Why Can’t A Newspaper Be More Like A Blog

Two sharp pieces by Barry Parr, on how online newspapers need to evolve:

RSS: “Publishers don’t understand that the home page is no longer the gateway to their site. Every well-designed page has enough navigation and headlines to draw you into the site.”

Comments: “Newspapers demand registration and acceptance of advertising email as a condition for reading their news, but none use those registrations to create a community.”

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