Comments on: New Orleans, newspapers and the beginning of the end http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/ Thu, 23 May 2013 05:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: network cabling http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-845107 Tue, 29 May 2012 20:04:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-845107 Great article, very informative, thank you for this.

]]> By: lowell stewart http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-844766 Mon, 28 May 2012 16:37:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-844766 what is unclear is the relationship as always between the medium and the message, in this case local news when produced for print publication compared to when produced for on line distribution. In the specific case of the intended changes to the T-P we are informed that the changes include staff reductions of a third. How can the content remain the same if the human resources are reduced by this amount? I’m trying to understand from those with better knowledge of the journalism industry if there are efficiencies with internet distribution which allow for the content to not be reduced in depth, significance or quantity when the staff is reduced in this way.

]]> By: Prince Campbell http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-844761 Mon, 28 May 2012 16:22:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-844761 Nice piece. As a person who was born and raised in New Orleans and know some of the paper’s writers (S/O to Kat Stelly!)I felt bad when I heard the news. But honestly, the paper part of the news business has been dead for years.

There is only one reason people will read a newspaper, a news magazine or even a news website. It’s when they want to know more. We can get a synopsis of what’s happening from dozens of places including friends, twitter or aggregation sites like Newser and Huffpo. But if I am am interested in the details then I read and will pay for the privilege.
It may seem counter-intuitive but the financial answer for news organizations is to invest in giving people more not less. And not on paper.

]]> By: Pau Underdown http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-844708 Mon, 28 May 2012 11:53:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-844708 News Alert: Mobile, Alabama!!

It’s about time! The daily had gotten so thin, that when rolled up, my dog wasn’t even scared of it. LOL

]]> By: mark http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-844616 Mon, 28 May 2012 03:18:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-844616 True, most in New Orleans don’t have internet at home, it’s also true that New Orleans has the highest rate of illiteracy in the nation (so who was actually reading the paper, if anybody?)

]]> By: Darrell http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-844570 Sun, 27 May 2012 22:16:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-844570 What a shame that the Newhouse organization never realized how to run a paper–anywhere it seems. How tragic for the people of New Orleans–and fine paper bites the dust and journalists are reduced to, well, nothing.

]]> By: Mark Rogers http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-844564 Sun, 27 May 2012 21:42:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-844564 As I understand it, you advocate a value-added section as a better way to go than paywalls. The Globe and Mail had something like this called Globe Insider, but abandoned it in 2008 for the more limited Globe Plus. Now they’re creating with a paywall. What are your thoughts on this?

]]> By: Stephen http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-844553 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:49:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-844553 52nd largest in the US. Smaller than Fresno, Colorado Springs and Bakersfield.

]]> By: Syed Karim http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-844522 Sun, 27 May 2012 16:38:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-844522 @Chucolo: Obviously, revenue plays a part. A huge part. But it’s by no mean *just* a revenue question. It’s a revenue and costs question. Sure, unit-pricing of print advertising is an order of magnitude greater than that of digital. But production and distribution costs are also that much greater. For the time being, non-national newspapers in the US are in the lousy position of having print operations that are no longer viable, but not yet having a large enough digital audience to be profitable online. Ad rates are on the upswing and some digital products are selling at rates comparable to their analog counterparts. But who knows how many publishers will be able to hang on while the ad market catches up with their cost structure.

]]> By: nickp91 http://gigaom.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-newspapers-and-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-844121 Fri, 25 May 2012 20:27:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=525931#comment-844121 New Orleans will become the largest city without a daily newspaper and many residents still don’t have internet at home.

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