of a dictionary of certain words and phrases," he told the Times Educational Supplement.

Weekly NDM #8

BBC targets social media users with Instagram video news

Corporation hopes to reach new audiences as mobile and tablet viewing figures overtake desktop

BBC News is stepping up its efforts to reach new audiences on social media platforms after mobile and tablet viewing figures overtook desktop use for the first time in December.

On 16 January, BBC News launched Instafax, a new short-form video news service delivered to Instagram users. The project is a month-long experiment, with three 15-second videos uploaded a day, intended to serve as a roundup of the day's news.

The name is a throwback to the BBC’s former Ceefax service – the world’s first teletext service that ran on UK television until 2012. This is described as the updated version of a text-based, short-form news service for the digital age

Weekly NDM #7

BBC news chief: problems facing local newspapers 'not our fault'
James Harding responds to calls for BBC to rein in coverage, telling press to focus on web rivals such as Google or Facebook

James Harding, the BBC News director, believes the corporation has an obligation to deliver local news and the problems facing local newspapers are"not the BBC's fault".

Harding, the former Times editor, in his first public speech since joining the BBC in August last year, said he thought the view that the corporation should limit its local news output for fear of damaging local newspapers was mistaken.

He added that the BBC thrived on competition with local papers and would do "anything to help" them, but they should be worrying about internet rivals such as Google and Facebook, not the corporation. As the internet is rising highly on a daily basis people today are more immune to finding out the news by themselves anytime any day of the week. Therefore, today newspapers locally aren't doing well. For example, the papers that are posted to my doors in the morning are now free. Previously, it used to be sold normally for 80p. But now, as there is no success of the newspapers they come to our door free of charge because only then would the house holds read the local news. In this article, newspapers were blaming the BBC.

Weekly NDM #6

There's been a big increase in the number of people who have stopped sending expensive Christmas cards this year and turned to video instead to express their greetings.

Holderness, couldn't resist putting on their Christmas jammies for a rap video, which also features their children, Lola and Penn Charles. Penn has just left his job to join forces with Kim to start a production company in Raleigh, North Carolina. With more than 3 million people viewing their Christmas effort on YouTube, it could be the best business ad they will ever make.

If that was a good day at the office for the Holderness family, KSN Wichita anchor Justin Kraemer had his worst one. Justin got the sack after turning into Ron Burgundy when he signed off at the end of the news on Saturday evening. Listen to what he says as the closing credits roll … (Caution: contains un-Christmassy language)

In the past few years as the internet has increased heavily, this has moved many people to convert to the internet even seasons such as xmas. As they hit instagram and twitter to show there family xmas pictures or to say a well wish to all the fans etc out there. 

Section 1

David is discussing how the fact that the internet is free, allows us to get news through various free websites. He is comparing newspapers and the internet. But, some people are still use to reading an actual newspaper, due to the fact that reading news online isn’t the same as reading it on a newspaper.

Section 2

I think that the article shows that more and more websites are joining to eliminate newspapers. More people in America are reading their newspapers now than ever before, they are reading more of The Times and the Post. It shows how the newspaper industry is declining and how some newspapers are vulnerable to one another.

Section 3

This shows that 10% of the existing 210,000Baltimore Sun readers, for example, who pay a subscription rate less than half the price of home delivery, or roughly $10, would represent about $2.5 million a year. Absent the cost of trucks, gas, paper, and presses, money like that represents the beginnings of a solid revenue stream. 

Section 4

This section shows that there is a risk of newspapers going behind a pay wall without local readers getting free national, international, and cultural reporting from the national papers. Some of the newspapers have already taken this action and it seems that it does work and more newspapers will join a pay wall.

Overall, I think that his point is correct only to a certain extent, as he is only comparing newspapers and the internet. The internet is becoming easier to access, and this is having a heavy impact on newspapers, as audiences are able to access news easily. He is backing only newspapers, which is clear, as he only says positive things about them. He thinks that they won’t die if they change the way they are currently running, as they could create a new wider mass audience, an example he used is the fact that newspapers have the ability to change the front covers and revolve around the entertainment industry.

I'd be glad to pay a subscription; hell, I pay subscriptions toward my TV bill to watch English football, and I would be glad to pay for my newspaper online as well. I don't work for free, why should any person think they should receive for free the work of tireless professional journalists? This whole internet fantasy has all the value and charm of a letter addressed to Santa Claus. Pay up, America, and grow up, too!

#49 Posted by Richard Steele on Fri 24 Jul 2009 at 06:18 PM

This person agrees with the journalist, as he feels sorry for the journalist and knows that that journalists work very hard having to provide the latest news for the public. He believes that that journalists do work hard and that they do have the right to charge customers for the newspapers. 

Fascinating. What about the big gateway sites, like Yahoo and MSN? I bet a lot of people mostly read their news on Yahoo's home page. Yahoo pays the AP,right? Is there some kind of wholesale deal possible there?

#12 Posted by Rob on Fri 17 Jul 2009 at 03:19 PM

 I agree with the fact that no one in the mass media are ready for the fact that internet broke the advertising business model. The content is valued however, it has been hidden in the advertising profits stream for so long, is there another place in the online environment that can shoulder that cost, in addition to subscriptions.

The reason NO ONE will pay for news is because print editors and reporters have killed the medium with their terrible writing -- "impacted," "presser," and "newser" are three horrid additions forced on the public lexicon -- and the fact that they didn't report ten years of wars, nor "reported" the financial and housing meltdown, nor are reporting on America's infrastructure crisis, nor will they report on healthcare.

But by Jove I can read in depth every time Sarah Palin empties her trash or another D-list celebrity dies from drugs or about Michelle Obama's latest fashion -- NONE of which any of us care about paying for.

#56 Posted by zaine_ridling on Sun 26 Jul 2009 at 08:09 PM

This person feels that no one would be willing to pay for newspapers, due to the fact that journalists have terrible writing and the fact that they haven’t reported financial data or about America’s crisis and healthcare.