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The layout of their web site is a symptom of the problem, but absolutely not the problem itself. The problem is the economics of news delivery, plain and simple
by byteCoder 17y ago
The layout of their web site is a symptom of the problem, but absolutely not the problem itself. The problem is the economics of news delivery, plain and simple.
As Doc Searls put it recently (and I'm paraphrasing): If you came to me today with a business model where you would cut down lots of trees to make paper, create content to print on this paper on huge presses, and deliver this content 12 to 24 hours after it was written to its consumers at their homes once or twice a day, I'd call you crazy.
So, the longer as the Globe keeps their presses running, the more their ultimate demise is sealed.
- patio11 17y agoOh, the economics of news delivery are wonderful. Its the economics of paper delivery that suck.
- brandnewlow 17y agoThe problem is that you can make ads that people want to pay for in print (big, lush, informative), while online advertising tends to be a little image box that some smart guy blocks with Firefox. Who wants to pay up for that?