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Personally I am shocked that they still do a print edition that should have gone the way of vinyl records by now. Instead they should have a weekly print editio
by Theodores 12y ago
Personally I am shocked that they still do a print edition that should have gone the way of vinyl records by now. Instead they should have a weekly print edition that is glossy and great for people that like to read actual paper at the weekends - we all have parents like that, don't we?
Paywall hasn't delivered the results for Mr Murdoch or anyone else in the UK that have gone that route. The highly invested in The Guardian and the Daily Mail are doing very nicely in the UK and around the world. Which is interesting because the UK is a smaller country than the US and the newspapers-of-old converged on London and gave up on the regions a long time ago. (The Guardian used the be The Manchester Guardian). The problem with U.S. titles is the brands are too geographic - NY Times is New York which is not a global thing and New York really is not the centre of the universe.
The Guardian do not make money. However charging people to read the news is not possible in the UK when the BBC do it all for free. Hence The Guardian run the ads, charge for the dating/car-buying/employment options.
These news organisations that complain need to go away. It is easier than ever to put together 'news', the extra bits they need beyond the standard newswire feed - Associated Press et al. - can be grabbed off of the internets. Journalists haven't been getting out and about for a while, they just cut and paste. What disappoints me more is this:
http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/AND-FINALLY/ http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/AND-FINALLY/
A 'zine shutting down.