Back to the future: were newspaper publishers wrong to go digital?

Leading US commentator asks: what if the entire industry made a business blunder by putting news up online for free while ignoring their print product? “What if”, asks Jack Shafer, “almost the entire newspaper industry got it wrong? What if, in the mad dash to put up editorial content on to the web, editors and publishers made a colossal business blunder that wasted hundreds of millions of dollars?”He continues: “What if the industry should have stuck with its strengths — the print editions where the vast majority of their readers still reside and where the overwhelming majority of advertising and subscription revenue come from — instead of chasing the online chimera?” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Back to the future: were newspaper publishers wrong to go digital?

Leading US commentator asks: what if the entire industry made a business blunder by putting news up online for free while ignoring their print product? “What if”, asks Jack Shafer, “almost the entire newspaper industry got it wrong? What if, in the mad dash to put up editorial content on to the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pivot to Digital: How Two Legacy Publishers Are Embracing Their Futures

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[ Folio Magazine | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Digital 2017: The Future of Publishing Is...

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Pietsch Goes Back to the Publishing Future in WSJ Op-ED

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BBC digital news operation must be curbed, say newspaper publishers

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[ The Guardian | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google backs French digital publishing innovation initiative with €60 million incentive

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[ Engadget | 2013-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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